Thread: Eyewitness reports from AZ border from MMP volunteers

April 5-6, 2005
Jack & Barb
Topics: Illegal Immigration, Minuteman Project, Minutemen, Border Patrol, AZ, Mexico, Security, President, Gangs
.. Witnessing with our own eyes what is going on at the border has really been mind-boggling. Unless you see it for yourself down here you would never believe it. The local media reports some of what actually transpires on the border here but it never reaches the interior of our country and the majority of our citizens. In plain language we are being invaded, not by armies, but by literally thousands of illegal aliens every single day of the year. The Border Patrol doesn't even catch half of the people that come across and they catch an unbelievable number of them. I've heard the number 1 in 4 that come through. When they do catch them they send them back into Mexico where they try again the next day. The BP receive hundreds of calls daily from citizens reporting illegals along the highway, in the border towns, on private property, on public property, at their homes asking for and in some cases demanding food and water. I hear they don't have half the manpower they need so a lot of calls go unanswered Of the hundreds arrested in March in this area alone the newspaper reported 20% of them had criminal records.

Read the latest headlines about illegal immigration.

When OTM's (illegal aliens Other Than Mexicans) are caught they are issued citations to appear in court just like we are issued traffic citations and released. Very small percentages ever appear in court. They disappear and go where they want to go and do what ever they came into our country to do.

Is El Presidente Jorge Bush and his henchmen aware of all this? You can bet the farm that they are. For what is Jorge Bush selling America's soul?

We went out on border today and manned an observation post from noon until 6PM. Pretty quiet today but we did observe numerous illegals just laying around waiting for a chance to get across. On the way back to camp we observed a male Hispanic who appeared to be an illegal (carrying a back pack and a gallon jug of water) walking along the highway. Called the Border Patrol and reported the sighting to them. They are all over this area but they don't stay here. They pass through on the way to other destinations.

After we returned to the camp we spent 4 hours on security on the main entrance. This is very stressful checking everyone and the vehicles coming through but very necessary due to the daily death threats we receive.

There are over 200 Minutemen manning observation posts working in shifts 24 hours per day. At any time you can observe Mexicans laying up just waiting for a chance to make the dash to cross over. Members of the Grupo Beta, (Mexican refugee assistance group), Federales (Mexican National Police) and Mexican soldiers continuously patrol the border to direct those waiting to cross over to go around that section of the border Minutemen are observing. We have been very successful in shutting down the influx of illegals in the areas where we have been posted. That is why the drug cartels and the human smugglers are so mad at us. We are costing them big bucks by closing the border. We have proven it can be done. Are you listening El Presidente Bush?????

Are these the poor peons that want to come here to do the jobs Americans don't want to do? More like the criminals who come here to compete with our own homegrown crooks.

You had better WAKE UP America. They are coming to your town. If you can't believe they are a threat to our way of life, and our society come to the Arizona border, talk to the locals and see for yourself. Get involved. It is an eye opener.

In recent polls 80% of American want our borders secured. Are you listening El Presidente?? Close the borders. Enforce our laws.

Until tomorrow!!!!!!!!

Eyewitness report from the Arizona/Mexico border from two Minuteman volunteers

----------------------- Jack & Barb
April 6, 2005

We took some personal time today to buy supplies and wash clothes, etc. then spent 4 hours out on the line. Observed the same things out there today. Mexican officials are still directing their citizens to flank our observation posts. We are getting the Mexican governments attention and making them respond. According to local ranchers who have land right on the border they have never seen so many Sheriff Deputies, Border Patrol Agents in the area and have never seen the Grupo Beta and the Federales on the Mexican side. They do see the Mexican Army occasionally. They stated that prior to our arrival they observed trucks, pickups, vans, and even occasionally taxi cabs bringing people up to the border and dropping them off. The Mexicans then walk across the border at the first opportunity. According to the ranchers we talked to this is just about a daily occurrence. Most have given up contacting officials about the problem as nothing is ever done to help them.

The big news today is Border Patrol supervisors are bitching that Minutemen are setting off their sensors. Another complaint they are making is that we are walking in the area they sweep clean then watch for the footprints of any one coming across these areas so they can follow them. This is BS. They are informed of the areas that we will be in. It appears they are getting their orders from on high to harass us any way they can. Most BP Agents (the grunts who do the work) are glad we are here.

