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Photo Summary of Minuteman Project Volunteers: Part 1
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM
Photo summary of some of the Minuteman Project volunteers who have come to Southern Arizona to draw attention to the border crisis.

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Hundreds of “vigilantes” swarmed to defend small stretch of the Arizona-Mexico border on April 2, picking up the slack where they say the government is failing to stop the so-called “invasion of mobs of illegal aliens and terrorists.” The month-long gathering, dubbed the Minuteman Project, has attracted volunteers from all of the country to come camp in the desert and monitor the border.
Minuteman Project volunteer from New Mexico
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM

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This volunteer says he is upset at the lack of border security but also wants to reform U.S. foreign policy such as NAFTA and FTAA. He is assigned to group 1 to monitor the border.
Armed vigilantes
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM

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Many of the Minuteman Project volunteers carry loaded weapons, which they say is for last resort defense against criminals they see in the desert crossing the border. Locals worry that the armed group will only intensify the border conflict.
Undocumented Border Patrol pin
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM

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Minuteman Project volunteers purchased the pins from a local vendor. The MMP claims they are monitoring the small stretch of Arizona desert to help the U.S. Border Patrol do their jobs.
Wanta Cisco Shultz, Minuteman Project volunteer from Houston
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM

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Shultz brought the Texas flag with her "to represent that all 50 states are being invaded by illegal aliens."
Sean Pierce, Minuteman Project volunteer from Mesa
by jessica lee
Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 5:34 AM

