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Cuba Internacional

Schwarzenegger"s Support to Immigrant Hunters in US Rejected

Washington, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The support of Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to paramilitary groups dedicated to hunt immigrants in the common border between US and Mexico was considered Saturday "an intolerable atrocity."

Mexico denied what it considered unfortunate statements made by Schwarzenegger Saturday on the illegal project called Minuteman to hunt immigrants, which affect historical economic, social and cultural links between Mexico and the state of California, a Mexican Foreign Affairs Ministry official note said here Saturday.

An editorial titled "Irresponsible Attitude by Schwarzenegger" by La Opinion, regarded that it was inadmissible a governor cheers participation of paramilitary in police works.

According to La Opinion, the decision of Schwarzenegger to talk about the Minuteman Project in a radio transmission promoting hostility against illegal immigrants brings drop of his popularity.

La Opinion said Schwarzenegger feeds the fire for discord, instead calming tensions in a state like California, with a great ethnic and migratory diversity.

"Our country has the right to know who enters the country, and limiting his entry, but geographical, historical, and socio-economic realities are not for demagogical and simple solutions for the common border problems," said La Opinion.

The US Democrat Party demanded Schwarzenegger he should apologize for his support to the Minuteman activities, and accused him of trying to hide the topic of the state budget and other problems with the topic of illegal migration.

Under the Minuteman Project, hundreds of armed paramilitary patrol the border between the territories of Arizona and Mexico to hunt illegal immigrants. Tension increased in the middle of April after a paramilitary patrol arrested a Mexican immigrant.

When he presented the demand before the Prosecutor Office, the Mexican citizen accused the paramilitary group of having forced him to wear an underwear shirt with a proselytism text on it.

"Brian Barton caught me as I was crossing the border, and all I could get, was this poor shirt," said the sign in the underwear shirt, promoting the image of the paramilitary group member, who has got political ambitions in Arizona.


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