Local Minutemen Steer Clear of National Group
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(KCPW News) Supporters of the national Minuteman group spearheading border patrol efforts are beginning to wonder where all of their donations have gone. The Washington Times reports criticism over thousands of dollars the National Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has funneled to a Virginia-based charity headed by conservative commentator Alan Keyes. That's one reason Utah's minutemen have opted to stay clear of the national group."We decided to stay independent because the issues we deal with are considerably different than the issues the minutemen on the border deal with," says Utah Minuteman Project organizer Alex Segura.
The local immigration group has raised only a few hundred dollars to cover printing and demonstration costs since it was founded in 2005. The project's unwillingness to affiliate with the national group has caused some tension. During a stint at the border in October, Segura says reception from the national organizers was chilly.
"We were spending hundreds of dollars and a lot of time to go down there and we got pushed aside by national organizers like we were irrelevant. We just didn't feel the squeezy-kissy type feeling we felt we should have had."
Rather than raising money to patrol the border, Segura says the Utah Minuteman Project are focused on fielding legislative candidates and organizing an immigration caucus that will support tougher laws for undocumented workers in Utah. During the 2007 legislative session, Segura promises bills that will attempt to revoke in-state tuition and driving privileges from undocumented workers.
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1. Jim Gilchrist said:
The Minuteman Project is an independent immigration law enforcement advocacy group headquartered in California. It is not affiliated with Chris Simcox's Minuteman Civil Defense Corps in Arizona(aka MCDC).
The Utah Minutemen are welcome to join the combined efforts of The Minuteman Project, The Texas Minutemen, and Glenn Spencer's American Patrol from Sept 11 - Nov. 7 on the Texas border for The Minuteman Project's "Operation U.S. Sovereignty".
All independent organizations are welcome to join forces to conduct observation and reporting activities.
The recruiting poster is on The MMProject web site at www.minutemanproject.com
Jim Gilchrist, Founder, The Minuteman Project
3. Shannon (N5KOU McGauley said:
We believe independent groups should be allowed to join us and keep their independent status. They raise donations and keep their donations which MCDC has been unable to provide for it's chapters. This has been stated by several MCDC chapters leaders in Texas.
Denton, Texas July 28, 2006: The Texas Minutemen with the generous and much appreciated assistance of
THE MINUTEMAN PROJECT
and
AMERICAN BORDER PATROL
Are throwing a fund raising rally on August 26th, High Noon!
"Operation Sovereignty" needs funding!
Come on out and meet the good folks that to date have conducted over
100 Days of Real Border Watch Progress
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In attendance will be Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project and co-author of the book
"MINUTEMEN"
"The battle to secure America's Border"
Glen Spencer, founder of American Border Patrol
Shannon McGauley
President of Texas Minutemen
Carl Smith, Co-founder,
Operations Director, Texas Minutemen
More will be announced in the next two weeks
check on our website for details!
August 26th, High Noon!
Thanks,
Texas Minutemen - The Official Texas Chapter of the Minuteman Project.
President - Shannon (N5KOU) McGauley
1861 Brown Blvd. Suite #667
Arlington, Texas 76006
(940) 577-0882
http://texasminutemen.info/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/txminutemen/
www.TXMinutemen.blogspot.com
Operation: "Sovereignty"
Laredo Sector 091106 - 110706
El Paso Sector 100106 - 103106
Join or If you like Mail in your donations. Also can use:
Paypal: txminutemen@earthlink.net
"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a brave and scarce man, hated and scorned. When the cause succeeds, however, the timid join him...for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
-Mark T.
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2. Peter Kunz said:
Alex is and always has been welcome at the border as a registered MM, as well as any other individual or local organization that has registered and agrees to abide by the Standand Operating Procedures (SOP).
Independent organizations or individuals that do not register,get an independent background check, get trained and abide by the SOP cannot particpate. This is and continues to be the poilicy of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and it is necessary to run safe and effective national border operations with thousands of volunteers.
No orgnaization that is independent from the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has run any national border operations.