Citizens take action against illegal immigration
There’s been a series of articles in the Chicago Sun-Times about the Minuteman Project, a group that has organized willing citizens to patrol the border between Arizona and Mexico looking for illegal immigrants and reporting them to the authorities.
- Volunteers to Patrol Border
- Volunteers Sign Up for Mexico-Arizona Border Patrol
- 18 Migrants Arrested in Arizona After Volunteers Spot Them
I think this is awesome. It’s much like the militias that worked with the regular army in the revolutionary war. However, the Sun-Times seems to be taking every opportunity they can to say “vigilante violence may erupt” and warn against doing things on your own. Typical nanny-statist response. These people are volunteering to defend the country. They probably aren’t gung ho about doing it this way, they’d probably like to do it however is best. Therefore, the best response would not be “Don’t help! You’re causing problems!”, instead they should say “You want to help? That’s great! Can you do it this way? We’ll help you if you do.” Capitalize on free labor when it’s there!