Minutemen Beginning New Border Watch

The Minutemen, the citizen's group which observes border areas where illegal immigration is rampant, is starting a new effort. Given all the Mexican flags which have been flying in pro-illegal immigration demonstrations during the past 10 days, I'm guessing they'll have some new recruits:

Minuteman volunteers concerned about the continued flow of illegal immigrants across the border from Mexico gathered Saturday with lawn chairs, binoculars and cell phones for a new monthlong campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the issue.

A year after their first watch-and-report operation along the border in southeastern Arizona, members of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps embarked on a much larger effort in the busy migrant-smuggling corridor.

"I'm concerned about what's not being done by the government _ hasn't been done for ages, apparently," said J. Glenn Sorensen, a retired school administrator now living in Flagstaff.

Sorensen, who was not involved with the Minutemen last year, said he thinks the organization has accomplished part of its intended purpose already, "to draw national attention to an insecure border. I don't think anybody wants to close the border _ I certainly don't. Basically, I think they need to be secure."

Expect to see lots of new reports about "vigilantes" etc. when they describe the Minutemen's efforts.