[Americanwolf]

The only means by which minutemen "Capture" anyone is reporting the crossing and border patrol being johnny on the spot and picking them up... I witnessed this several times when I did my week stint in october.

We reported several crossings and watched as border patrol swooped in.. in fact one night we had 3 agents right behind the postion we were in. that were watching us watch the border.

[Congressman Billybob]

Yes, I know that the effect of the Minutemen during their one-month test was not the additional people who were caught, but the huge numbers of illegals who didn't make the attempt, during the project.

My memory is that the Border Patrol itself reported a 70% drop in the number if illegals across the 30-mile section of the Arizona border that was the main focus of the Project. Can either of you confirm the source and details of that?

I am in the process of writing an article for Newsbusters which I will also post on FR on this subject. I'll compete that article while I TiVo the rebroadcast in two minutes. So, if you have an answer to that question, please post it here.

John / Billybob