Minuteman Leader Pushes Border Fence

Yahoo News ^ | Thu Apr 20, 3:53 PM ET | By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, Associated Press Writer

[Melissa 24]

TUCSON, Ariz. - If the government doesn't build security fencing along the Mexico border, Minuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox says he and his supporters will.

Simcox, whose civilian watch group opposes illegal immigration, said Wednesday he was sending an ultimatum to President Bush to deploy military reserves to the Arizona border by May 25 or his supporters will break ground for their own building project.

"We're going to show the federal government how easy it is to build these security fences, how inexpensively they can be built when built by private people and free enterprise," Simcox said.

Congress has been debating immigration reform for several months. One bill, approved by the U.S. House in December, calls for nearly 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The fence proposal has angered Mexicans, with President Vicente Fox calling it "shameful."

Simcox said a half-dozen landowners along the Arizona-Mexico border have said they will allow fencing to be placed on their borderlands, and others in California, Texas and New Mexico have agreed to do so as well.

Surveyors and contractors have offered to help with the design and survey work, and Simcox said some have said they will provide heavy equipment for his Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. to build fencing.

[Scribbz]

instead of sending money to the usual suspects i'll send it to the minutemen

[ClaireSolt]

Right On!

[Lucky9teen]

I heard about this and that if everyone who agrees with it, donates $10, it will more than pay for it, I'm sure. I'm in.

Also, for all those nay sayers on building a "fence" or a "wall". When they take down the wall or fence they have around their own property/their house, then they can talk smack about it.

IOW, my neighbors are nice, but that doesn't mean I want them coming into my yard and house uninvited, at their whim, especially if they are coming over to take what does not belong to them and make demands upon me, that they have NO RIGHT to make.

Build that wall already. Go Chris, Go Minutemen!!!

[neodad]

Let's have a Fenceathon instead of a FReepathon.

[JRochelle]

Where do I send the check?

[Melissa 24]

Fantastic idea. I'm in too.

[TomGuy]

Wanna bet the FED will send 'leo' related personnel to put a stop to this?

Vincente will complain to George who will put a stop to it.

[Melissa 24]

Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, Inc.
6501 Greenway Parkway
Suite 103-640
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
520-829-3112

Or you can email us at info@MinutemanHQ.com

To Volunteer go to Registration Page http://www.minutemanhq.com/hq/

[buffyt]

Well our US government who is supposed to be making us safe and keeping us safe is laying down on the job, so now all our tax dollars go to welfare and we have to build our own fence. Why am I not surprised? All they want to do is pander to the illegals for their future votes. I am getting pretty sick of all politicians about now.

[stinkerpot65]

Europeans should voluntarily and willingly want to go home to their homeland, Europe, so that we can be completely free from Europeans.

We should be teaching the Europeans on our continent their proper shame.

The real border of these European squatters-illegals is at the Atlantic Ocean. Their homeland is Europe.

These are "White" people who are on our continent. Europeans can call themselves "Canadian" or "American" but their homeland is still Europe and they are still trespassing on our continent.

http://mexica-movement.org/timexihcah/KNOWLEDGELIBERATION.htm

[Roverman2K]

Ditto idiot
where do you think mexicans came from too
why do you all speak "spanish" yet almost all of you are illiterate or you might be able to read a history book.

[conservativegirl]

Great idea. The more that people hear about Mexicans wanting to "reclaim" the U.S. the more money the minutemen will be able to raise. I'm sick of all this entitlement talk.

[stinkerpot65]

Don't speak Spanish. The link is for education.

[Lobbyist]

I'm not sure the U.S. government could stop this.

Besides the fences would be built on private property and I see this as a win/win for Bush. If Fox's government protests, Bush (if he's smart) can simply say that a U.S. citizen has the right to put up a fence on their own property. Fox could do nothing except maybe sue each individual landowner. And I'm betting that he wouldn't do that.

The military could guard the border while the fences are being built.

[VOYAGER]

"We're going to show the federal government how easy it is to build these security fences, how inexpensively they can be built when built by private people and free enterprise," Simcox said.

