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March 31, 2005
Minuteman Project Sparks Mexican Military Action, Threats of Lawsuits

A group of volunteers that call themselves the Minuteman Project is set to begin patrolling the US side of the American/Mexican border on April 1 in Arizona. That has brought near panic from the Mexican government. KVOA TV-4 in Tucson has been reporting on the project extensively.

In one report the TV station's Web site notes that "The Mexican military is on stand-by. One unit has about a thousand soldiers. They're located just across the border. They're saying they're hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst."

In another report Mexico is threatening legal action against the American citizens that are volunteering to monitor the border:

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department said Tuesday that Mexican consulates in Arizona will file criminal complaints against any illegal detentions of its citizens by volunteers of the so-called Minuteman Project.

In a press statement, the department said it would also weigh further steps _ apparently civil lawsuits _ against people involved in what it described as "vigilanteism" against undocumented Mexican migrants. [Read Illegal Aliens]

The Minuteman Project has been criticized from every edge of the American political spectrum. They have been called racists, bigots, allegedly threatened by criminal gangs from Mexico and Latin America and are now being harassed by the Mexican government with threats of legal action and a military presence.

It sounds like they must be doing something right.