He is one dedicated, proud American! The goons have been after him for months and have threatened him numerous times. On Saturday, one of the MECHA boys threatened to kill him at the rally.
Today while peacefully observing the day labor hiring site at University and Aragon, he was violently attacked by a Hispanic probable handler (pimp) of the aliens. This punk tried to run over him even driving up on the curb, then got out of his car and assaulted him. He is o.k. with some cuts, scrapes and bruises, but was able to call the police and has great video of the guy and car. Police went to his house and have confiscated the vehicle. They may also have the perp in custody, but haven't rec'd confirmation of that yet. Charges will be filed.
It is getting violent out there as the guest workers do what they do best - turn violent and attack Americans for no reason. This has happened many times over the past 6 months to American citizens here in San Diego by Hispanic supporters of illegal aliens.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Update From JJ
Talked with Kingfish Tuesday evening via phone.
Kingfish said Monday evening a large group of 40 some odd illegals
tried to sneak into the good ol' USA, by means of Gloria Canyon.
Not to be. Border Patrol BUSTED all but four of them, who made it
back to MEXIHOLE, where they proceeded to taunt Minutemen and any
others who would watch their mooning and other shows of depravity,
directed at those who would deny them access to this country. A
B.P. Agent finally dispersed the frolicking Mexican Nationals.
Echo and wife are reportedly helping to beef up the Campo Line,
as they have moved a large trailer right up on the "Teddy Roosevelt
Road."
Reports are filtering in from numerous sources that the U S Army has
fully armed Scouts working in the Campo area, doing drug
interdictions and ??? I kinda like the ??? of their operations...
This Saturday I and several other Minutemen will be attending the
protest of the National City Mayor and his would-be Sanctuary City
of National City. The mayor has stated that he will JAIL any
Minutemen protesting on Saturday...well, he better have a BIG
JAIL, 'cause I'm going, and so are a lot of others that I know of.
Jeff Schwilk has said that the mayor is "calling the MM out!" I'll
be there with many others...Hope you will be too. If I have time,
I'm going to make a protest sign...If I don't get jailed, I may
spend Sat. evening on the Campo Line!!
See yall Saturday in Nasty City,
J J
Kingfish said Monday evening a large group of 40 some odd illegals
tried to sneak into the good ol' USA, by means of Gloria Canyon.
Not to be. Border Patrol BUSTED all but four of them, who made it
back to MEXIHOLE, where they proceeded to taunt Minutemen and any
others who would watch their mooning and other shows of depravity,
directed at those who would deny them access to this country. A
B.P. Agent finally dispersed the frolicking Mexican Nationals.
Echo and wife are reportedly helping to beef up the Campo Line,
as they have moved a large trailer right up on the "Teddy Roosevelt
Road."
Reports are filtering in from numerous sources that the U S Army has
fully armed Scouts working in the Campo area, doing drug
interdictions and ??? I kinda like the ??? of their operations...
This Saturday I and several other Minutemen will be attending the
protest of the National City Mayor and his would-be Sanctuary City
of National City. The mayor has stated that he will JAIL any
Minutemen protesting on Saturday...well, he better have a BIG
JAIL, 'cause I'm going, and so are a lot of others that I know of.
Jeff Schwilk has said that the mayor is "calling the MM out!" I'll
be there with many others...Hope you will be too. If I have time,
I'm going to make a protest sign...If I don't get jailed, I may
spend Sat. evening on the Campo Line!!
See yall Saturday in Nasty City,
J J
Monday, September 25, 2006
Report From Chase
Hola amigos y amigettes,
Cherokee and I are between Campo and Tierra de sol, east of Campo Minutemen. We do have FRS Channel 6 contact with Kingfish lead dog of Campo Minutemen. In essence working for Campo Minutemen, but semi-independent. Campo Minutemen is not militaristic
march to the beat of my ego group but a fun loving, do it the way YOU want to, as long as you obey most CA and US laws and the laws of morality, group. Have fun, be cool. Report illegal's, if you must shoot back if stoned or shot at, your call.
Cherokee and I tripped across what I thought were National Guard but instead and even better, they were regular Army, and armed.
There are still major gaps in California border security as people are still crossing. Coming through Campo is foolish because of the concentration of government and civilian watchers in this area spreading east and west of Campo, CA Border Patrol station and the PCT.
There is even still actively in the area of Campo Minutemen, an example of being, a woman tore her finger off on the sharp wall right at 138, which is where the plateau drops down into the valley of the Pacific Crest Trail and the Oaks. (Side note:The PCT terminus starts at the Border Wall where there used to be a US border crossing gate. You can walk on this trail right into Canada from here.
Another example of border activity here has to do with all the US flags that CMM has placed on a secondary fence back from the Wall. It is your standard barbed wire fence. It is broken down from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico but some is repaired by Patriots. In Campo it has been 50% restored. Gadget Dan, is a major player in erecting flags. Small flags are attached all along the line, and large flags near the Wall. The smugglers on the south side steal the flags and burn them or place them on high points on the Mexican side. In placing them in Mexico, ARE THEY ASKING US TO ANNEX MEXICO? MR. BUSH ARE YOU LISTENING? I call for "Manifest destiny south, to the horn!"
Today the smugglers were swearing on channel 6. Bad boys all.
Senor Chaaase
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Cherokee and I are between Campo and Tierra de sol, east of Campo Minutemen. We do have FRS Channel 6 contact with Kingfish lead dog of Campo Minutemen. In essence working for Campo Minutemen, but semi-independent. Campo Minutemen is not militaristic
march to the beat of my ego group but a fun loving, do it the way YOU want to, as long as you obey most CA and US laws and the laws of morality, group. Have fun, be cool. Report illegal's, if you must shoot back if stoned or shot at, your call.
Cherokee and I tripped across what I thought were National Guard but instead and even better, they were regular Army, and armed.
There are still major gaps in California border security as people are still crossing. Coming through Campo is foolish because of the concentration of government and civilian watchers in this area spreading east and west of Campo, CA Border Patrol station and the PCT.
There is even still actively in the area of Campo Minutemen, an example of being, a woman tore her finger off on the sharp wall right at 138, which is where the plateau drops down into the valley of the Pacific Crest Trail and the Oaks. (Side note:The PCT terminus starts at the Border Wall where there used to be a US border crossing gate. You can walk on this trail right into Canada from here.
Another example of border activity here has to do with all the US flags that CMM has placed on a secondary fence back from the Wall. It is your standard barbed wire fence. It is broken down from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico but some is repaired by Patriots. In Campo it has been 50% restored. Gadget Dan, is a major player in erecting flags. Small flags are attached all along the line, and large flags near the Wall. The smugglers on the south side steal the flags and burn them or place them on high points on the Mexican side. In placing them in Mexico, ARE THEY ASKING US TO ANNEX MEXICO? MR. BUSH ARE YOU LISTENING? I call for "Manifest destiny south, to the horn!"
Today the smugglers were swearing on channel 6. Bad boys all.
