FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MINUTEMEN WRAP UP APRIL ‘SECURE OUR BORDER’ OPERATIONS
Sightings of Illegal Border Crossings Increase Drastically
(PHOENIX, AZ) May 1, 2006 – As the April, 2006, “Operation Secure Our Borders” around-the-clock operations come to a close, Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”), released the numbers of sightings of illegal aliens during the effort. A comparison is provided to operations last October, another annual high-traffic month due to milder, post-summer desert weather conditions.
April 2006
MCDC Sightings/BP Apprehensions*
Arizona 1,502/520
California 482/*
New Mexico 520/461
Texas 1,284/*
Washington State 2/2
October 2005
MCDC Sightings/BP Apprehensions*
Arizona 772/239
California 22/6
New Mexico 169/104
Texas 800/*
Washington State 0/0
*Border Patrol apprehension numbers provided where supplied to Minuteman Civil Defense
Chris Simcox released the following statement regarding the sharp rise in numbers of sightings in all areas:
"The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps once again stood vigilant as the number of people illegally crossing the border increased along every single sector where Minutemen were monitoring and reporting to Border Patrol. Each year, April and October are high-traffic months for illegal border crossings due to milder weather conditions in the desert areas, which is the reason the Minutemen choose these two months each year for our 24/7 ‘Secure Our Borders’ operations. The numbers are up drastically in April of this year over October of last year. Do not be fooled by the misleading statements of the Border Patrol ‘public information’ spokesmen. The false promise of amnesty by irresponsible politicians is causing a human tsunami over our borders by those attempting to get in under the wire, and gain U.S. citizenship by breaking current U.S. law.
“Minutemen during April 2006 ‘Secure Our Borders’ operations provided hundreds of gallons of water to those in distress in the desert and made over a dozen confirmed, life-saving rescues, including a 2-year-old boy in Arizona, by providing water and food to those abandoned by their ‘coyote’ traffickers or those who lost their way trying to cross the vast frontier and illegally enter this country.”
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