Bush and the rest of the America last crowd are not heeding the outcry against allowing illegal aliens by the thousands to invade this country unchallenged by our laws and enforcemnet of these laws.

The Senate and the House and the President are sitting on their butts with their fingers stuck in their noses responding with their stock answer, "DUH"!

Meanwhile "ROME" burns!

[Sisku Hanne]

I'm sure you forgot your sarcasm tag.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Did you read the emails they have received? Everyone thinking these are just poor Mexican's trying to make a living needs to read these from the College Professor and others.. also, find tge ACLU using a local college van to go out to the site and harass the minutemen.

[stinkerpot65]

Yeah. Guess I should qualify a little.

[Feiny]

I'll pitch in $50.

[Jorge]

I don't care who builds the wall. Just as long as it get built.

[snoringbear]

I'm all for these Minutemen as they are trying to do something positive. I am for their building some fences too, although it will merely be symbolism, the activity will draw some media attention to this issue. I like the idea of sending money to this organization for the fence building project. Anyone know of an address?

[fizziwig]

Yup, they are the swiftvets of the anti illegal immigration movemement. Go Minutemen!

[G-Man 1]

Hey people! Stop talking and volunteer your body to go help. A little money too. I'm going. Might not be a lot but if a bunch shows up it shouldn't take too long.

[Reborn]

Minuteman Border Fence Project

(PHOENIX, AZ) April 20, 2006 – Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, today announced plans by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”) to work with local Arizona land owners to build border security fencing on private land along the border with Mexico.

At present, six private land owners have partnered with the Minutemen for the commencement of construction of border fencing on their land. Surveillance cameras on the fencing will be monitored via computer by registered Minutemen across the country. Two construction companies to date have offered to inaugurate groundbreaking, coordinate volunteer construction crews and donate the use of the necessary heavy construction equipment.

Simcox says those involved in the planning hope to keep costs near $150 per foot.

Click here to donate Directly to Minuteman Border Fence or go to:
http://www.MinutemanBorderFence.com

The groundbreaking will begin in Arizona on Memorial Day weekend, unless in the interim President Bush deploys troops to immediately secure the out-of-control southern border.

The fencing will be built with privately donated funds, engineering and labor and will be used as an example to educate the public about the feasibility and efficacy of fencing to secure America’s borders from illegal incursion by aliens and international criminal cartels. A non-profit organization dedicated specifically to this purpose will facilitate and administer donations for construction of the fence. Monetary and in-kind contributions for this effort will go directly into building materials for this private, volunteer fencing project.

Simcox issued the following statement on the MCDC border fence project:

“President Bush once said he would not wait on events to act to protect our country. He has been president for over five years, and still he has not acted to secure our territorial frontier, even as his administration admits the United States government does not have operational control of our borders.

“On Memorial Day weekend, the American people will exercise their God-given rights to protect their lives and property by initiating construction of border fencing along the border on private land unless President Bush immediately deploys troops along the breadth of the Southwestern border line with Mexico, thereby retaking the region from the international criminal cartels who presently are in operational control of the border. The existing border crisis is a dereliction of duty by those entrusted with American security and sovereignty, leaving America vulnerable to terrorist infiltration and an unprecedented crime wave caused by drug smugglers, rapists, thieves, human traffickers and murderers who currently cross our border at will.

“President Bush and Congress have taxed the wages of the American people to pay for the protection of our country, and expended those dollars to subsidize millions of low-wage illegal workers with housing, education, medical care, and welfare benefits. Yet even the most basic level of national territorial integrity requires that our elected representatives secure the border. Should they continue to refuse to do their Constitutional duty, the Minutemen will again step into the breach and commence building the required border barriers on private land and with private donations.

“Should President Bush and Congress fail to fulfill their oaths of office, and meet their Constitutional obligation to protect these United States from invasion, we, the sovereign people of the United States, having suffered a long train of abuses at the hand of a willfully insolent government, do hereby declare that these States ought, should and will be protected by American Minutemen.”

http://www.minutemanhq.com/bf/

[Mayflower Sister]

Anyone know of an address?======

See post #8.

