PHOENIX, AZ (May 25, 2006) – Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (“MCDC”), today announced receipt of a $100,000 donation in support of the Minuteman border fence effort to build security fencing and barriers along the southern U.S. border with Mexico.
Simcox issued the following statement:
“Jim Campbell is a great American who has stepped forward to ensure the success of the efforts of law-abiding American citizens to do the job the government refuses to do: secure our borders. On behalf of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, I would like to thank Arizona Minuteman Jim Campbell for his tremendous generosity, and vote of confidence in MCDC’s security fence initiative. As the Senate continues to ignore the logistical realities involved in securing the border, and to engage in irresponsible rhetoric and legislative maneuverings that increase the staggering influx of people illegally crossing the border in hopes of amnesty, the Minutemen will continue our efforts to make sure America’s borders are secured with all speed.”
Jim Campbell, a homebuilder in Phoenix, Arizona, and a U.S. military veteran, issued the following statement:
“Like countless other aging veterans and ‘baby boomers,’ I see this as a seminal point in America's history. Collectively, we've survived the challenges of the Cold War and various other national crises. Our government has thus far failed in its fundamental duty to secure our borders—which has caused a national security crisis of the first order. When a self-governing people are faced with such dereliction of duty, we must step up to the plate ourselves and get the job done.
“Even if government steps in and votes to fund anything comprehensive enough to deal with border security, it will have to borrow the money, creating additional financial burdens that our children and grandchildren will have to shoulder. We 'Boomers'—through our private resources—can instead help determine that the kind of country we leave behind to our children and grandchildren is blessed with national security and fiscal solvency.
“With my $100,000.00 donation, I am challenging the 'Boomers' to donate meaningfully to the Minuteman Border Fence Project. Collectively, we have the financial strength to fund this project entirely. If we do so, we will never have to explain to younger generations how we let our national security be placed at risk when we could have acted. We will never have to explain how we failed to show the courage to do what was necessary, simply by getting out our checkbooks, and putting in some long hours of hard, hot work in the desert. I can now rest comfortably knowing that I can look the next generation in the eye and say to them: ‘We stepped up and did what we could to preserve the future of your country.’"
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