U.S. (illegal alien) Border Crossings Spark Civilian Patrols

wash post ^ | jan 12 2003 | Evelyn Nieves

[dennisw]

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. -- About one block from the legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral, Chris Simcox, a slight, wiry former schoolteacher, was sounding off about the rampant lawlessness he says has once again taken hold in these here parts.

"It's the Wild West all over again," Simcox said as a stagecoach escorting tourists through quaint little streets clop-clopped past his office at the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper. "Our government should be patrolling this country. But it isn't. We're just gonna have to do it ourselves."

And so it happened that Simcox, 42, who moved to this burg (population 1,500) a year ago from Los Angeles -- buying the town's dying weekly newspaper to give it and himself a fresh start -- came to sound "a call to arms." Using the front page of the Tumbleweed, in October Simcox called for a "Citizens Border Patrol Militia" to "deter illegal invaders" from Mexico from entering the United States.

"We're like a neighborhood watch group at the border," he said, minutes before the group, now called the "Civil Homeland Defense," began its first training session last weekend near the border about 25 miles from Tombstone. "We're not armed. We don't wear camouflage. We're just there for homeland security."

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[dennisw]

"Embarrassing the government is part of the plan, said Glenn Spencer, whose American Border Patrol began its operations Jan. 2. It uses armed members with high-tech video surveillance equipment to detect border crossers and broadcast their moves on the Internet."

[madfly]

This might be progress, that this subject has made it to the Washington Post, but the article was obviously written from a stack of Tucson Citizen's from the past few months, lies and all.

[BlackElk]

Ping for later

[madfly]

ping

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

When it comes to securing our borders this government has failed its citizens and failed in its duty.I would like to know the TRUE REASON why this government wants those damn mexicans here??

[hoosierskypilot]

"..I would like to know the TRUE REASON why this government wants those damn mexicans here??"

Because neither party wants to lose the immigrant vote. The camel's in the tent, boys!

[happygrl]

"In the most general terms, these groups are really trying to play on people's fears and concerns as a way to foster their own agenda," said Jennifer Allen, co-director of Border Action Network, a Tucson-based organization that monitors border activities and their effects on communities. In a report released last month, Border Action Network said groups such as Ranch Rescue and the American Border Patrol have connections to a national network of anti-immigrant, racist, white supremacist organizations. Residents, the report said, are worried and scared of them.

The obligatory smear.

[boris]

This is all a fiction...sez you.

[Pelham]

Yes, and a smear that will be accepted and repeated by a certain group at FR.

[discostu]

Gosh really cool how this has absolutely NOTHING to do with "Aztlan" or "La Reconquista". I never said there isn't an illegal alien problem, quite the opposite. I never said we shouldn't do something about it, quite the opposite. What I said is "they" aren't "taking over", and any dipwad stupid enough to think they are is just a paroid goober desperately searching for boogiemen that should seriously consider mental help.

[B4Ranch]

The answer is right here

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/738735/posts