Desertdog
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It looks like they are trying to become a permanent project. The web site of the MMP, http://www.minutemanproject.com/ , has a lot of information, pictures amd update on activities.
http://www.minutemanproject.com/NewsMedia.html
Minuteman Project issues major planning statement
April 18, 2005 (Tombstone, AZ)---The Minuteman Project (MMP) stated today that because of the tremendous success of their grassroots effort in just 17 days of operations, MMP involvement in border monitoring in Cochise County will cease at 2pm on Wednesday, April 20. MMP founder Jim Gilchrist will take their success to Washington, DC at the invitation of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. Gilchrist stated: "We have demonstrated that ordinary citizens sitting in lawn chairs not only have the will but the means to secure our border. If our own elected officials will not defend our nation's border, American citizens will."
Border monitoring will continue until the end of April under the direction of Civil Homeland Defense, an organization that Chris Simcox founded 2 1/2 years ago to monitor the border in this area. Civil Homeland Defense created the tactical organizational model that provided the infrastructure for the Minuteman Project.
The all-volunteer MMP virtually shut down illegal alien and drug traffic accross a 23-mile border sector in April while simultaneously bringing national awareness to our national security crisis, of which porous borders and illegal alien and drug traffic are components. Co-founder Chris Simcox stated that "We have demonstrated that ordinary American citizens can secure our border simply by maintaining a presence on the border and that thousands of citizens are ready, willing and able to do the job our President and Congress will not do. We are determined to assist the US Border Patrol in becoming an effective arm of the Department of Homeland Security in spite of the lack of support and funding from Congress and our President. There is no compromise - we will continue to exercise our civic duty until relieved by the National Guard and the US Military."
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For additional information, see open letters from Jim Gilchrist and Chris Simcox.
http://www.minutemanproject.com/NewsMedia.html
Minuteman Project issues major planning statement
April 18, 2005 (Tombstone, AZ)---The Minuteman Project (MMP) stated today that because of the tremendous success of their grassroots effort in just 17 days of operations, MMP involvement in border monitoring in Cochise County will cease at 2pm on Wednesday, April 20. MMP founder Jim Gilchrist will take their success to Washington, DC at the invitation of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. Gilchrist stated: "We have demonstrated that ordinary citizens sitting in lawn chairs not only have the will but the means to secure our border. If our own elected officials will not defend our nation's border, American citizens will."
Border monitoring will continue until the end of April under the direction of Civil Homeland Defense, an organization that Chris Simcox founded 2 1/2 years ago to monitor the border in this area. Civil Homeland Defense created the tactical organizational model that provided the infrastructure for the Minuteman Project.
The all-volunteer MMP virtually shut down illegal alien and drug traffic accross a 23-mile border sector in April while simultaneously bringing national awareness to our national security crisis, of which porous borders and illegal alien and drug traffic are components. Co-founder Chris Simcox stated that "We have demonstrated that ordinary American citizens can secure our border simply by maintaining a presence on the border and that thousands of citizens are ready, willing and able to do the job our President and Congress will not do. We are determined to assist the US Border Patrol in becoming an effective arm of the Department of Homeland Security in spite of the lack of support and funding from Congress and our President. There is no compromise - we will continue to exercise our civic duty until relieved by the National Guard and the US Military."
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For additional information, see open letters from Jim Gilchrist and Chris Simcox.
