"For some reason, I do not believe that the group who initiated this thing is openly racist."
The key word here is "openly". But, scratch below their p.r. front just a little bit and you will discover they are in fact bigots of the worst kind. The "border patrol" leaders and key activists are clearly right-wing racists. The leaders of the border patrol including Gilchrist have no objections to people waving the confederate flag at their events. And they post on their websites the most vile racist propaganda from their supporters.
By no measure are these characters progessives who just want to "protect" the jobs of "Americans". They have not said nor done anything to protest the "export" of jobs to cheap labor nations by big corporations.
These great "defenders" of our jobs and living standards just can't seem to find the words to protest corporate outsourcing, NAFTA, downsizing and wage cutting. They are dead silent on these very real attacks on the living standards of the American people.
And that's not just an accident or mere oversight on their part.
Rather than take on big business, the border patrol outfits prefer to scapegoat and blame undocumented workers for the growing economic crisis in this nation. They of course shed tears over the exploitation of poor undocumented workers by greedy corporations. However, they oppose efforts by labor unions to organize these workers to put an end that exploitation!
I don't think these border viglantes give a damn about the exploitation of undocumented workers or any workers, including citizens! Read what they have to say in their own words!
FROM THE MINUTEMAN WEBSITE:
WELCOME
The Minuteman Project is a grassroots effort to bring Americans to the defense of their homeland, similar to the way the original Minutemen from Massachusetts (and other U. S. colonies) did in the late 1700s. Like them, we want to bring to this effort only what few personal possessions we can carry...plus our heart, mind and spirit.
It is a call to peacefully assemble at the Arizona-Mexico border to bring national awareness to the decades-long careless disregard of effective U.S. immigration law enforcement. It is a reminder to Americans that our nation was founded as a nation governed by the "rule of law", not by the whims of mobs of ILLEGAL aliens who endlessly stream across U.S. borders.
Accordingly, the men and women volunteering for this mission are those who are willing to sacrifice their time, and the comforts of a cozy home, to muster for something much more important than acquiring more "toys" to play with while their nation is devoured and plundered by the menace of tens of millions of invading illegal aliens.
Future generations will inherit a tangle of rancorous, unassimilated, squabbling cultures with no common bond to hold them together, and a certain guarantee of the death of this nation as a harmonious "melting pot."
"At the current rate of invasion the United States will be completely over run with ILLEGAL aliens by the year 2025...only 21 years away. ILLEGAL aliens and their offspring will be the dominant population in the U.S. and will have made such inroads into the political and social systems that they will have more influence than the U.S. Constitution over how the U.S. is governed. That ugly consequence is already taking place. The United States of America is under invasion." --- James Gilchrist - Founder Of The MinuteMan Project
How sweet!
AND HERE ARE SOME OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT POSTED ON THE MINUTEMAN WEBSITE:
The MinuteMan Project - Positive feedback - letters from supporters
I am a Captian with the U.S. Army where I am currently serving in Afghanistan for the second time. Most of my co-workers agree that there is nothing to gain from more immigrants entering the US from Mexico. We strongly believe in taking any means necessary to stop the flow of illegal immigration. Whatever it takes.
.... European countries have such a better fix on illegal immigration. A country there requires everyone to have a national ID, that is very hard to fake. Much like a passport. Why doesn't the US have a national ID. This would allow police to deport anyone that is not in compliance.
Second, I hate to think that our forefathers secured the country through many wars, only for us to loose it because the mexicans breed at such a higher rate, and cross into the US so fast. In my hometown of Oklahoma you can't go to a flee market without seeing an illegal mexican woman with her 7 kids. We are loosing the country simply through numbers, and must close the border to these people. They are uneducated, and have nothing to offer the US except some cheap manual labor.
.... our country fills up with mexicans, cubans, and haitians. What the hell is going on. I would rather have people that are like us and can contribute to the US in my country instead of someone that will simply drain our social welfare system, crowd our schools with their seven kids, raise crime, and simply never blend into our society.