[Reborn]

Btw, I gave today for this project. God bless the Minutemen, and God bless our Troops.

[Disturbin]

How sweet is this? I am praying for the safety of these Minutemen, and for the success of the project. I hope they are looking for volunteers to help with construction. I have vacation time saved up, and this is a perfect opportunity to use it!

[doc30]

The leader of the Minutemen was on Hannity this afternoon. He already said they will build it if the Fed don't. He also said that government agencies are coming out of the woodwork to stop it. They are primarily going through the permitting process. No permit - no right to build. And it has to be within whatever the regulations are for fences or the govenrments (fed, state and municipal) can fine the property owner and order the fence condemned. He is also thinking the envirowackos will try to stop it because no environmental assessment was done.

This guy also said he welcomes the image of law enforement (and whatever other agencies may be involved) either tearing down a border barrier and/or arresting people building a border barrier while illegals stream across.

This is a great idea by the Minutement and I hope it succeeds. I just hope it doesn't turn into a Wacko fiasco.

[Melas]

I heard about this and that if everyone who agrees with it, donates $10, it will more than pay for it

Won't even come close.

[RepublicanHippy]

I will like to donate money to this effort, but has anyone heard what the government response is to this? Will the government allow them to do it? Can they only erect the fence on private property? Will it be effective?

[panaxanax]

"I'm not sure the U.S. government could stop this."

They'll us the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service instead, guaranteed. If the wall prohibits the free travel of a lizard or a jackrabbit from scampering across the border they will use that as an excuse to shut down the project.

[MrPiper]

At $150/ft, thats $792,000/mile. mmmmmm,, damn.
(The $150 quote came from their donation website)But, heh, I'll kick in labor for a week.

[MonroeDNA]

I'm an EE. I'm sure they could use me for a week or two.

Know what? I think I'm going to do it.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

Count me in, money and /or time. Just let me know when and where to be with my shovel, concrete and wheel barrow.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

I think you mean reeducation, comrade.

[hinckley buzzard]

The link is for education.

You are right. I learned what a sick bunch of degenerate filth the "Mexica" people are. Liars and thieves, all of them, apparently. Very useful link. Thanks.

[hinckley buzzard]

I heard about this and that if everyone who agrees with it, donates $10, it will more than pay for it

Won't even come close.

300 million times ten is three billion. Sounds like a ballpark figure, especially with all the volunteer labor and in-kind donations. Didn't the "government" estimate the cost as somewhere in that vicinity?

[Rick_Michael]

This is probably the best news I've heard the whole year (seriously). Hopefully all the property owners on the border join-in, which will make it completely effective.

Hell, it will help them with their houses value.

[Rick_Michael]

"Btw, I gave today for this project. God bless the Minutemen, and God bless our Troops"

Best two groups of people in America...that's for sure.

[Melas]

300 million? you really think you enjoy that kind of support? Get real.

[teldon30]

The Council on Foreign Relations deems this...read up....resistance is futile.






Lecutis

[Rick_Michael]

I like the message this will send to Rhinos...beware...

[Rick_Michael]

“Certainly, as with everything else, we’re only able to cover a small portion of the border,” Simcox said. “The state and federal government have bought up most of the land around the border. I suspect that’s why we’ll never get control of the border.”

But he said the plan is to put up secure fencing that truly will be an effective deterrent, and to show how easily it can be accomplished.

[jokar]

BTTT. This guy Cortez is on the Al Rantel program 790 KABC. They are going to start on private land and this sounds doable.HTTP://www.minutemanHQ.com I'm going to keep bumping this.The quoted price was $1 million dollars per 70 miles.

They plan on breaking ground on May 1st. Take that you socialist.

[antceecee]

Cool. Great idea. They need to start a targeted fund for this purpose. The response will be tremendous.

[lndrvr1972]

That is a great idea. But I'm sure that some attorney would say it hinders a persons rights somehow, or its a safety issue."

[jokar]

ping

[TheForceOfOne]

bttt