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  • Arizona border checks blocked

    05/31/2005 5:29:06 AM PDT · by Convert from ECUSA · 34 replies · 1,351+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | May 31, 2005 | Jerry Seper
    U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints near the Mexican border are essential in stopping the flow of illegal aliens and drugs into America, say law-enforcement authorities, but permanent checkpoints in southern Arizona are not allowed. While Border Patrol agents in Arizona accounted for more than half of the 1.15 million illegals caught last year, Congress -- led by Rep. Jim Kolbe, Arizona Republican -- steadfastly has approved appropriation bills that prohibit permanent checkpoints along a 260-mile section of the Arizona border known as the Tucson sector. Tucson is the only one of 20 Border Patrol sectors nationwide not permitted to set up...
  • Border vigil planned for California

    05/19/2005 4:40:38 AM PDT · by Convert from ECUSA · 21 replies · 351+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | May 19, 2005 | Jerry Seper
    Minuteman organizer James T. Gilchrist, whose 850 volunteers shut down the flow of illegal aliens along a 23-mile section of Arizona-Mexico border last month, has joined forces with another citizens group to help organize a new border vigil in California -- beginning in August. The Minuteman Project has reached an agreement with the Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP) to help promote a new "border watch" aimed at assisting U.S. Border Patrol agents in apprehending illegal aliens on the California border near San Diego. Click to Visit FBP Chairman Andy Ramirez said more than 500 volunteers have signed up to...