From the Federalist;
Meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox, President Bush went so far as to disingenuously refer to citizen-volunteers of the Minuteman Project as "vigilantes." Perhaps Mr. Bush did not yet receive the
memo for extending PC terminology into this topic.
These volunteers are not "vigilantes" -- they are "undocumented persons," specifically,
"undocumented Border Patrol agents." They are also "willing workers matched with willing employers" (border-area residents happy to have greater protections). And they are simply "doing jobs that Americans
won't do" (that is, the jobs the American President and members of Congress won't do, but are constitutionally-mandated duties for common defense against border invasion).
Contrary to the President, the Border Patrol is apparently asking for more "vigilantes," with its "Operation Be Alert" program encouraging citizens to report suspicious activity along the nation's border. Citizens can report such activity by calling the U.S. Border Patrol hotline: 1-877-USBP-HELP (872-7435).
Meanwhile, Wednesday, four Iraqis were detained at Mexicali airport,Mexico, for carrying fake Dutch passports; two others with fake Greek passports were caught at a highway checkpoint. While scant information is available at this time, we seriously doubt the would-be insurgents were taking advantage of their recent liberation to visit Disneyland.