Senor Chaaase
"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Report from JJ - Army at The Border
Folks, Just talked with Campo Line Veteran Britt (Kingfish) by
telephone. He said THREE regular U S Army troops are working on the
Campo Line in the Smith Canyon area. I report that these ARE NOT
National Guard troops, but REGULAR ARMY personnel. They have one
long weapon among the three of them. Evidently they are there 24/7
to observe, and interdict? drug cartel traffic. The Army personnel
are working in direct concert with members of the Campo MM, and are
monitoring each other on the same radio frequencies. Their apparent
goal is the disruption of drug traffic through the Smith Canyon Drug
Corridor. Their faith and respect for the Campo MM was shown by
their "checking-in" with our men in the area to let them know they
were "on-scene."
Britt also reported on one of the MM demonstrators who was at the
protest against the Mayor of National City on Saturday. (The mayor
wants to make the city a "Sanctuary City). Evidently, one of our
people was knocked or shoved down by a National City Policeman. As
he fell he bumped into another of our people who then fell on top of
him.
The cop yelled at the MM to get up, but he couldn't get up
immediately, as someone was laying on top of him. Anyway, the cop
then arrested the MM on "trumped up" charges, and he is currently
still in jail.
I guess you'd call
this "National City Justice" for "Gringos." Anyway, the mayor says
that he will arrest anymore Minutemen who dare to demonstrate in HIS
CITY!
J J Reporting
telephone. He said THREE regular U S Army troops are working on the
Campo Line in the Smith Canyon area. I report that these ARE NOT
National Guard troops, but REGULAR ARMY personnel. They have one
long weapon among the three of them. Evidently they are there 24/7
to observe, and interdict? drug cartel traffic. The Army personnel
are working in direct concert with members of the Campo MM, and are
monitoring each other on the same radio frequencies. Their apparent
goal is the disruption of drug traffic through the Smith Canyon Drug
Corridor. Their faith and respect for the Campo MM was shown by
their "checking-in" with our men in the area to let them know they
were "on-scene."
Britt also reported on one of the MM demonstrators who was at the
protest against the Mayor of National City on Saturday. (The mayor
wants to make the city a "Sanctuary City). Evidently, one of our
people was knocked or shoved down by a National City Policeman. As
he fell he bumped into another of our people who then fell on top of
him.
The cop yelled at the MM to get up, but he couldn't get up
immediately, as someone was laying on top of him. Anyway, the cop
then arrested the MM on "trumped up" charges, and he is currently
still in jail.
I guess you'd call
this "National City Justice" for "Gringos." Anyway, the mayor says
that he will arrest anymore Minutemen who dare to demonstrate in HIS
CITY!
J J Reporting
Sunday, September 24, 2006
National City Protest - Minuteman Assaulted by Sheriff
Pics:
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
Video:
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060924-9999-1m24minute.html
Minutemen rally draws protesters to National City
By Jennifer Vigil
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 24, 2006
NATIONAL CITY – More than 100 police officers and deputies used a median
on National City Boulevard yesterday to separate hundreds of people
gathered to respond to Mayor Nick Inzunza's push for the city to declare
itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
Police were called in from across San Diego County to patrol the rally,
which originated as a protest of Inzunza's proposal. It was organized by
the San Diego Minutemen, which began as a group of volunteers attempting
to stem illegal immigration by patrolling the border.
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Those who support the sanctuary idea, or were angered by the presence of
the Minutemen, decided to counter with their own event. Both sides
converged at National City's civic center.
The rally continued for more than three hours, and it ended with one
arrest of a man on the anti-illegal immigration side who is accused of
kicking a San Diego sheriff's deputy. His removal angered other
protesters, but police defended their decision to detain the man, who
was not identified.
“You can't be in a crowd and assault an officer and expect to stay in
the crowd,” said National City police Capt. Manuel Rodriguez.
Rodriguez estimated that about 400 people attended the rally, drawn by
Inzunza's announcement two weeks ago that he wants National City to be a
“sanctuary city,” where no local funds are used to enforce federal
immigration laws.
Though the city already practices that policy, the attempt to formally
adopt the label has roiled other city officials, whom Inzunza did not
consult before making his proposal.
Neither Inzunza nor the city's four other council members attended the
rally, which Rodriguez called the largest in recent city history.
Still, Inzunza's presence was felt. Some protesting illegal immigration
held signs with his picture. One read, “Send him to Tijuana,” while
another tagged him a “racist reconquista.”
The other side answered with signs accusing the Minutemen of being
“Today's Koo Koo Klan,” and claiming “No somos immigrantes – es nuestra
tierra,” or, translated, “We aren't immigrants – it's our land.”
The crowd stood on both sides of the divide between the city's Police
Department and City Hall, displaying their signs, waving American and
Mexican flags, and chanting, singing and throwing barbs back and forth.
Minutemen and their supporters lined the east side of the boulevard
between east 12th Street and Civic Center Drive, while those who opposed
them stayed on the west, for the most part.
Two blockades of officers and deputies, some armed with rifles filled
with rubber bullets, tried to bar anyone from crossing. More than a
dozen San Diego police officers on horseback waited on the north side of
the intersection but were never called in.
The charge of racism by some who opposed the Minutemen riled Philip
Walker, a Marine who has served three tours in Iraq. Walker, 27, who is
black, is stationed at Camp Pendleton. He said he supports those who
come to the United States by using the proper channels.
“That's the problem, they turn it into a hate thing,” Walker said. “We
do love our neighbor that comes here legally, that goes through the
process.”
Student Damaly Gonzalez, 19, said anti-illegal immigration demonstrators
failed to realize they can be patriotic and support Latinos, many of
whom, she said, are serving in the war or were among the law enforcement
officials watching over the crowd.
Gonzalez, who said her family came from Mexico two generations ago,
attended the rally with her mother, Alma Santos, six brothers and
several nieces and nephews. The two sides could find some common ground,
she said, but not if they show as much antagonism as they did yesterday.
“It's not being angry,” Gonzalez said. “It's being willing to listen.”
Jennifer Vigil: (619) 718-5069; jennifer.vigil@uniontrib.com
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
Video:
http://htfttf.com/dp/node/4
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060924-9999-1m24minute.html
Minutemen rally draws protesters to National City
By Jennifer Vigil
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 24, 2006
NATIONAL CITY – More than 100 police officers and deputies used a median
on National City Boulevard yesterday to separate hundreds of people
gathered to respond to Mayor Nick Inzunza's push for the city to declare
itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
Police were called in from across San Diego County to patrol the rally,
which originated as a protest of Inzunza's proposal. It was organized by
the San Diego Minutemen, which began as a group of volunteers attempting
to stem illegal immigration by patrolling the border.
Advertisement
Those who support the sanctuary idea, or were angered by the presence of
the Minutemen, decided to counter with their own event. Both sides
converged at National City's civic center.
The rally continued for more than three hours, and it ended with one
arrest of a man on the anti-illegal immigration side who is accused of
kicking a San Diego sheriff's deputy. His removal angered other
protesters, but police defended their decision to detain the man, who
was not identified.
“You can't be in a crowd and assault an officer and expect to stay in
the crowd,” said National City police Capt. Manuel Rodriguez.
Rodriguez estimated that about 400 people attended the rally, drawn by
Inzunza's announcement two weeks ago that he wants National City to be a
“sanctuary city,” where no local funds are used to enforce federal
immigration laws.
