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johnny@. wrote:
> Associated Press
> Posted on Mon, Jan. 17, 2005
>
> http://minutemanproject.com/
>
> SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. - A retired California man continues seeking
> volunteers to patrol the Arizona border from the ground and air for
> illegal immigrants.
>
> Jim Gilchrist, head of the Minuteman Project, was using the Internet
to
> recruit people for the 30-day event in April patrolling the San Pedro
> Valley. The group planned to arrive in Tombstone and demonstrate near
> the Naco border checkpoint.
>
> So far, about 200 volunteers, including pilots, from at least 30
> different states had signed up, Gilchrist said.
>
> The group plans to use air surveillance during the day and ground
> observation posts at night to spot migrants. They would then pass the
> information on to the U.S. Border patrol and monitor the agents'
> reaction and response, said Gilchrist, of Aliso Viejo, Calif.
>
> Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said he wants to show the failure
of
> the federal government's border and immigration policies, but warned
> that volunteers should stay within the law.
>
> He asked that the group respect the rights of ranchers whose ranches
> stretch to the border since many don't want illegal immigrants,
patrol
> groups or law enforcement on their land.
>
> Dever also cautioned that volunteers who question people they believe
> not to be U.S. citizens should expect to be challenged.
>
> Those interested in coming to Arizona in April were asked to fill out
a
> resume online, which Gilchrist planned to review. He said some people
> have been asked not to participate.
>
> Arizona has become a crossing point for hundreds of thousands of
> migrants annually, and the flood of undocumented people has drawn
> several armed civilian groups that act as self-appointed border watch
> organizations.
>
> The groups have come under increasing scrutiny. One member of
> Texas-based Ranch Rescue was arrested near Douglas on suspicion of
> felony flight to avoid prosecution, accused with another person of
> unlawfully detaining and beating a Salvadoran couple in Texas.
>
> The Yuma County Board of Supervisors and the Somerton City Council
> passed resolutions condemning citizen border watch groups and
reminding
> residents that it is the government's job to secure the international
> border.
>
> Members of the watchdog groups, some of which carry out armed
patrols,
> deny using force to deter border crossers and say they work with
federal
> authorities.
>
>
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/10666956.htm?1c
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> news:alt.politics.immigration
Sincere volunteers needed. The government has failed in it's duty. It
is not often we have the opportunity to take direct action for America.
http://minutemanproject.com/
Jim
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