Minuteman recruit NJ
Ana Ledo/EDLP
Published in El Diario de la Prensa 26 June '05

"We want our border safe, the laws of our land respected, obeyed and the law enforced"  said Ron Bass of the UPA " 
 
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Bridgewater, NJ: 50 people went to meeting of recruitment in New Jersey organized by the Project of Minuteman and United Patriots of America.
As it were planned they met in Bridgewater Sports Arena where the mass of opponents who in front of them pronounced against the event organized by the citizens who are members of the group Citizens of New Jersey for the National defense.  Since this [demo] was not allowed by polic­a of Bridgewater the striking power [of the police was used] to drive away the groups that plead for the undocumented immigrants.

Four people [of the demonstrators] were arrested. Two of did not to obey orders of the to leave the parking of the sport complex, where the demonstration started.

Other two, interrupted the meeting on the second floor of the complex headed by Rom Bass, founder of the United Patriots of America.

Before beginning the meeting he said that he was not open to discussion with the press, Bass commentd.

safe “Queremos our border, the respected, obeyed laws of ours país and reinforced. Implementación selective of the law is a form of tiranía and one violación of the civil rights of all the Americans, is minorías or inmigrantes”.

Bass, who resides in the state of New Jersey, wants that his message also [is heard by] arrives at all the citizens and legal immigrants Spanish speeking for that reason exposed, "We are NOT against the immigrants ...... we we make a distinction clear between legal and illegal.

But the demonstrators [did not believe] 'were not in agreement' with his statement.

[He is?] organizing people people using racism and to throw the fault on to the undocumented immigrants caused by the problem of economics which exist int his country.  His [mission?] is to hide the hatred of the guilty people who have the control of the money and to send [the hatred?] towards the opresesed and exploited said lawyer Rick Foard who resides in Newark [who entered the recruitment meeting?] and for that reason decidided to united in opposition.
The danger, according to Rita Dentino of organizacion Freehold House, is that people without training want to do the police work. 

We all run a risk with this plan because in our society it already happens the police brutality and singly we can not imagine how people who have not been prepared will enforce the law , comented Dentino.

The minuteman they try to again station themselves on the border of the United States with Mexico and also on Canada in [coming] months.

Jean Barbetta, one of first minuteman, said that to newspaper about 8,000 undocumented people cross the border of the south. During the month of April, acording to this minuteman they identified 45 possible terrorists.

To the people who we are recruiting we encourage them to contact their senators so that they are mobilized, said Barbetta, who resides in Tumbstone, Arizona.

The 4 of July Freehold House is organizing marches by the undocumented rights of the immigrant.  [This is to] end the harassment that they face and to [assure] the right to look for work.