Though the city already practices that policy, the attempt to formally
adopt the label has roiled other city officials, whom Inzunza did not
consult before making his proposal.
Neither Inzunza nor the city's four other council members attended the
rally, which Rodriguez called the largest in recent city history.
Still, Inzunza's presence was felt. Some protesting illegal immigration
held signs with his picture. One read, “Send him to Tijuana,” while
another tagged him a “racist reconquista.”
The other side answered with signs accusing the Minutemen of being
“Today's Koo Koo Klan,” and claiming “No somos immigrantes – es nuestra
tierra,” or, translated, “We aren't immigrants – it's our land.”
The crowd stood on both sides of the divide between the city's Police
Department and City Hall, displaying their signs, waving American and
Mexican flags, and chanting, singing and throwing barbs back and forth.
Minutemen and their supporters lined the east side of the boulevard
between east 12th Street and Civic Center Drive, while those who opposed
them stayed on the west, for the most part.
Two blockades of officers and deputies, some armed with rifles filled
with rubber bullets, tried to bar anyone from crossing. More than a
dozen San Diego police officers on horseback waited on the north side of
the intersection but were never called in.
The charge of racism by some who opposed the Minutemen riled Philip
Walker, a Marine who has served three tours in Iraq. Walker, 27, who is
black, is stationed at Camp Pendleton. He said he supports those who
come to the United States by using the proper channels.
“That's the problem, they turn it into a hate thing,” Walker said. “We
do love our neighbor that comes here legally, that goes through the
process.”
Student Damaly Gonzalez, 19, said anti-illegal immigration demonstrators
failed to realize they can be patriotic and support Latinos, many of
whom, she said, are serving in the war or were among the law enforcement
officials watching over the crowd.
Gonzalez, who said her family came from Mexico two generations ago,
attended the rally with her mother, Alma Santos, six brothers and
several nieces and nephews. The two sides could find some common ground,
she said, but not if they show as much antagonism as they did yesterday.
“It's not being angry,” Gonzalez said. “It's being willing to listen.”
Jennifer Vigil: (619) 718-5069; jennifer.vigil@uniontrib.com
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Woman finds scaling fence a costly, painful gamble
http://www.azstarnet.com/news/147907.php
Woman finds scaling fence a costly, painful gamble
By Brady McCombs
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.23.2006
Editor's note: The Arizona Daily Star will publish a four-day investigative report beginning Sunday that examines the feasibility of sealing the U.S.-Mexican border. Look for stories and photos in the Star this week of the places and people our team of journalists discovered during their nearly 2,000-mile journey along the border from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas.
CAMPO, Calif. — Clutching her right hand in a blue handkerchief, Maria de Rosario's sobs grow louder.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent crouches in front of her. He slowly wraps her severed ring finger in a shirt. He places it in a bag of ice.
"I knew I couldn't do it, I knew I couldn't do it," she says quietly in Spanish to the man sitting next to her, Victor Perez.
Rosario, 25, and Perez, 24, sit with their heads down on a frontage road next to a 10-foot corrugated steel fence that marks the border south of Campo, Calif., about 50 miles east of San Diego.
About one hour earlier, the two climbed over the landing-mat fence as part of a group of Mexican illegal entrants.
The men and women helped each person climb over. Rosario caught her hand on the razor-sharp anvil point on top of the fence.
When she fell to the ground on the U.S. side, pain shot up her arm. Her hand was bleeding. The top third of her ring finger lay on the ground.
A speed bump for illegal entrants? A staircase to the United States? Rosario would offer a different opinion about fences. She would be in the United States today if the fence didn't line the border near Campo.
"Am I going to lose my finger?" she asked while sitting on the dirt frontage road waiting for paramedics to arrive.
Despite the assistance of Border Patrol and local emergency medical technicians, Rosario lost her finger, said Chechstan Hebek, the founder of the California Mountain Minuteman Project. Hebek found De Rosario and Perez on a July evening at sunset and called the Border Patrol.
After being treated at a hospital, De Rosario was voluntarily deported the day after the incident in the evening, said Damon Foreman, spokesman for the Border Patrol San Diego Sector.
Attempting to make her first trip to the United States, De Rosario said she didn't know where she was going or where she would work.
Persuaded by friends, she decided earlier that day to try. As she wiped tears from her eyes, she said she regretted her decision and would never try again.
"It's kind of sad, but you still have to be going by the law," said Hebek, as he stood by his teal minivan while waiting for the Border Patrol to arrive that evening. A naturalized U.S. citizen from Czechoslovakia, he comes from San Diego for about two weeks every month to patrol the Campo area of the California border, he said.
Carrying a gun on one hip and a cell phone on the other, he drives up and down the frontage road stopping at different spots to use his binoculars to look for illegal entrants.
When the Border Patrol agent asked, he gave him an old white T-shirt to wrap the severed finger and a bag of ice to keep it cold.
A few minutes later, as the agent wrapped the finger, he told Dan Russell, a member of the Campo Minutemen who arrived to the scene later, "I send to Fox the bill," referring to Mexico's president.
As night fell, the headlights from an ambulance lit up the area as paramedics gave De Rosario oxygen and bandaged her hand.
Hebek and Russell said they felt bad for De Rosario but worse for the citizens of the United States.
"More money from the taxpayers of the United States," Russell said.
● Contact reporter Brady McCombs at 573-4213 or at bmccombs@azstarnet.com
Woman finds scaling fence a costly, painful gamble
By Brady McCombs
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 09.23.2006
Editor's note: The Arizona Daily Star will publish a four-day investigative report beginning Sunday that examines the feasibility of sealing the U.S.-Mexican border. Look for stories and photos in the Star this week of the places and people our team of journalists discovered during their nearly 2,000-mile journey along the border from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas.
CAMPO, Calif. — Clutching her right hand in a blue handkerchief, Maria de Rosario's sobs grow louder.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent crouches in front of her. He slowly wraps her severed ring finger in a shirt. He places it in a bag of ice.
"I knew I couldn't do it, I knew I couldn't do it," she says quietly in Spanish to the man sitting next to her, Victor Perez.
Rosario, 25, and Perez, 24, sit with their heads down on a frontage road next to a 10-foot corrugated steel fence that marks the border south of Campo, Calif., about 50 miles east of San Diego.
About one hour earlier, the two climbed over the landing-mat fence as part of a group of Mexican illegal entrants.
The men and women helped each person climb over. Rosario caught her hand on the razor-sharp anvil point on top of the fence.
When she fell to the ground on the U.S. side, pain shot up her arm. Her hand was bleeding. The top third of her ring finger lay on the ground.
A speed bump for illegal entrants? A staircase to the United States? Rosario would offer a different opinion about fences. She would be in the United States today if the fence didn't line the border near Campo.
"Am I going to lose my finger?" she asked while sitting on the dirt frontage road waiting for paramedics to arrive.
Despite the assistance of Border Patrol and local emergency medical technicians, Rosario lost her finger, said Chechstan Hebek, the founder of the California Mountain Minuteman Project. Hebek found De Rosario and Perez on a July evening at sunset and called the Border Patrol.
