Overall, the Minuteman Project was a success. The goal was to raise awareness about America’s serious southern border problem, and they accomplished the goal.
They also embarrassed the Bush administration, an unintended consequence of their efforts. In what was largely a symbolic gesture, Bush commissioned more border patrol agents shortly before the Minuteman volunteers began a month-long vigil on the Arizona-Mexico border. But we know he’s not really interested in stopping the scourge.
The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was formed to keep the immigration debate front and center, and I’m glad. The organization is rounding up volunteers for a patrol in New Mexico and Texas. From the El Paso Times:
The group wants to enlist 1,000 civilian volunteers to look for undocumented immigrants [euphemism for illegal aliens] along the border and call the Border Patrol on cell phones if they spot anyone. They will patrol Sunland Park but not El Paso, group officials said.“The goal is not for the Minuteman (group) to control the border, but to put enough pressure on the government to secure the border properly,” said Bob Wright, a Eunice, N.M., natural gas operator and one of the project’s organizers. (Emphasis added)
Thank goodness for real Americans. They understand there’s much more at stake than stopping Mexicans from jumping the border; we need to stop Arab terrorists from jumping the border.
No thanks to gullible American leftists bound and determined to instigate anti-American sentiment around the world, Muslims think we’re suckers. Al-Jazeera, also known as the Al Qaeda News Network, wants to interview Minuteman Civil Defense Corps president Chris Simcox. And film the volunteers on patrol.
Then again, some of us are suckers.
