TUCSON, Ariz. — A civilian border watch group said Friday that it had dismissed a volunteer who had had a suspected illegal immigrant pose for a mocking photograph.
Organizers of the Minuteman Project said that although authorities determined the man had not illegally detained the man, he still violated the group's procedures. They added that the volunteer had given the man $20 and fed him during Wednesday's encounter.
"The volunteer's actions were admirable, justified and undeniably humane," said Chris Simcox, a project official. "But unfortunately they jeopardized our established procedures and overall purpose of passively monitoring the border."
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On its website, the Minuteman Project said the volunteer had thought the man was in distress from lack of food and fluids and had given him cereal and milk. He then posed for a picture next to him while holding up a T-shirt and gave him $20 as a federal agent arrived to take the man into custody.
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