After being treated at a hospital, De Rosario was voluntarily deported the day after the incident in the evening, said Damon Foreman, spokesman for the Border Patrol San Diego Sector.
Attempting to make her first trip to the United States, De Rosario said she didn't know where she was going or where she would work.
Persuaded by friends, she decided earlier that day to try. As she wiped tears from her eyes, she said she regretted her decision and would never try again.
"It's kind of sad, but you still have to be going by the law," said Hebek, as he stood by his teal minivan while waiting for the Border Patrol to arrive that evening. A naturalized U.S. citizen from Czechoslovakia, he comes from San Diego for about two weeks every month to patrol the Campo area of the California border, he said.
Carrying a gun on one hip and a cell phone on the other, he drives up and down the frontage road stopping at different spots to use his binoculars to look for illegal entrants.
When the Border Patrol agent asked, he gave him an old white T-shirt to wrap the severed finger and a bag of ice to keep it cold.
A few minutes later, as the agent wrapped the finger, he told Dan Russell, a member of the Campo Minutemen who arrived to the scene later, "I send to Fox the bill," referring to Mexico's president.
As night fell, the headlights from an ambulance lit up the area as paramedics gave De Rosario oxygen and bandaged her hand.
Hebek and Russell said they felt bad for De Rosario but worse for the citizens of the United States.
"More money from the taxpayers of the United States," Russell said.
● Contact reporter Brady McCombs at 573-4213 or at bmccombs@azstarnet.com
Thursday, September 21, 2006
NATIONAL CITY PROTEST 9/23/06
Help take back this American city from one rogue, corrupt mayor.
When: Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
Come early for safety purposes. Buddy system at all times, bring mace, stun guns, anything legal for protection, & of course, cameras, camcorders and lots of flags!!
Where: Civic Center, 1243 National City Blvd.
National City, CA 91950 (6 blocks east of I-5)
Park: Along 12th St, east of 'A' Ave. or at the Martin Luther King Center, at Kimball Park. You can also park at the civic center lot, but it may not be as secure as street parking according to NCPD.
When: Saturday, Sept. 23, 2006
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
Come early for safety purposes. Buddy system at all times, bring mace, stun guns, anything legal for protection, & of course, cameras, camcorders and lots of flags!!
Where: Civic Center, 1243 National City Blvd.
National City, CA 91950 (6 blocks east of I-5)
Park: Along 12th St, east of 'A' Ave. or at the Martin Luther King Center, at Kimball Park. You can also park at the civic center lot, but it may not be as secure as street parking according to NCPD.
Monday, September 18, 2006
Thank you from Campo Minutemen
Thank you for your support of the Campo Minutemen. There are now four men living on the border full time; Ridge Runner, Czechstan Max and Kingfish.
With regard to the donations we have received, our priority has been to begin the tedious, expensive process of setting up The Campo Minutemen as a California, non profit corporation and to apply for 501 status with the IRS. This way not only can people write donations off on their taxes, but the guys who come out regularly can write off their gas and other expenses. We are still in the process of this.
Your donations have allowed us to purchase Boost Mobile Phone Cards, which allow for secure communications.
Best of all, we have also found a source for used military night vision scopes. The guys on the line love them. We now have a total of three. They cost about $400 and work as well as units costing a couple of thousand dollars.
We have connected with some local property owners who have been involved quietly in border watching for years. They have provided us with maps and are working with us on developing hand written field reports. This process was helpful in eliminating illegal crossing through Jamul. We are also going to be looking at cameras. Used 35mm cameras have been suggested, as they can by used at a greater distance.
Thank you again for your support. Please check our website under "photos" and "field reports" for regular updates on the border. T Shirts and bumper stickers are also available.
Campo Minutemen
PO BOX 681
Campo, CA 91906
borderwatch AT campominutemen.com
With regard to the donations we have received, our priority has been to begin the tedious, expensive process of setting up The Campo Minutemen as a California, non profit corporation and to apply for 501 status with the IRS. This way not only can people write donations off on their taxes, but the guys who come out regularly can write off their gas and other expenses. We are still in the process of this.
Your donations have allowed us to purchase Boost Mobile Phone Cards, which allow for secure communications.
Best of all, we have also found a source for used military night vision scopes. The guys on the line love them. We now have a total of three. They cost about $400 and work as well as units costing a couple of thousand dollars.
We have connected with some local property owners who have been involved quietly in border watching for years. They have provided us with maps and are working with us on developing hand written field reports. This process was helpful in eliminating illegal crossing through Jamul. We are also going to be looking at cameras. Used 35mm cameras have been suggested, as they can by used at a greater distance.
Thank you again for your support. Please check our website under "photos" and "field reports" for regular updates on the border. T Shirts and bumper stickers are also available.
Campo Minutemen
PO BOX 681
Campo, CA 91906
borderwatch AT campominutemen.com
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Report from Jim Chase
From the Wall Campo,California-Mexico
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Thursday
I am perched on the top of Kingfish mountain just west of the smuggling canyon called Smith, in Campo, California. This is now the home of Britt Craig, leader of www.Campominutemen.com , FRS radio channel 6, . It was pretty quiet last night. Gadget Dan came up for a visit and we shot the Bull, had a little cold water and then ice cold coke.
I pulled a 22 foot trailer up here. not the easiest task but worth in in my economy. At a couple of points spinning all 4 wheels at once searching for traction. Howard and Max cleared the trail of bushes and measured the overhang of tree limbs in La Gloria canyon and I manuevered the sand traps and rocks. I like having a bed, heater, shower, toilet and refrig/freezer, and yet being away from everybody. We arrived without a scratch on the rolling house. How and Max called me crazy, but then my own wife calls me crazy and in fact crazy is why I get the big bucks from the VA, so crazy is cool. Personally, I think crazy is sitting on the border staring into the bushes waiting to be accosted by some smuggler, so everyone doing a Border event is crazy, but then who am I to judge? I'm the crazy leader of the California Minutemen, USBPA and BorderWatch..ex-leader, who it has been said of, murders poor immigrants.
I am watching Britts spot. Kingfish aka Britt Craig is away to see the movie "Border Wars" with his new wife Debbie. This is his spot, as far back as a year ago while he was in California Minutemen. While he is away I figured I would fill in. Generally no one comes up here as it is off the border road, isolated and distant from the social center of spots near the entrance road or on the high plateau 139-141. I see USBP agent passing a distance off maybe 3-5 a day. The next nearest minuteman is at least 1/2 mile or more away, but I have my radio checks and my cell phone has the best reception in the area, so I am cool. The truth is that this is a real vacation, where you can gather your thoughts and rest your body and soul.
I think this is chopper day as I have seen 3. Two flew over me this morning. I was out in my PJ's, field hat, bare foot, SU-16 jungle swung and binoculars and a chopper roared over me low and hit hit noise maker. Morning on the border.