It appears that our opposition is trying to set us up for arrest and lawsuits. A Minuteman stopped to lend assistance to a apparent illegal setting along the highway looking distressed, gave the individual food and water and called the Border Patrol. The Border Patrol picked the illegal up and when they got him back to their holding facility the illegal stated that the Minuteman detained him. Crap hit the fan. The Border Patrol notified the Sheriffs office who notified the County prosecutor. The Sheriff's Department came to the camp to investigate the incident. Lucky for this Minuteman the whole incident was video taped by another Minuteman on the scene. It is still unknown how the incident will play out. It is against the law to detain illegal aliens or hold them until the authorities arrive even on your private property. The authorities will charge you with unlawful detainment, depriving the illegals of their civil rights (all though they are breaking the law) and in some cases even kidnapping. This is the work of the ACLU....

Read The Entire Report on the ALIPAC Homepage

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=N ... le&sid=331

An illegal in apparent distress sitting alongside the road. hmmmmm And one of the MMP HELPED HIM. And was then accused...hmmmm

When will Americans LEARN?? Close your big ole generous heart America!! Stop trying to get everyone--even your enemies--to like you.!! They won't!! They'll merely think you're stupid! Been there and done that, but I did finally learn.

America is now spending some 335 Billion taxdollars to try to 'win the hearts and minds' of Iraqis...(RR has head in hand, moaning). We won't even mention the lives lost...we won't win hearts and minds in Iraq...what we will do is teach them that we're a buncha wusses...and they will blame us for everything that happens in that country for the next 100 years. Just watch and see.

RR

It's Saturday night time for some more of our MMP people to check in and give us another up date.

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/read ... tNum=91673

Title: Minuteman Project: Day Nine
Source: JackelopeBreeder
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Published: Apr 10, 2005
Author: Jackelopebreeder
Post Date: 2005-04-10 00:10:59 by JackelopeBreeder
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Day Nine and illegal alien apprehensions are still way down. Locally, traffic has shifted away from the Naco Line, moving eastwards towards Douglas and westward to the Huachuca Mountains and beyond to the San Rafael Valley. There are also reports of more traffic heading towards Nogales and the Tohono O’odham reservation.

There were a couple of good sized groups passing through the Huachucas overnight. Some were nabbed by the Border Patrol immediately after detection, with stragglers appearing throughout the day. Most were reportedly from Michoacan, west of Mexico City. One alien was seen to toss a cell phone into the brush and it was later recovered; the call history may be interesting. The last three stragglers made it back to the highway about lunchtime and were spotted, reported, and picked up by the Border Patrol. One of the agents told us later that these three were Guatamalan.

The morning was bizarre. Before I arrived on site, I found two young females (16-20 years old) frantically trying to flag down any ride they could find. Their coyote had abandoned them in the middle of the night and in the middle of nowhere. I called it in and waited about 200 yards away. By luck there was a deputy sheriff and a border patrol unit close by and they responded within a couple of minutes. The girls were tired, cold, hungry, dehydrated – and terrified. I wanted that coyote’s hide.

The morning went from bizarre to unreal within an hour. Chris Simcox and I were conferring on the day’s outposts when our scanners picked up message traffic on a group of 20+ illegals – all of them young females – spotted 16 miles north of the border. My guess is that it took them at least two days (possibly three) to reach that point, as the trails do not run in a straight line and cannot be traveled openly. Finding that many women in one group with no men is unheard of. The Border Patrol did a thorough ground/air search of the surrounding area and found no sign of anyone bearing a Y-chromosome. No other details available at this time.

There was a small brushfire of “undetermined� origin in the upper end of Hunter Canyon late this afternoon, so the night shift may see some more traffic later tonight.

Tomorrow could be interesting, so watch this space.

occutegirl,

The next time you hear from Jackelopebreeder, tell him that Mr_Magoo says to be careful, stay hydrated, and listen to his ticker. If he over does it and his heart throws a fit, I will kick his . . . . [self edit] from there all the way to here in Chicago! LOL! We in the Zipper Club gotta look out for each other.

That, and I am in awe of the work he is doing out there. He is 100 times the man that those wussy-wimps are over on FR. JB is walkin' the walk.