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Civilian patrol founder sees 'revolution' in immigration reform


By Gillian Flaccus
ASSOCIATED PRESS

2:01 p.m. February 6, 2006

LAGUNA WOODS – His deep green eyes sparkling with intensity, Jim Gilchrist speaks nonstop for more than an hour about the nation's porous Mexican border and the flood of illegal immigration that he says will bring America to its knees.
Suddenly, his gaze softens and he talks warmly about his Mexican son-in-law and his half-Mexican “grandbrat.â€