Friday
Britt is back watching West and I am over by Smith canyon watching East. Forgarding the thief on the lamb, Britt dipped down West to look for the guy and I walked the west ridge and ajointing area that falls off into the canyon. Then I drove drown into Smith. Sand, a little water, two what you may call immigrant caves or mountain lions holes going 20 and 30 feet in. I entered with a flashlite, round in the chamber of my SU-16 and glock. I figured Britt would show up if there was any gun shots so no sweat. Found tracks, tennis shoes going south. Probably the guy, the Beeps seemed satisfied with the report. I heard they also lost a sniper rifle recently. Friday night illeagals came over via latter and went back the same way when Charlie 1 turned a powerful light their way. I think he said it happened at136 or 139 can't remember.
And my wife showed up and the furnace broke, Cool here at night. Oh bye the way for you who wish to come out here. There are trails on the West edge if you walk like your going to jump off the cliff into the canyon. Smugglers are skirting Britt to the East of his position, even east to the spoting stand that the group cemented above Smith canyon. A good place to go quietly sit with night vision.
Lay-up shooting gallery
At the end of the border wall smith canyon, west side,I filled bottles with sand set them on rocks and stuck others on the ends of dead desert plants. In the distance south, in mexico Mennonites are building a orphanage. We told them, some time ago, the way it was with bandidos. They came in and stole their ground well pump and pulled up 200 feet of pipe. Mexicans saying in their minds, "Thanx for coming here from Texas to care for our unwanted children, and oh, bye the way, we are stealing your stuff as you place. you rich American pigs owe us a living." They had a watchman..I guess he did his job and watched as the bandidos dug it up.
Saturday
Britts new wife Delta showed up. There are a bunch of people West but I am the last camp East right now. Checkstand was East of Smith canyon but has returned to Bell Valley West. There are alot of flags posted along the border. Some were taken by our Southern neighbors. Gadget Dan has taken to cleaning up tons of trash north of the border noting someone is marking trails so he unmarks them. He wants me to go lay low, watch wearing my ghilley suit Camouflaged, look like a bush oufit)..."oooh manana, o someday senior, I am lazy in the warm sun with my senior-eater watching the wall." I am old. I am tired, I am on vacation. If Juan trips by I will drop the dime. Last night Linda and I patrolled East to Shockey Truck road and then ate at the Indian Casino. They have the best t-bone steaks I have tasted in a long time.
Sunday
Delta headed home. Linda decided she'd like to stay another day. I broke out the generator to recharge all my battery systems and computer. You know it is nice up here with the breeze, wildlife, quiet and the chance of a little excitement now and then. And for those that like to socialize there are always others around to chat with, share a meal or a cold drink with. You do not have to be a Campo Minuteman to come and join in with Campo Minuteman. They issue no ID card. You can get a T-shirt by you are basically an independent observer responsible for your actions. Campo Minutemen will fill you in on what is what and who is whom, suggest if you need suggestions, but it is your show in your watch area. You can be someone new or from any group. Or just a person here for free camping. Yes, free. Campo Minuteman does not charge a fee of any kind. You can Camp Free on BLM land for 14 days or forever on the 60 feet north of the border. Come down with a FRS radio set on Ch 6. Your ready. A firearm is recommended but not required.Long hot showers coat $2 at Potrero County Park. What else does a person need?
Sincerely,
James L Chase, Border Watch
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Thursday
I am perched on the top of Kingfish mountain just west of the smuggling canyon called Smith, in Campo, California. This is now the home of Britt Craig, leader of www.Campominutemen.com , FRS radio channel 6, . It was pretty quiet last night. Gadget Dan came up for a visit and we shot the Bull, had a little cold water and then ice cold coke.
I pulled a 22 foot trailer up here. not the easiest task but worth in in my economy. At a couple of points spinning all 4 wheels at once searching for traction. Howard and Max cleared the trail of bushes and measured the overhang of tree limbs in La Gloria canyon and I manuevered the sand traps and rocks. I like having a bed, heater, shower, toilet and refrig/freezer, and yet being away from everybody. We arrived without a scratch on the rolling house. How and Max called me crazy, but then my own wife calls me crazy and in fact crazy is why I get the big bucks from the VA, so crazy is cool. Personally, I think crazy is sitting on the border staring into the bushes waiting to be accosted by some smuggler, so everyone doing a Border event is crazy, but then who am I to judge? I'm the crazy leader of the California Minutemen, USBPA and BorderWatch..ex-leader, who it has been said of, murders poor immigrants.
I am watching Britts spot. Kingfish aka Britt Craig is away to see the movie "Border Wars" with his new wife Debbie. This is his spot, as far back as a year ago while he was in California Minutemen. While he is away I figured I would fill in. Generally no one comes up here as it is off the border road, isolated and distant from the social center of spots near the entrance road or on the high plateau 139-141. I see USBP agent passing a distance off maybe 3-5 a day. The next nearest minuteman is at least 1/2 mile or more away, but I have my radio checks and my cell phone has the best reception in the area, so I am cool. The truth is that this is a real vacation, where you can gather your thoughts and rest your body and soul.
I think this is chopper day as I have seen 3. Two flew over me this morning. I was out in my PJ's, field hat, bare foot, SU-16 jungle swung and binoculars and a chopper roared over me low and hit hit noise maker. Morning on the border.
Friday
Britt is back watching West and I am over by Smith canyon watching East. Forgarding the thief on the lamb, Britt dipped down West to look for the guy and I walked the west ridge and ajointing area that falls off into the canyon. Then I drove drown into Smith. Sand, a little water, two what you may call immigrant caves or mountain lions holes going 20 and 30 feet in. I entered with a flashlite, round in the chamber of my SU-16 and glock. I figured Britt would show up if there was any gun shots so no sweat. Found tracks, tennis shoes going south. Probably the guy, the Beeps seemed satisfied with the report. I heard they also lost a sniper rifle recently. Friday night illeagals came over via latter and went back the same way when Charlie 1 turned a powerful light their way. I think he said it happened at136 or 139 can't remember.
And my wife showed up and the furnace broke, Cool here at night. Oh bye the way for you who wish to come out here. There are trails on the West edge if you walk like your going to jump off the cliff into the canyon. Smugglers are skirting Britt to the East of his position, even east to the spoting stand that the group cemented above Smith canyon. A good place to go quietly sit with night vision.
Lay-up shooting gallery
At the end of the border wall smith canyon, west side,I filled bottles with sand set them on rocks and stuck others on the ends of dead desert plants. In the distance south, in mexico Mennonites are building a orphanage. We told them, some time ago, the way it was with bandidos. They came in and stole their ground well pump and pulled up 200 feet of pipe. Mexicans saying in their minds, "Thanx for coming here from Texas to care for our unwanted children, and oh, bye the way, we are stealing your stuff as you place. you rich American pigs owe us a living." They had a watchman..I guess he did his job and watched as the bandidos dug it up.
Saturday
Britts new wife Delta showed up. There are a bunch of people West but I am the last camp East right now. Checkstand was East of Smith canyon but has returned to Bell Valley West. There are alot of flags posted along the border. Some were taken by our Southern neighbors. Gadget Dan has taken to cleaning up tons of trash north of the border noting someone is marking trails so he unmarks them. He wants me to go lay low, watch wearing my ghilley suit Camouflaged, look like a bush oufit)..."oooh manana, o someday senior, I am lazy in the warm sun with my senior-eater watching the wall." I am old. I am tired, I am on vacation. If Juan trips by I will drop the dime. Last night Linda and I patrolled East to Shockey Truck road and then ate at the Indian Casino. They have the best t-bone steaks I have tasted in a long time.
