Group that parachutes water to illegals in desert rescued by Bruce fans...

[DeepModem Mom]

...Mexican businessmen, and a generous anonymous donor. This group was brought to national attention by a recent article in the New York Times.


Donations rescue group that benefits migrants
Louie Gilot
El Paso Times

When Paisanos al Rescate ran out of fuel money the second week of July, they had no choice but to park the Cessna in its hangar. The volunteer pilots from the El Paso charity had been flying over the Southern New Mexico desert, dropping water to groups of undocumented immigrants making the arduous trek into the United States, often dangerously unprepared....

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That's when it got unexpected financial help from Mexican businessmen who bought 2,000 gallons of airplane fuel. Then the monetary donations started pouring in from all around the United States....

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Springsteen praised the group's work at his concert in Bridgeport, Conn., in July. Then fans organized through online forums....

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The most mysterious donation was...$25,000 from an anonymous New York donor with ties to El Paso....Rosa Elena Hinojosa acted as a go-between...."He understands the need to close the border, but he feels nobody needs to die in the desert that way," she said.

The donor had three conditions attached to his gift, Hinojosa and Alarcon said: that Paisanos make the group's Web site look more professional, that the pilots drop Pedialyte along with water, and that they include Arizona in their patrols....


http://www.elpasotimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050822/NEWS/508220332/1001


Please check out the group's website:

http://www.paisanosalrescate.org/

[DeepModem Mom]

1. Sorry -- one self-kick; I have a soft spot in my heart for these folks. nt

[tblue37]

2. Kick.

This really touches me.