I know I read in the Herald article that 17 illegals were spotted, and the BP was called in to pick them up. I wonder if that was before this report? I do seem to remember that it was Saturday...
Posted on 05/16/2005 5:53:55 PM PDT by axes_of_weezles
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Warning; Contains the whole newscast. Check out Minute 4-5; interview with wife of indicted immigration officer and McAIN.
April has come and gone, but Minutemen are still patrolling the Arizona-Mexico border.
After their highly publicized round-the-clock patrols last month, the civilian border watchers are back on duty.
Eyewitness News 4's Peter Busch camped out with the Minutemen Saturday night. He has the story.
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It's Saturday night, 9:30, and a dozen Minutemen are preparing for the graveyard shift.
Armed with high-frequency scanners, hand-held walkie-talkies, thermal imaging cameras, and in some cases, side-arms, the stakeout begins.
The focus for this particular night is the Highway 92 corridor to the east of the Huachuca Mountains.
The well documented April Minutemen project is over, but their mission remains unfinished.
"Just keeping a vigilance, always watching, and letting them know we're here, should send them home," says Minutemen leader Chris Simcox.
The shift ends at six in the morning.
Simcox smokes a morning cigar, then checks a nearby wash for fresh tracks.
The Minutemen set up trip wires and often sweep the sand in the washes in case something escapes their sight.
Most of the Minutemen still on patrol are locals, but not everyone. Phil and Jackie Lyons drove all the way from Houston for the weekend and patrolled 16 hours each day.
"We didn't come here for a vacation; we came out here to come protect our border," Phil says.
Simcox says he knew from the beginning that April would not be the end of the Minutemen, but he says from now on, their patrols will be mobile, to keep smugglers guessing.
Simcox compares it to playing a game of chess, but on this night, their nocturnal vigilance was unrewarded. Not one illegal immigrant crossed their path.
Which, depending on how you look at it, could be a good thing.
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I know I read in the Herald article that 17 illegals were spotted, and the BP was called in to pick them up. I wonder if that was before this report? I do seem to remember that it was Saturday...
The first operation of the Yuma Patriots went off well this evening, there were 14 present, we covered about 5 miles of the Colorado River between Arizona, and Baja California, not a lot of activity, they called in 3 groups, North of where I was. I was at the South end, don't know how many illegals were called in. I didn't see anything.
The Border Patrol Helicopter was in the area for a while, later it was working about 7 or 8 miles South of me, someone with a scanner said the Border Patrol was busy chasing illegals down there.
The Minutemen are true American Patriots who have decided to do something other than look the other way. Too bad the border patrol still has some of klintoon's lackeies in supervisory positions. NSNR
Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
Be Ever Vigilant!
Minutemen Patriots ~ Bump!
A big THANK YOU from invaded California! The Arizona Minutemen Project has made history by waking America up to this insidious invasion from a third world mess of a country.
Thank you for caring, we all have to work together, everyone can participate in one way or another. I think the media is going to black out everything the MMP is doing before long, it is going to be up to us to get the word out.
Now, that's a real patriot!
I agree!
Minutemen Patriot ~ Bump!
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