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Pierce believes the FTAA needs to be stopped because it is taking jobs away from Americans. He is the son of Arizona Congressman Russell Pierce, one of the authors of Proposition 200. Prop 200 passed in Arizona last November, requiring proof of citizenship to receive public services and to vote.
widow
by deborah divver
Monday, Apr. 04, 2005 at 4:07 AM
mamasan303@yahoo.com
Welcome fellow Americans to the front lines, Cochise County Arizona. I welcome you to stop by my house (now vacant thanks to drug smugglers murdering my husband forcing my family to relocate out east where many of the M.P. come from and the illegals head to) get a drink of great tasting water and take a look off of my wind mill tower. One of the best views around to spot the traffic.
God bless and safe patroling.
Terrorists
by Anti-terrorist
Monday, Apr. 04, 2005 at 2:13 PM
I couldn't help but to notice that most of these "Minuteman" terrorists are WHITE! Where is the "Office of Homeland (as if...) Security?" How come the "war on terrorism" isn't a war on ALL TERRORISTS?
Bush's fascist war is only against terrorists who seem to have the support of dark-skinned people, and it is against people who are not terrorists, but still speak for and are dark-skinned!
A new era of fascism is upon us? Perhaps we should give it a new name? No, 'fascism' will do fine.
minuteman project
by jessica lee
Tuesday, May. 17, 2005 at 10:17 AM
westernflyer@hotmail.com 801-2788395
I think these bleeding heart liberals who believe the border with Mexico need to rethink their position, Where do all the illegag aliens come from, where does the illegal drugs come from? The aliens are in OUR country taking jobs from honest, tax paying AMERICAN citizens. Ever had your idenity stolen or your social security number misused? I have twice and both times it was a wetback who took it and used it so they could work ILLEGALLY in the United States!
Stop and consider how many illegals are criminals in their own country, stop and consider tha amout of drugs entering this country are transported by illegals.
It is not just illegals wanting a better life entering the US, it is criminals, mental defectives, and others with malicious intent coming across.
The president of Mexico obviously does not want to deal with the problem....Look at the comment he made about Mexicans nationals doing work that blacks do not want.....and the money sent home to Mexico by illegals in this country is second only to Mexico's oil export! ANd what about how these people do not pay their bills, how they are a burden to our health care system and social services......
And how about the large employers who employ them pay them less than an american worker. They do not contribute to social security, or pay any taxes.
Then there is an entire industry that has been nborn out of servicing these aliens. Phone cards, giros postales, all sorts of services that did not exsit and would not exsit if it were not for illegals. How about trafficking in phony idenification, bogus social security cards and driver licenses. Our country has made it where these people often have more rights than native citizens.
Humanitarian and compassionate are not words to be used in conjunction with illegal aliens.
Praise God for the MinuteMen
by P
Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2005 at 12:37 PM
We need to get these illegals out of the U.S. This is our country. There is no other country where illegals can go, terrorize the Blacks, have babies, and expect Americans to take care of them.
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by Concerned citizen
Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2005 at 3:13 PM
Thank God, for the courageous efforts of these true Americans. The Men & Women volunteers of the Minutemen. God bless them.
These "illegal's" are turning America, into a third world country. Bringing diseases with them, that long since been eradicated here in the U.S.A. Like leprosy!
Time to close the borders and deport the "illegal" vermin.
facts
by factoid
Wednesday, Jun. 01, 2005 at 8:23 PM
I think it's pathetic that the MM who disagree with the FTAA, instead of focusing their anger at the politicians, focus it at "the little guys". What a bunch of bullies.
Here are some facts.
Many gangsters are undocumented, but, the gangs are American. When the gangsters get deported, they sometimes start up gangs in other countries. These gangs are an American export.
Drugs are smuggled into the country in different ways, but they find a ready market. These smugglers are just mules -- the expendable pawns in the system. The real bigshots are organized crime, and, in all likelihood, legitimate business that front for drug businesses.
The vast majority of undocumented people are not breaking any laws except the immigration laws. They are laying low, to avoid detection.
If you pass laws to make them unequal in the eyes of the law, particularly labor law, you will actually cause their wages to drop... and that will only increase the demand for their labor, and depress wages for citizens. Think about it.
Plus, you will jeopardize citizens who might look like they have indeterminate status. Suppose you look Mexican (or Asian) -- what will you do? Carry some ID card around and register in a database? Won't this give a huge edge to illegal aliens who look like white people?
The employers do pay SS and income taxes for their undocumented workers, btw. When they go to get a job, they have fake documents. The employers check them, but don't call up anyone to verify the IDs. Right now, there is not any real effort to fine businesses for hiring people with fake papers. (aka... we are in a pro-business administration)
One of the reasons why undocumented people get a lot of services is because they are extremely poor. In America, there is a gap between services for the extremely poor and the somewhat poor. The extremely poor are charity cases, and get things for free, while the regular poor people basically lack adequate services, and get nickel and dimed.
If you're indigent, any hospital will take you and provide services. It'll come from their charity budget. In contrast, if you are just poor, they will demand insurance. If you do not have that they may triage you, and try to send you to the local government hospital. That is okay, except it's going to be extremely crowded there, because that social service is underfunded.
In countries with better social services, there are generally strict rules about non-residents and non-citizens getting access to services. If you do not qualify, you will get treated, but, you will also get a bill.
Another issue, the main issue really, is the fact that US immigration law has no provision to allow laborers to immigrate into the country. There are dozens of categories, but, only two apply to unskilled or semiskilled labor, and those both require the applicant to already have a job.
People are saying "they should immigrate legally", but, according to the law, there really is no way for the typical undocumented person to immigrate legally. It practically forces you to come over illegally, get a job, make yourself indispensible for years, then get your boss to sponsor your immigration. (There's also marriage -- but what better way to get married than to be here to meet citizens.)
Wrong is Wrong
by Julio Mier
Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2005 at 12:44 PM
julio
