Law enforcement agencies in the southwest are reporting that Minuteman Project volunteers are fanning out along the Mexico/Arizona border. Just moments after a group of Minutemen arrived at their posts, a group of illegals was spotted and the Minutemen contacted the Border Patrol. Eighteen arrests were made.
It's still too soon to see if this project will help stem the tide of illegals coming over the border, but early indications look fine.
There is also a question as to whether a smear campaign is going on against the Minutemen. Some have accused them of being white supremacists, others have called them vigilantes. Some undoubtably do have those characteristics, but not all of them. For the media and the government to label them all as troublemakers is wrong.
If the government were to do a better job of keeping control of the border, these civilian groups coming in to "assist" would be unnecessary.
Just watch: if there is a single incident, the media, government and ACLU will be quick to brand the entire idea as racist, unfair and vigilante. They will also take action to end the Minuteman project in a New York minute.
Here's the update.
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