Sunday
Delta headed home. Linda decided she'd like to stay another day. I broke out the generator to recharge all my battery systems and computer. You know it is nice up here with the breeze, wildlife, quiet and the chance of a little excitement now and then. And for those that like to socialize there are always others around to chat with, share a meal or a cold drink with. You do not have to be a Campo Minuteman to come and join in with Campo Minuteman. They issue no ID card. You can get a T-shirt by you are basically an independent observer responsible for your actions. Campo Minutemen will fill you in on what is what and who is whom, suggest if you need suggestions, but it is your show in your watch area. You can be someone new or from any group. Or just a person here for free camping. Yes, free. Campo Minuteman does not charge a fee of any kind. You can Camp Free on BLM land for 14 days or forever on the 60 feet north of the border. Come down with a FRS radio set on Ch 6. Your ready. A firearm is recommended but not required.Long hot showers coat $2 at Potrero County Park. What else does a person need?
Sincerely,
James L Chase, Border Watch
Hangin' with Campo Minutemen
Monday, September 11, 2006
Osama Protest
It was great to meet so many great Americans in Culver City Yesterday. Unfortunately, our Web Master Chicago is on Vacation and we may not get our pictures up right away.
I have post them on other sites. Feel free to "take" which ever ones you want.
Sites:
http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16291
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699146/posts
I have post them on other sites. Feel free to "take" which ever ones you want.
Sites:
http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16291
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699146/posts
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Shots Fired at Campo
A van of crossers reportedly tried to run over a border patrol agent in Smith
Canyon this morning and the border patrol agent reportedly fired shots. No one was
hurt and the vehicle was later stopped.
Media source states it was a suspected smuggling vehicle
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>From JJ:
I just called Kingfish on the Campo Line for an update on the incident this morning out there. According to Kingfish," a van full of illegals attempted to escape from a B.P. Agent by running him down on Shocky Truck Trail, near where it intersects with Highway 94. The agent fired shots at the van as it attempted to escape. The van was apprehended on 94 west of Forrest Gate Road a short time later. The illegals inside said they had infiltrated into the USA through Smith Canyon, an area not currently being patrolled by the Campo MM due to lack of manpower, and just east of the areas currently under patrol by the Campo MM."
Kingfish has just adjusted his position to be able to watch the South end of Smith Canyon.
Reporting history as it is being made,
J J
Campo MM
Rec'd via email:
There was a shooting this morning near Shockey TT and Far Valley Rd. A truck loaded with narcotics was seized but the driver (Hispanic male with a crew cut) managed to TBS.
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/
Canyon this morning and the border patrol agent reportedly fired shots. No one was
hurt and the vehicle was later stopped.
Media source states it was a suspected smuggling vehicle
-----------------------------------------------------------
>From JJ:
I just called Kingfish on the Campo Line for an update on the incident this morning out there. According to Kingfish," a van full of illegals attempted to escape from a B.P. Agent by running him down on Shocky Truck Trail, near where it intersects with Highway 94. The agent fired shots at the van as it attempted to escape. The van was apprehended on 94 west of Forrest Gate Road a short time later. The illegals inside said they had infiltrated into the USA through Smith Canyon, an area not currently being patrolled by the Campo MM due to lack of manpower, and just east of the areas currently under patrol by the Campo MM."
Kingfish has just adjusted his position to be able to watch the South end of Smith Canyon.
Reporting history as it is being made,
J J
Campo MM
Rec'd via email:
There was a shooting this morning near Shockey TT and Far Valley Rd. A truck loaded with narcotics was seized but the driver (Hispanic male with a crew cut) managed to TBS.
http://www.thedustininmansociety.org/blog/
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Campo Minutemen in the News
http://presstelegram.com/news/ci_4287227
Immigration fireworks at parade
Union festivities attract border activists.
By Greg Mellen, Staff writer
WILMINGTON - For the most part, the 27th annual Labor Day Labor Solidarity proceedings in Wilmington went off without a hitch.
But not without some spice.
While picnickers were loading up on hot dogs and sodas and listening to union speeches, about a dozen activists from Save Our State and the Minuteman Project made an unexpected appearance and added a little heat to the Monday holiday.
Waving American flags and bearing posters with sayings such as "illegal immigration is not civil rights," the protesters appeared on a knoll at Banning Park, where they were almost immediately confronted by a large group unionists as well as of members of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, a pro-immigrant organization that marched in the parade and was one of the larger groups on hand.
After some jostling and heated debate, the two groups were separated by a large contingent of parade security personnel representing the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union.
Soon after, Los Angeles Police Department officers, several on bikes and four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, cordoned off the protesters and escorted them out of the park, while a large group of event-goers followed.
Chanting "union, union," and "racists go home," the picnickers easily drowned out a short-lived attempt at a "USA" chant by Minutemen and Save Our State members.
Standing across M Street from Banning Park, Deborah Grais, wearing a Campo Minutemen T-shirt, said she came to the event because she views illegal immigrants as "scabs" who hurt rather than help unions.
The protesters said they felt mistreated by the union security personnel.
"I'm upset the police forced us to go," said Knewt Young of Torrance, as he held an American flag. "We were causing no problems. The only thing agitating was our presence."
Part of the acrimony may have arisen because the National Alliance for Immigrants' Rights had joined in the parade to call for a moratorium on deportations and amnesty for illegal aliens.
"You can't talk about immigration without labor and you can't talk about labor without immigration, they're one and the same," said Nativo Lopez of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, adding that events such as Monday's parade and picnic put them "under one house."
There were no arrests and no injuries and the confrontation was dispersed in about 20 minutes.
Before the protestors' appearance, the parade and picnic went smoothly.
The event began with the Oakland ILWU Drill Team being recognized for its 40th anniversary. Wearing yellow T-shirts, white ILWU hats, black pants, yellow gloves and carrying longshoremen's traditional hooks, the group put on a 20-minute show before receiving a plaque from the ILWU local chapters.
The drill team debuted in July 1966 when it marched with Cesar
Chavez down Market Street in San Francisco in a solidarity display.
Josh Williams, who founded the group, says it performs about 20 times per year, mostly on the West Coast.
"Whenever there's strife in the union, the drill team helps to unite us," said Anna Wills, a union and drill team member.
The parade was a spectacle of unionism, with carpenters, steel workers, pile drivers, flight attendants, nurses and machinists among the groups represented.
Each group seemed to have telltale colors. T-shirts bore a variety of messages, including an ILWU shirt with a snake emblazoned on the back and the message "will strike if provoked."
Several unions were on strike or contemplating strikes. The Los Angeles Engineer and Architects Association, fresh off a two-day strike, showed up in force with placards protesting conditions and wages.
Michael Davies, president of the local chapter, said his group didn't normally show up in the parade in such large numbers.
However, on Monday they wanted to show gratitude to the Teamsters in particular for honoring their work stoppage.
Flight attendants for Northwest Airlines were also contemplating a strike strategy they called "CHAOS" for "Creating Havoc Across Our System," which they said would consist of intermittent work stoppages and other actions.