R.
I have been interested in your organization since I heard about in the Rush Limbaugh show when you first started out.
G.J.
I am from ... Ca and I am tired of hearing about how racist the minuteman project is. Even though my name is ...I am Hispanic. if you could use a brown face for a couple of days I would be more than happy to sacrifice sometime from my vacation.
M.H.
the great state of south carolina is being over-run by illegals. my hat is off to you guys. these people must be stopped.
I'm a citizen that sees on a dailey
basis how the open borders are destroying America and how the security of this nation is gravely threatened but politicians pandering to the Latino population in the U.S.
M.L.
We have heard about your organization through Bill O'Reilly on FOX News, and CNN News ....
E.H.
I can help. I have experience. Navy, ... Firearms Academy, ....
I can spot movement for miles.
S.W.
believe no one could more eloquently state the concern we have of ignoring our southern border and the total disregard for American law by our southern neighbor, Mexico, and its supportive groups within the legal borders of the United States, aka; MALDEF, La Raza, Lulac and other racist organizations.
HisFox] countrys' coordination with the afforementioned Mexican groups to influence politics within our own borders is nothing less than what Nikita Khruschev did with Russian spies years ago and is tantamount to a declaration of war against anyone living in the United States....
R.T.
I at least want to encourage you to keep up the good work no matter how much the liberal media distorts your efforts or attacks you.
G.M.
My congrats. to you in this endeavour. We here in S.C. are under an 'invasion' of sorts by illegals that drive w/o lisences and/or insurance---reproduce at alarming rates and fund their newly born children with our tax dollars.
J.B.
As a Border Patrol Agent, I'm in the "trenches" and see daily the complete disregard for our country (represented by all of the trash and water bottles) that these invaders leave in their wake. More importantly, I realize what is in store for our country as people whose only loyalty is to Mexico gain even more of a political foothold.
Liberal-minded people say that illegal aliens are just flocking here to work the jobs we won't work and make a better life for their poor children, etc. etc. What they fail to mention is the benefits the illegals are really seeking:
No taxes! Free medical! Free American education! Free public assistance! & all the money they make goes right back into their
foreign homeland's economy, as they carry it south to their families still living in countries below our border.
Anonymous, please.
I was the 2004 Constitution Party candidate for the U.S. Senate here in South Carolina, and I visited Simcox and went out on patrol with him and some other volunteers in July. I wish you all success and Godspeed.
Patrick
Simpsonville, South Carolina
We face the conquest of the United States of America -- without a shot being fired .... smuggling organizations ferry countless numbers of Chinese illegal aliens to Washington, Oregon and California. Vancouver, Canada sports a large community of ethnic illegal alien Chinese "fresh off the boat".
GOD help us.
C.
Tucson, Arizona
I spent 15 yrs. living in Mesa, AZ so the invasion of our culture and language enrages me.
Here in California, my wife and I refuse to speak Spanish, and are not ashamed of our own Heritage and language (German/Italian, but we speak English).
Sincerely,
James D. P.
California is bankrupt because it has become the welfare
state for mostly Mexican citizens illegally in our country.
American citizens by the Arizona border suffer losses of property and are in danger of physical harm from the invaders. Our national parks are being destroyed by the hordes that camp there waiting for their smugglers.
Haydee P - Ca.
am fed up and would like to know about defending my turf with a weapon. The illegals up in this area do not ask for food or water, they just inquire about cash and weapons. And they certainly do NOT want to work. We had several citizens killed last year by the illegals ....
Dick
Mr. Gilchrist,
I'm a DHS officer. I heard you on the Sean Hannity show today.
My hat's off to you for what you are trying to accomplish.
Then you also have to contend with the liberal do-gooders of the world who have the mainstream media as a mouth piece.
