Arizona Man sued for $32 million by illegals who he stopped from entering US
02-09-2009, 09:58 AM
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Arizona Man sued for $32 million by illegals who he stopped from entering US
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490084,00.html
An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals — seeking $32 million in damages — who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Washington Times reported Monday.
The rancher, Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home, the newspaper reported.
The lawsuit is based on a March 7, 2004, incident in a dry wash on the 22,000-acre ranch, when he approached a group of illegal immigrants while carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog.
Attorneys for the immigrants — five women and 11 men who were trying to cross illegally into the United States — have accused Barnett of holding the group captive at gunpoint, threatening to turn his dog loose on them and saying he would shoot anyone who tried to escape.
His Cross Rail Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as "the avenue of choice" for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally, the newspaper reports.
got to be kidding me. these people are 1. trespassing illegally on his property 2. entering the country illegally and they sue him?
i'd have done the same thing if time after time my house is broken into and my property vandalized.
An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals — seeking $32 million in damages — who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border, the Washington Times reported Monday.
The rancher, Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home, the newspaper reported.
The lawsuit is based on a March 7, 2004, incident in a dry wash on the 22,000-acre ranch, when he approached a group of illegal immigrants while carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog.
Attorneys for the immigrants — five women and 11 men who were trying to cross illegally into the United States — have accused Barnett of holding the group captive at gunpoint, threatening to turn his dog loose on them and saying he would shoot anyone who tried to escape.
His Cross Rail Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as "the avenue of choice" for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally, the newspaper reports.
got to be kidding me. these people are 1. trespassing illegally on his property 2. entering the country illegally and they sue him?
i'd have done the same thing if time after time my house is broken into and my property vandalized.
02-09-2009, 10:05 AM
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well they have rights
but by illegally entering the country and then trespassing on private property they give up alot of those rights.
you have every right to detain individuals who are illegally trespassing on your property until the authorities arrive. considering the situation this guys in i'm sure his property is posted as such. threatening to shoot anyone who attempts to run is a BIT over the top but i guess he can argue that being as outnumbered as he was he was merely tryin to keep them from coming at him. some of those crossing the border are pretty cut throat people
but by illegally entering the country and then trespassing on private property they give up alot of those rights.
you have every right to detain individuals who are illegally trespassing on your property until the authorities arrive. considering the situation this guys in i'm sure his property is posted as such. threatening to shoot anyone who attempts to run is a BIT over the top but i guess he can argue that being as outnumbered as he was he was merely tryin to keep them from coming at him. some of those crossing the border are pretty cut throat people
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well they have rights
but by illegally entering the country and then trespassing on private property they give up alot of those rights.
you have every right to detain individuals who are illegally trespassing on your property until the authorities arrive. considering the situation this guys in i'm sure his property is posted as such. threatening to shoot anyone who attempts to run is a BIT over the top but i guess he can argue that being as outnumbered as he was he was merely tryin to keep them from coming at him. some of those crossing the border are pretty cut throat people
but by illegally entering the country and then trespassing on private property they give up alot of those rights.
you have every right to detain individuals who are illegally trespassing on your property until the authorities arrive. considering the situation this guys in i'm sure his property is posted as such. threatening to shoot anyone who attempts to run is a BIT over the top but i guess he can argue that being as outnumbered as he was he was merely tryin to keep them from coming at him. some of those crossing the border are pretty cut throat people
fuck those illegal shits.