Les Meeks, interim president of the local group, said his group's plight is not uncommon.
"We're not the only ones struggling," Meeks said. "All across America workers are struggling. There's a climate of corporate greed run amok."
At the post-parade picnic, representatives from disparate groups ranging from the Peace and Freedom Party to the International Workers of the World, or Wobblies, to the Colombia Peace Project, set up shop and handed out leaflets and sold T-shirts.
After the Minutemen and Save Our State protesters had left, a large tarpaulin was draped across the knoll, it said "The sun shines for everyone."
It had been painted by a man named Jose Matias, who said it was his message that "America is for everyone."
Greg Mellen can be reached at greg.mellen@presstelegram.com or (562) 499-1291.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/05/ldt.01.html
CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens blamed everything from the holiday weekend to poor organization for the small crowds at their Labor Day marches.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Bush, escucha, estamos en la lucha!
WIAN (voice over): About a thousand supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens marched in the streets of Los Angeles chanting, "Bush, listen, we are here!" They flew the flags of anarchists, Mexico and the United States, and demanded full amnesty for anyone in this country illegally. Illegal alien supporters rallied in several other U.S. cities on Labor Day. They're continuing their effort to link illegal immigration and organized labor.
Border security activists accuse the union marchers of betraying American workers.
DEBORAH CRAIG, CAMPO, CALIF., MINUTEMEN: We had a standard of living. We had a wage. The middle class is nonexistent in Los Angeles. It's being destroyed by illegal immigration. That's why we're here, because illegal immigrants are scabs, period.
WIAN: Police separated this group of counter-protesters from a hostile crowd of illegal alien sympathizers who continued their practice of calling anyone favoring immigration law enforcement "racist."
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Racists go home! Racists go home!
WIAN: The marches were nowhere near the size of the Mayday Open Borders protest earlier this year. It's another sign their movement, and especially their effort to register a million new sympathetic voters by 2008, is losing momentum.
An Associated Press analysis of voter data in a dozen U.S. cities found no evidence of a pro-amnesty voter registration surge. In fact, in Los Angeles, the birthplace of the illegal alien marches, new voter registration actually dropped 54 percent during the first six months of this year compared to 2004.
Immigration fireworks at parade
Union festivities attract border activists.
By Greg Mellen, Staff writer
WILMINGTON - For the most part, the 27th annual Labor Day Labor Solidarity proceedings in Wilmington went off without a hitch.
But not without some spice.
While picnickers were loading up on hot dogs and sodas and listening to union speeches, about a dozen activists from Save Our State and the Minuteman Project made an unexpected appearance and added a little heat to the Monday holiday.
Waving American flags and bearing posters with sayings such as "illegal immigration is not civil rights," the protesters appeared on a knoll at Banning Park, where they were almost immediately confronted by a large group unionists as well as of members of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, a pro-immigrant organization that marched in the parade and was one of the larger groups on hand.
After some jostling and heated debate, the two groups were separated by a large contingent of parade security personnel representing the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union.
Soon after, Los Angeles Police Department officers, several on bikes and four-wheel all-terrain vehicles, cordoned off the protesters and escorted them out of the park, while a large group of event-goers followed.
Chanting "union, union," and "racists go home," the picnickers easily drowned out a short-lived attempt at a "USA" chant by Minutemen and Save Our State members.
Standing across M Street from Banning Park, Deborah Grais, wearing a Campo Minutemen T-shirt, said she came to the event because she views illegal immigrants as "scabs" who hurt rather than help unions.
The protesters said they felt mistreated by the union security personnel.
"I'm upset the police forced us to go," said Knewt Young of Torrance, as he held an American flag. "We were causing no problems. The only thing agitating was our presence."
Part of the acrimony may have arisen because the National Alliance for Immigrants' Rights had joined in the parade to call for a moratorium on deportations and amnesty for illegal aliens.
"You can't talk about immigration without labor and you can't talk about labor without immigration, they're one and the same," said Nativo Lopez of Hermandad Mexicana LatinoAmericana, adding that events such as Monday's parade and picnic put them "under one house."
There were no arrests and no injuries and the confrontation was dispersed in about 20 minutes.
Before the protestors' appearance, the parade and picnic went smoothly.
The event began with the Oakland ILWU Drill Team being recognized for its 40th anniversary. Wearing yellow T-shirts, white ILWU hats, black pants, yellow gloves and carrying longshoremen's traditional hooks, the group put on a 20-minute show before receiving a plaque from the ILWU local chapters.
The drill team debuted in July 1966 when it marched with Cesar
Chavez down Market Street in San Francisco in a solidarity display.
Josh Williams, who founded the group, says it performs about 20 times per year, mostly on the West Coast.
"Whenever there's strife in the union, the drill team helps to unite us," said Anna Wills, a union and drill team member.
The parade was a spectacle of unionism, with carpenters, steel workers, pile drivers, flight attendants, nurses and machinists among the groups represented.
Each group seemed to have telltale colors. T-shirts bore a variety of messages, including an ILWU shirt with a snake emblazoned on the back and the message "will strike if provoked."
Several unions were on strike or contemplating strikes. The Los Angeles Engineer and Architects Association, fresh off a two-day strike, showed up in force with placards protesting conditions and wages.
Michael Davies, president of the local chapter, said his group didn't normally show up in the parade in such large numbers.
However, on Monday they wanted to show gratitude to the Teamsters in particular for honoring their work stoppage.
Flight attendants for Northwest Airlines were also contemplating a strike strategy they called "CHAOS" for "Creating Havoc Across Our System," which they said would consist of intermittent work stoppages and other actions.
Les Meeks, interim president of the local group, said his group's plight is not uncommon.
"We're not the only ones struggling," Meeks said. "All across America workers are struggling. There's a climate of corporate greed run amok."
At the post-parade picnic, representatives from disparate groups ranging from the Peace and Freedom Party to the International Workers of the World, or Wobblies, to the Colombia Peace Project, set up shop and handed out leaflets and sold T-shirts.
After the Minutemen and Save Our State protesters had left, a large tarpaulin was draped across the knoll, it said "The sun shines for everyone."
It had been painted by a man named Jose Matias, who said it was his message that "America is for everyone."
Greg Mellen can be reached at greg.mellen@presstelegram.com or (562) 499-1291.
-------------------------------------------------------
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/05/ldt.01.html
CASEY WIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens blamed everything from the holiday weekend to poor organization for the small crowds at their Labor Day marches.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Bush, escucha, estamos en la lucha!
WIAN (voice over): About a thousand supporters of expanded rights for illegal aliens marched in the streets of Los Angeles chanting, "Bush, listen, we are here!" They flew the flags of anarchists, Mexico and the United States, and demanded full amnesty for anyone in this country illegally. Illegal alien supporters rallied in several other U.S. cities on Labor Day. They're continuing their effort to link illegal immigration and organized labor.
Border security activists accuse the union marchers of betraying American workers.
DEBORAH CRAIG, CAMPO, CALIF., MINUTEMEN: We had a standard of living. We had a wage. The middle class is nonexistent in Los Angeles. It's being destroyed by illegal immigration. That's why we're here, because illegal immigrants are scabs, period.
