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From the America's Independent Party platform:

Sovereignty

We completely oppose any action that surrenders the moral, political or economic sovereignty of the United States and its people, and demand the immediate restoration of that sovereignty wherever it has been eroded.

We demand the immediate securing and continuous vigilant maintenance of our sovereign territory and borders. We oppose any private or governmental action that rewards illegal entry into the United States in any way, and demand speedy and full enforcement of our laws concerning all such activities.

Our nominee, Alan Keyes, signed the MCDC's pledge, which I'll include below.

I don't how you could make a much stronger statement than this.

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Presidential Pledge for Border Security

Foreword

A fundamental responsibility of the federal government is to secure the nation's borders and enforce the law. Every government representative at the federal and state level swears an oath of office to ensure this fundamental responsibility of office.

Our Border Patrol agents are under violent attack. Drug dealers are armed and assault our territory and sovereignty like a well-trained military cadre. The daily invasion of our country continues. The threat of incursion by criminals, violent gang members and individuals who may be members of terrorist organizations is a clear and present danger to our national security and is undermining our public safety.

The American people have overwhelmingly and clearly demanded that we secure our borders immediately.

Securing the borders of this nation is an Executive imperative

Americans realize we cannot rely solely on Congress to secure the borders. The President, as Commander-in-Chief, has an equal or greater sworn duty and mandate to protect us from foreign invasion.

That is why we call upon all the Presidential candidates to make the following Pledge in order to warrant our support:

MCDC Presidential Pledge

I hereby Pledge that as President I will not reward those who have come to our country illegally with the precious gift of American citizenship, by granting them any form of amnesty.

I hereby Pledge that I will as President regard the ongoing invasion of our country by millions of foreign nationals as the clear and present danger to our nation’s security that it is, and that I will therefore take swift Executive action to confront and end it.

I hereby Pledge that as Commander-in-Chief I will make use of existing U.S. Military Services and National Guard manpower to bring a stop to the human tide that is flowing through our border areas, until such time as Congress makes further civilian manpower available to meet this threat. I will immediately act to deploy a minimum of 30,000 troops to bolster security measures around the entire perimeter of the contiguous territory of the United States. This will include the deployment of 20,000 Guardsmen to the southern border, 5,000 deployed along the northern border, and 5,000 to assist the Coast Guard and enhance coastal and port security. Guardsmen will be relieved of this duty only as they are replaced by newly-deployed Border Patrol agents.

I hereby Pledge that as Commander-in-Chief I will make use of existing U.S. Military Services and National Guard technological resources to bring a stop to the human tide that is flowing through our border areas, until such time as Congress makes further civilian resources available to meet this threat.

I hereby Pledge that as Commander-in-Chief I will make use of existing U.S. Military Services and National Guard physical resources to bring a stop to the human tide that is flowing through our border areas, until such time as Congress makes further civilian resources available to meet this threat. This includes the provision of all necessary materials and manpower to provide triple layer fencing along our entire southern border during my first year in office, wherever previous Congressionally-funded fence building efforts are not being carried out in a timely fashion.

I hereby Pledge that I will make full use of my Executive authority to implement the interior enforcement of all of our existing laws. This includes Executive action in opposition to any municipal or state so-called “sanctuary” policies that work to illicitly protect illegal aliens and criminals, and a mandate that all state and local domestic law enforcement personnel will in the course of their duties inquire of and as necessary investigate the immigration status of all persons with whom they come into law enforcement contact.

I hereby Pledge that I will make full use of the “Bully Pulpit” of the Presidency to build further public support for overwhelming action by the Congress to finally and completely solve the border security and illegal immigration crises. I will make it my goal to see that the federal authorities double the number of ICE agents handling interior enforcement, increase the Border Patrol to at least 40,000 agents, and increase detention space to incarcerate illegal aliens arrested, rather than letting them go with an empty and unenforceable promise to show up later for legal proceedings against them.

I Pledge that I will make full use of the diplomatic resources of the United States to work cooperatively with Mexico and Canada to smash the criminal drug cartels and human smuggling operations.

This pledge of action is what the American people want, need, and deserve.

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps encourages all Presidential candidates to sign this Pledge, and commit to do all in their power to see its implementation.

MCDC also calls upon every elected member of Congress, and every American citizen, to fully endorse the practical plan that is represented by this Presidential Pledge, and to fully support the deployment of every resource that is needed to provide true border security for the American people, protect our national sovereignty, and restore respect for the rule of law.