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Citizens group vows to patrol border By Louie Villalobos Aug 17, 2003 By the first of October, Yuma County's border with Mexico will be the scene of armed, organized citizen patrols whose goal will be to assist U.S. Border Patrol agents in apprehending illegal immigrants, the leader of a Tombstone-based patrol group told The Sun on Friday. Chris Simcox, president of the Civil Homeland Defense, said he plans to be in Yuma sometime in the next two weeks to meet with a group of approximately 12 Yuma County residents who have expressed interest in being a part of a citizens...

The Cochise County View of the Border  Testimony of Ben L. Anderson Jr., Col US Army Retired, submitted to U.S. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Representative Mark Souder, Chairman.   March 10, 2003   Sirs:   My name is Ben L. Anderson Jr.; I am a retired U.S. Army Infantry Colonel.  I am a resident of Cochise County, Arizona.  I served my country for almost 3 decades as a soldier and officer in the U.S. Army.  A significant portion of my career was spent planning for defense of and defending other nation’s borders.  We did quite...

I created the Sierra Times War Room message board at the request of J.J. Johnson one day after 9-11. In that time, I have only made one post that was posted in both the War Room and the Sagebrush Saloon, preferring to keep the two message boards separate as much as possible. So, when I make that exception to my own rule, you can bet it is for a darned good reason! Yesterday, I read an article listed here from the L.A. Times entitled "Halt to Ariz. Citizen Border Patrols Urged" and there was something in it that literally...

PHOENIX - How to help rural Arizona counties, especially those along the U.S.-Mexico border, is one of the priorities Governor-elect Janet Napolitano said she will work on during her administration. While the problems of border counties are not on the back burner, Napolitano said she will first take care of the state's budget crisis and clean up Arizona's educational woes. Part of the state's economic well-being is tied to the border and the nations south of the United States, she said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "Arizona is the gate to the south, and I don't just mean Mexico,"...