DHS Officer
Annonymous (for fear of being fired)
It is hard to believe that politicians responsible for protecting the sovereignty of the US have done nothing to stem the flow of illegal immigrants that have cost this country so much in social services, lost jobs and lowered wages, increased crime, education and health costs, sapping Social Security, etc..
The fact is that they've stolen jobs from Americans.
Thomas V.
Pennsylvania
America is overrun with illegal aliens, and we have already lost much of life as we knew it. Hospitals are closing, the educational system is in the toilet, the welfare system no longer exists for Americans who need assistance, Social Security has been depleted to the point of "pay as you go," and population growth has encroached on our wildlands. Food, water, gas, and electric energy is at an all time low, and we have far exceeded the "carrying capacity" of the United States. We have depleted the fossil fuels that power our automobiles, and provide us with heat in the winter. My grandchildren may be facing life on a barren earth, and this thought chills my bones; yet population keeps on breeding!
This is not about race or ethnic group.
Sincerely,
Liz D.
Hayward, California
Are these border patrol vigalantes violent? Listen to what
Jennifer Allen, executive director of the Border Action Network said on Democracy Now this past Tuesday:
"The only folks that we're seeing committing criminal acts are the vigilantes that are out patrolling the border. We have four civil lawsuits right now that are pending other vigilante activities. The Minuteman Project is not the first time that we've had people out patrolling, looking for immigrants, detaining them at gunpoint. And what we have seen, too, is that what happens is the folks pull out their gun. Folks are getting shot at. Folks have been kicked. Folks have been dragged around. Folks have been yelled at. Folks have been bitten by dogs, thrown on the front of ATVs and dragged through the desert scrub. You want to talk about criminal activities, that's first and foremost."
Jennifer Allen continued .....
"We also need to see on a more smaller and intermediate sense is that the local officials from the Cochise County Attorney, the county in southern Arizona where most of these vigilante activities are happening, to the Arizona Attorney General and the Arizona U.S. Attorney need to step up, do their job and prosecute these vigilante groups for their criminal activities, which is the everyday activities of rounding people up, detaining them illegally, impersonating law enforcement, organizing militias. These are all crimes at both the state and federal level. The fact that these officials have done nothing in spite of massive community mobilizations over the last two years has created this climate of impunity, where Mr. Gilchrist and other people from around the country think that they can just come into southern Arizona and do what they want."
And she explained ....
"I can tell you what we have seen. You know, the organization is a community organization based out of Douglas and Nogales, communities on the ground. So what we have seen for years. You know, what you all are doing is absolutely nothing new."
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Border Vigilantes Armed With Assault Weapons Terrorize Local Douglas Families And Children
Victims file civil lawsuit against Barnett family & call for state prosecution
On October 30th, 2004, border vigilante Roger Barnett detained members of the Morales and English families in Douglas, Arizona, threatening them with a loaded AR-15 assault rifle and attack dogs, and barraging them with verbal abuse and racist insults. The children, ages 9-11, and their parents, who believed Barnett intended to murder them, suffered severe emotional trauma.
The Morales and English families, with the support of Border Action Network held a press conference on Monday, November 29th, 2004 announcing the civil lawsuit both families are bringing against Roger, Donald and Barbara Barnett.
“I didn’t serve six years in the United State Navy so that my family’s civil rights could be violated in our town of Douglas,” said Ron Morales, a United States Navy veteran, U.S. citizen, and long-time resident of Douglas. Mr. Morales was outraged that the armed vigilante attacked his family and that Barnett has been doing the same to immigrants crossing the Arizona desert for nearly ten years.
The families announced the lawsuit in order to bring attention to the community-wide effects of vigilante activities in southern Arizona and to demand an end to the tolerance offered to such dangerous groups by state and federal law enforcement agencies that have declined to investigate or prosecute Barnett and other vigilantes for previous incidents.
http://www.borderaction.org/news2.php?articleID=13
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