The steps taken by the citizens of the United States is more than wrong. As a hispanic male, i take the fact that people other than the authorities are takeing action towards stopping immigration. The piece of information that the world misses is that the immigrants come to the U.S. for help in their every day lives and to give a proper life to the following generation.
In this message I want the world to recognize the great damage being done to hispanic lives.
hurting Remarks
by Julio
Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2005 at 12:53 PM
jmier045@cristorey.net
It really hurts to hear that your culture and race is refered to a "vermin." I, as a high school student think that america should be shared among the people. GOD HAD NO LAND AUTHORIZED TO ONE CERTAIN RACE!
Beside being immegrants we also serve the armed forces and for what to be criticized by the color of our skin or the blood that runs through our vains?
chris
by chris
Wednesday, Jul. 27, 2005 at 12:33 PM
You are right. We need to withdrew from north american trade assocaition
mr.
by winn
Saturday, Sep. 17, 2005 at 8:01 PM
As a native Texan I applaude your efforts to control the U.S. border invasion. It certainly appears that the news coverage is slanted in favor of the invaders. The spoksepeople for groups such as LULAC and MALDEF are angry and must be concerned about being exposed for radical affiliations. Surely they have all of their brilliant executives working overtime trying to plot their next move.
Selling these invaders as "honest" and "downtrodden" to the U.S. citizens seems to be getting more difficult.
Way to Go
by Tom
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 at 9:20 PM
Way to go, minutemen!! Keep those nasty, bean-eating scumbags out of our country!!
Way to Go
by Tom
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 at 9:25 PM
Way to go, minutemen! In regards to the whining liberals who say that the Mexicans are coming here for help; I say, change Mexico for the better. Otherwise, stay the hell out of our country!
sort of... but you have it backwards
by Brian in Tempe
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 at 9:31 PM
"...angry and must be concerned about being exposed for radical affiliations."
Speaking of which...
Nazis, racists join Minuteman Project
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/news/item.jsp?aid=13
Racist Groups Exploit Immigration Issues in Effort to Promote Anti-Hispanic Agenda
http://www.adl.org/NR/exeres/6BE6155F-A6D0-42D7-A181-A7F5113C8381,0B1623CA-D5A4-465D-A369-DF6E8679CD9E,frameless.htm
The Minuteman Project: Modern Day Slave Patrols
http://phoenixinsurgent.blogspot.com/2005/09/minuteman-project-modern-day-slave.html
a question for Brainless in Tempe
by Brainless in Tempe
Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006 at 11:50 PM
How is that America hating sewage is so eager to run to the defense of the wetbacks? They want to come to the greatest Nation on the planet. Why aren't you terrorist fellators demonizing the Mexicans? Why aren't you telling them they're insane, and warning them about "King George", etc?
Explain it, you stupid son of a bitch.
ridiculous silliness
by Brian in Tempe
Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 at 10:58 AM
First off, thank you for proving that you are a racist as well as underming your own ridiculous argument that racism is a thing of the past. That's not bad for one post.
Second, thank you also for showing again just how easy it is to win an argument with you! No one even has to argue on the other side, because you consistently prove all by yourself just how little there is to your ideas time and time again.
That's not to say that I and others don't routinely destroy your silly arguments. Of course, we do, time and time again (it's not hard, really). Your angry and fact-less posts are so predictable that my friends and I just laugh and laugh every time you toss one out. Ha ha.
brainless son of a bitch
by Brainless in Tempe
Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 at 12:59 PM
I never said racism was a thing of the past, you idiot bastard. I've same as said it'll always be a part of us. We're hierarchal and territorial and clannish, and only a major mutation in our DNA would "cure" it, and mutations are usually deadly.
Secondly, you haven't won a thing, idiot bastard, because you haven't addressed the question concerning the hypocrisy of America haters who should be demonizing the Mexicans who obviously don't hate America and risk so much to be here. But of course you won't address anything that reveals you to be the dimwitted assclown that you are.
thirdly, on another thread you haven't addressed why you assclowns haven't demanded the termination of the global indymedia, which is MOSTLY powered by oil, and of which the components (including the sewer dwellers who access the indymedia) were manufactured using oil.
You're a typical junior high idiot bastard, claiming you won something when you can't see the brown skid marks from where I mopped the floor with you.
All hail shitferbrains in Tempe....
cajun_thunder
by Joe DeGregorio
Thursday, Sep. 21, 2006 at 5:27 AM
joe@flightlevel390.org
One thing you people fail to realize...the mexicans want a better life..true
Then let them get off their asses,overthrow their corrupt government and military and start a new Mexico...just like we did in the Civil war...yes there was terrible loss of life,there will be more in the next civil war...fact is ,when your Government fails,the people need to step up and take their Country back..is it that the mexicans have no balls to fight their own civil war?...or maybe they are just too uneducated to see the lies Vincente Fox feeds his people?.....we dont want illegals here in the USA...come in the right way like our forefathers did,or face our wrath...plain and simple...its not a matter of not caring about immigrants,its a matter of the immigrants standing up in their own countries for their own rights...instead of ruining our country,how bout overthrowing Fox and Chavez and making Mexico and Brazil a better place for all the world to enjoy.
Hey Joe
by reader
Thursday, Sep. 21, 2006 at 3:32 PM
Hey Joe...hate to tell you this, but the government was *not* overthrown in the US Civil War. That would have meant that the *South* won. Maybe you're thinking about the American Revolution?
And what are you doing to help overthrow George Bush, who brought so much crap down upon our heads?
Hey, Joe!
by Brian in Tempe
Thursday, Sep. 21, 2006 at 6:49 PM
Hey, Joe. I am glad that you are interested in supporting revolution in Mexico. Lucky you! Here is a link to good reporting on revolutionary movements in Mexico. Turns out there are a lot of them! I trust you will now go out and start telling your friends how important it is to support the Zapatistas and others who are trying to do exactly what you say you want them to do.
See, the thing is, we don't live in a world where one must either support revolution in Mexico OR support immigrants here. We can do both, just like Mexicans do both. Just like European immigrants came here by the millions and millions more tried to make revolution in Europe! Many even came here after fighting in revolutions in Europe. Many of the '49ers, for example, fled Europe after fighting in the revolutions of 1848. Many returned home to fight again. Same thing.
Here's the link!
http://www.narconews.com/
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