On Saturday, March 4, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps volunteers and other supporters gathered at the offices of Senator John McCain in Phoenix, AZ. The purpose of the rally was to protest the McCain/Kennedy bill that would grant guest worker/amnesty status to millions of illegal aliens. Local Spanish language talk radio hosts and pro-illegal state representative Krysten Sinema who monitor the MCDC web site organized a pro-McCain rally to support amnesty for law breakers. Criminals love McCain; can we afford to have him take over the White House? I think not.

Is it a great country when pro-law enforcement citizens can share the streets and peacefully exercise our first amendment rights with criminals who want to be rewarded for their criminal activity? Many of the pro-McCain/pro-illegal crowd love this country so much they chose to fly the U.S. flag upside down. Most likely they were coached by Sinema who was seen working the pro-illegal crowd wearing a “legal observer” t-shirt.

Many of the criminals and their supporters feel that enforcing our laws is an act of racism. I wonder if John McCain would agree with them that securing our borders to protect U.S. citizens from drug cartels, criminals and protect potential legal immigrants from slave traders an act of racism?

To all of the Minutemen and our supporters:

It is my distinct honor to thank you all for your unselfish sacrifices on behalf of this country by your participation in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps effort to secure our borders. It is indeed a privilege for me to be associated with such fine Americans as yourselves.

This nation suffers a great risk to our national security a full four years after the outrageous attacks on September 11, 2001, by radical Islamist terrorists – a wide open border across which any number of terrorists may cross undetected, transporting chemical, biological and even nuclear materials. This is an entirely unacceptable level of national security risk.

The response from the President and Congress has been wholly inadequate and is outrageous in its own right. Politics should never come before the security of this nation and her citizens. It is imperative that we secure our borders now, first, before any political squabbling over what is to be done with those millions who have already entered this country by illegal means. These are two entirely separate issues.

We have been successful as an inhibitor to illegal trespass in every area we have deployed. We have assisted in captures by reporting to Border Patrol sightings by the hundreds so far of those who do try to cross the borders in our areas. Further, we have raised a national awareness of the lawless and out-of-control situation at this nation’s borders, forcing governments at the state and national levels to address this national security risk. Thanks to all of you, we have done well!

It is in the fine tradition of America’s Minutemen that you have heeded this nation’s call to protect our citizenry from those who wish to exploit our society, based upon freedom and liberty, to do this nation great harm. I am honored and humbled by the level of participation and the dedication so many of you have made for the Minuteman efforts.

Sincerely,

Chris Simcox
President
Minuteman Civil Defense Corps