Minuteman Project Gets Results
When I heard that a group of volunteers was headed down to the Mexican border to observe and report the activities of illegal aliens, I though: this won’t end well. Good idea, but let’s face it, coyotes aren’t exactly amateurs.
But so far, they’ve only had success.
Volunteers for an effort to patrol the Mexican border reported their first sighting of suspected illegal immigrants, resulting in 18 arrests, authorities said Sunday.
Participants in the Minuteman Project spotted the migrants Saturday near Naco as the volunteers were surveying the border to familiarize themselves with area. When agents arrived, they apprehended 18 people, Border Patrol spokesman Andy Adame said.
“You observe them, report them and get out of the way,” said Mike McGarry, a spokesman for the project, which begins Monday and is to continue for a month.
The volunteers reported another illegal immigrant after he wandered onto the campus of a Bible college near the community of Palominas, where about 100 Minuteman participants were staying.
The man walked in and said he needed food and water. Volunteers helped him and notified federal agents, who picked him up, McGarry said.
No word yet on any attempts by this gang to stop the effort.
(via Say Anything)
