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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MINUTEMAN 4th OF JULY BORDER WATCH TO INCLUDE MOBILE DESERT SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS

PHOENIX, AZ (June 29, 2006) – Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”), announced today the commencement of the 4th of July border watch operations on Friday, June 30th to now include a mobile daytime desert search and rescue operation.

DATE: Friday, June 30th ending Monday, July 3rd at 7 am

TIME: Border watch shifts will run from 7 pm-1 am, 1 am-7 am. Night border watch shifts only.

Simcox released the following statement about the new mobile search and rescue efforts at the border:

“Our wide-open borders present an attractive nuisance to those wishing to enter this country illegally. It is not physically possible to carry enough water to cross the vast expanse of desert between Arizona and Mexico, which causes death by dehydration for many who attempt to cross. The Minutemen have provided hundreds of gallons of water to those illegally entering this country each time we perform a stationary border watch operation and unfortunately we have found numerous dead bodies in the desert. Due to the forecasts of 110+ degree heat this weekend, we will have mobile units scouting trails where illegal entrants traverse and the lay-up sites where they assemble awaiting transportation into the interior of the United States. We will actively patrol these routes to render life-saving aid while reporting these illegal activities to the proper authorities.

“Not unlike someone who builds a fence to prohibit neighbors from the attractive nuisance presented by an unprotected swimming pool in their backyard, our vulnerable borders offer a lure to those wishing to enter this country illegally, who are not informed by their human smugglers of the jeopardy to their lives posed by an extended trip across the desert, especially in 110+ degree heat. As our government has thus far refused to do the humane thing and secure our borders, the Minutemen will use mobile search and rescue patrols to offer life-saving aid while reporting illegal entrants to the Border Patrol.”

NOTE: Media is invited to go along on Sunday but any involvement on these search and rescue efforts will be offered only to those who are in the proper shape to be able to function in this high temperature, life-threatening environment. They must be able to personally carry their own ample supplies, to include adequate water, on this patrol.

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A press conference is being held this morning (June 28th) in Washington, D.C. where MCDC will join dozens of organizations representing millions of American citizens making our voices heard in support of border security only legislation and opposing amnesty, permanent “temporary” guest worker permits, family chain migration and many other elements of the U.S. Senate’s amnesty bill.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

BORDER SECURITY FIRST,
BORDER SECURITY ONLY,
BORDER SECURITY NOW!

PHOENIX, AZ (June 28, 2006) – Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”), released the following statement at a press conference in Washington, D.C., delivered by George Taplin, Director, MCDC, Virginia:

“The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps today joins with dozens of other groups representing millions of Americans to urge the House of Representatives to hold the line and insist on what the American people want from their elected representatives out of Washington: border security first, border security only and border security now.

“The urgent need is to secure the border with federal troops. There is no conflict with the Posse Comitatus Act as the war zone that is America’s southern frontier is not a law enforcement matter but a matter of national security. We must establish operational control over our southern border immediately. There is no time to play politics with amnesty disguised as a ‘temporary’ guest worker program. There is no need to immediately decide how politicians can pander to the estimated 12-30 million illegal aliens already in our country or to their employers desirous of a steady pool of slave-wage labor. The urgent need is for Congress to fund a substantial increase in border security elements: build fences and barriers, dedicate satellites and other technology to our border security and put armed troops on the ground along the border immediately.

“The American people do not trust our politicians when they say they will secure the border, despite the overwhelming resources at their disposal and the clear mandate of the electorate. Politicians in Congress and throughout the nation would be well advised to remember this election year that the people of this country want results not rhetoric. Prove to the American people that you will secure the borders, prove to the American people that you have the political will—and prove to us that the borders are secured. Then and only then will you have earned the trust of the American people. We’ve been down this road before with false border security promises tied to amnesty after amnesty after amnesty. The system is not in place to process these millions upon millions of illegal aliens in the Untied States. Our resources must be dedicated to border security now.

“It is absolutely appalling that 45,008 illegal aliens from countries on the U.S. list of state-sponsors of terror (SST) and from countries that protect terrorists (SIC) were apprehended and then released by elements of the Department of Homeland Security onto the streets of America between 2001 and 2005, and it is still not known how many, if any, of these illegals were actually deported. This is outrageous and completely unacceptable in a post-9/11 world.

“We must put a stop to the avenues of illegal entry into this country by potential terrorists, gang members, drug, arms and human traffickers and illegal migrants. For far too long the American taxpayer has funded these disastrous policies. The time is long overdue for our representatives in government to EARN the trust of the American people. Stop the bleeding. Secure the borders NOW.”

To read the full DHS/IG report including the 45,008 OTMs released from terrorist countries:

http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/OIG_06-33_Apr06.pdf

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