Thread: Reports of confrontations between San Diego Minutemen, day l

Keeping the peace

Reports of confrontations between San Diego Minutemen, day laborers require increased law enforcement
By Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

July 1, 2007

NORTH COUNTY – Every weekend, on a street corner somewhere in North County, San Diego Minutemen members face off against day laborers and their supporters.
Often, a police officer has been assigned to keep watch.


JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Immigration-rights activist Claudia Smith stood with day laborers waiting for work on a recent Saturday at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Fallbrook, which is a day-laborer pickup site.
Law enforcement officials say monitoring these emotional, politicized demonstrations is a necessity, as each side of the immigration debate repeatedly accuses the other of breaking the law or violating civil rights.
“Our job is to make sure we don't get involved in this emotionally at all,â€

[quote]“With some folks there's a sense of frustration. Some people perceive us as trying to take one side or another. We're not here to take sides.â€

[quote="DcSA"][quote]“With some folks there's a sense of frustration. Some people perceive us as trying to take one side or another. We're not here to take sides.â€