Photo Summary of Weekend Protests to Minuteman Project
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

Several protests were organized to counter the message the Minuteman Project is trying to bring into the media and to government officials. Protestors believe that U.S. foreign economic policy is the root cause of the border crisis. Many want the Minuteman Project volunteers to go home because further militarizing the border is not the answer.

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Women in Black hold vigil on Arizona border
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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Women in Black are opposed to violence and terrorism and feel that the Minuteman Project is not going to aid the border situation.

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Mike Anderson, Bisbee resident
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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Anderson stood on the side of Highway 80 near Bisbee alerting the Minuteman Project that they were not welcome. He wants the armed vigilantes to leave the area as well as the hordes of media that showed up to blow the project out of proportion in the news. He worries about the locals who will be left to deal with the possible intensification the project may bring to the border conflict.

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Aztec dancers in Tombstone on April 1
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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Leading the march to Schieffelin Hall was the Danza Azteca Cuauhtemoc (Descending Eagle) traditional warrior dancers who performed ancient Aztec dances to a rapid drum beat, and drew the most attention from the media. Protestors held signs and banged on pots and pans, an action called “cacerolazo.” “Cacerolazo is a traditional form of Latin American protest that symbolizes pots empty because people are hungry,” said Abigail Singer, who came from Tucson for the demonstration.

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Robert King, employee with the Department of Homeland Security
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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King took time from work to stop by the Women in Black vigil on Saturday. He is a contractor that is building improvements to the border wall. He is frustruated by the Minuteman volunteers that say nothing is being done on the border. But, he also understands that without the undocumented workers entering the U.S., the prices of many common goods would skyrocket.

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National Alliance for Human Rights
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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The humanitarian group counter-demonstrated at the Minuteman Project rally outside U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters in Douglas on April 2. They say they support the "economic refugees whose only crime is trying to find a bite to eat." The sign reads, "this is our land, this is our struggle."

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The border wall extending east from Naco, Arizona
by jessica lee Sunday, Apr. 03, 2005 at 6:14 AM

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This is the section of the Arizona-Mexico border that the Minuteman Project claim to be monitoring. The wall only extends for a few miles before it turns into a simple barbed-wire fence. Trash and clothing indicate that migrants travel across this border often.

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