WIAN: Police separated this group of counter-protesters from a hostile crowd of illegal alien sympathizers who continued their practice of calling anyone favoring immigration law enforcement "racist."
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Racists go home! Racists go home!
WIAN: The marches were nowhere near the size of the Mayday Open Borders protest earlier this year. It's another sign their movement, and especially their effort to register a million new sympathetic voters by 2008, is losing momentum.
An Associated Press analysis of voter data in a dozen U.S. cities found no evidence of a pro-amnesty voter registration surge. In fact, in Los Angeles, the birthplace of the illegal alien marches, new voter registration actually dropped 54 percent during the first six months of this year compared to 2004.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Union Thugs in Wilmington, CA
Video:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor5sep05,1,6063775.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
Under:
VIDEO
Southland Labor Day Rallies
More Videos (first one shows assault on SOS member)
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcQCckHKiU
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFiXiiyius
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RCIgudFkM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCCOnJiquE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97sH_LPMWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu14TbR16x0
"Members of the International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union Local 13 confronted about a dozen protesters belonging to the anti-illegal immigration group Save Our State. The protesters said they objected to labor's pro-immigrant stance.
"We're angry about the unions trying to get illegal aliens to join," said Heather Evans, 26, a laboratory chemist and biologist from San Pedro.
The longshoremen, wearing light blue shirts that identified them as "security," surrounded the Save Our State protesters and attempted to block camera views of their signs. The protesters claimed they were jostled by the union members.
Los Angeles police separated the protesters and labor members at first. After about 20 minutes, the police escorted the protesters out of Banning Park and across the street as union members gave chase and chanted, "Racists go home!"
Police said no arrests were made."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-labor5sep05,1,6063775.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true
Under:
VIDEO
Southland Labor Day Rallies
More Videos (first one shows assault on SOS member)
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmcQCckHKiU
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mFiXiiyius
Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RCIgudFkM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avCCOnJiquE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f97sH_LPMWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu14TbR16x0
"Members of the International Longshore and Warehouseman's Union Local 13 confronted about a dozen protesters belonging to the anti-illegal immigration group Save Our State. The protesters said they objected to labor's pro-immigrant stance.
"We're angry about the unions trying to get illegal aliens to join," said Heather Evans, 26, a laboratory chemist and biologist from San Pedro.
The longshoremen, wearing light blue shirts that identified them as "security," surrounded the Save Our State protesters and attempted to block camera views of their signs. The protesters claimed they were jostled by the union members.
Los Angeles police separated the protesters and labor members at first. After about 20 minutes, the police escorted the protesters out of Banning Park and across the street as union members gave chase and chanted, "Racists go home!"
Police said no arrests were made."
Monday, September 4, 2006
Report From Wilmington, CA
"Well it was a wonderful demonstration because we all lived through it and are uninjured! Woo hoo!!!! Although it was a very tense situation, and several people did get hit or shoved. Basically I did not want to leave, but I knew it was in our best interests to let the police take us to a safer area. We made our point and got tons of press attention immediately.
nce that was done it was just dangerous to stay on the little hill we chose to "open up" on. Yes, the union members wanted to oppress our free speech. Yes, they had a permit, no, we did not.
The police were mostly great to us, So we were pretty much physically guided and prodded out of the main area. They used their bikes to push us and such. There was not much of a choice in leaving. We counterdemonstrated for another half hour across the street. Then we decided to leave before everyone else started leaving. It was a very quick but very effective demonstration.
We got a lot of press and even recruited a lawyer from San Pedro who is anti-illegal."
Jalira
Photos posted under "photos" at
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
nce that was done it was just dangerous to stay on the little hill we chose to "open up" on. Yes, the union members wanted to oppress our free speech. Yes, they had a permit, no, we did not.
The police were mostly great to us, So we were pretty much physically guided and prodded out of the main area. They used their bikes to push us and such. There was not much of a choice in leaving. We counterdemonstrated for another half hour across the street. Then we decided to leave before everyone else started leaving. It was a very quick but very effective demonstration.
We got a lot of press and even recruited a lawyer from San Pedro who is anti-illegal."
Jalira
Photos posted under "photos" at
http://www.campominutemen.com/photos.aspx
Saturday Report - Kingfish and Delta
Saturday:
Rally in Lake Forest which lead to an arrest:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1264580.php
Man arrested after spitting incident
Hugo Maldonado is being held on a federal felony immigration warrant and on suspicion of resisting arrest.
By CINDY CARCAMO
The Orange County Register
LAKE FOREST – Deputies arrested a man on a felony warrant after he spit toward a crowd of anti-illegal immigration protesters Saturday in Lake Forest, Orange County Sheriff's officials reported.
Hugo Maldonado, 23, is being held without bail at the Orange County Men's Jail on a federal felony immigration warrant and suspicion of resisting arrest, Lt. Val Wilson.
At about 8:30 a.m., Maldonado was a passenger of a car that drove into a parking lot near a day labor site close to Ganahl Lumber store and a liquor store on the 23100 block of Orange Avenue, Wilson said.
Maldonado spit toward about 40 anti-illegal immigration protesters, Wilson said, but it's unclear whether he struck someone. Deputies, already in the area to keep the peace, saw what happened, spoke with Maldonado and ran his name, Wilson said.
Maldonado led deputies on a short foot pursuit after they discovered that he had an active warrant. Specifics about the warrant are unclear, Wilson said.
Also unclear is whether Maldonado had any connection to the day labor site or the protesters there, she added. Other than this incident, the protest was peaceful.
"You have an isolated, small incident," Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. "It's too bad that that even happened. Other than that it was really peaceful."
CONTACT US: 714-796-7829 or ccarcamo@ocregister.com
Rally in Lake Forest which lead to an arrest:
http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1264580.php
Man arrested after spitting incident
Hugo Maldonado is being held on a federal felony immigration warrant and on suspicion of resisting arrest.
By CINDY CARCAMO
The Orange County Register
LAKE FOREST – Deputies arrested a man on a felony warrant after he spit toward a crowd of anti-illegal immigration protesters Saturday in Lake Forest, Orange County Sheriff's officials reported.
Hugo Maldonado, 23, is being held without bail at the Orange County Men's Jail on a federal felony immigration warrant and suspicion of resisting arrest, Lt. Val Wilson.
At about 8:30 a.m., Maldonado was a passenger of a car that drove into a parking lot near a day labor site close to Ganahl Lumber store and a liquor store on the 23100 block of Orange Avenue, Wilson said.
Maldonado spit toward about 40 anti-illegal immigration protesters, Wilson said, but it's unclear whether he struck someone. Deputies, already in the area to keep the peace, saw what happened, spoke with Maldonado and ran his name, Wilson said.
Maldonado led deputies on a short foot pursuit after they discovered that he had an active warrant. Specifics about the warrant are unclear, Wilson said.
Also unclear is whether Maldonado had any connection to the day labor site or the protesters there, she added. Other than this incident, the protest was peaceful.
"You have an isolated, small incident," Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said. "It's too bad that that even happened. Other than that it was really peaceful."
CONTACT US: 714-796-7829 or ccarcamo@ocregister.com
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