"U.S. Border Control" (H.R. 1986) Military border protection

"U.S. Border Control" wrote:

From: "U.S. Border Control" info@usbc.org

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 10:06:51 -0400

U.S. BORDER CONTROL

"Troops" bill passes in House of Representatives!!

Email Alert :Thursday, May 26, 2005, McLean, Virginia

Rep. Virgil Goode attached his troops bill (H.R. 1986), as an amendment to a must pass Department of Defense authorization bill and it passed 245-184

As you know by now, this bill would authorize the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protection functions.

At a time when our nation is being overrun with 5-10,000 illegal aliens crossing our borders daily AND evidence that Muslims, Arabs and, undoubtedly, terrorists are using the same crossing points as the Mexicans, it is absolutely URGENT that we regain control of our borders.

Unfortunately, for the last several sessions of Congress, this is as far as most immigration reform legislation gets. The Senate has managed to kill the Troops on the Border" bill every time.

What makes me think that this time will be any different? Two things: A new Senate and the Minuteman Project.

The Minuteman Project proved that our borders can be controlled and the heroic efforts of the volunteers opened the eyes of the American people. And the new 109th Congress includes a few new tough, conservative-minded Senators, any one of whom might sponsor a Senate version of H.R.1986 and mount an effort to keep Rep. Goode's Troops amendment in the final version of the Defense authorization bill.

This is the best opportunity I have seen in more than a decade for getting the Senate to pass a bill to put troops on the border, but I need your help, today, to win this battle.

Please send email an letter to your Representative today. To send your email right now, click here http://capwiz.com/usbc/issues/alert/?alertid=7651276&type=CO

If you are not connected automatically, go to our website http://www.usbc.org and click on Email Congress and select Troops on the Border (REVISED) from our Action Alerts

Thank you!

Thanks again for your help on this critically important lobbying effort.

Best regards,
Edward I Nelson, Chairman
U.S. Border Control
8180 Greensboro Drive #1070
McLean, VA 22102
703-356-6568
ednelson@usbc.org

P.S. If you want to do even more, please consider a visit to our website http://www.usbc.org to make a contribution to our work. We really need your support right now. Or click here http://www.usbc.org/donation.htm to go directly to our contribution page.

If you decide to help us by making a contribution, you should know that your contribution is unconditionally guaranteed. If, at any time, you feel that Border Control is not living up to your expectations, write to us, tell us you want your money back and we will refund your contribution, in full, no questions asked.

"U.S. Border Control has worked with me to get support for my bill that will allow our nation’s troops to defend our borders: a common-sense proposal that should be in law."-Congressman Virgil Goode, Virginia

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Minuteman Project founder irked by use of group's name

By: WILLIAM FINN BENNETT - Staff Writer

What's in a name? Just ask Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. Gilchrist said this week that he is frustrated that several organizations have set up Web sites that falsely imply they are affiliated with his group, a border-watch group that patrolled the U.S.-Mexico border last month for illegal immigrants.

Gilchrist, who lives in Oceanside, has posted a consumer-warning notice on his Web site. At least one group is using the Minuteman Project name to solicit money.

The advisory reads: "The Minuteman Project is located in Aliso Viejo, California and maintains only one web site address: www.minutemanproject.com. Several groups have adopted the term 'minuteman' in their names. They are not part of the Minuteman Project."

Gilchrist's organization came under the national media spotlight in April, when hundreds of project volunteers spent a month patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. They peered through binoculars and talked on hand-held radios as they observed illegal immigrants crossing the border. Then the volunteers called in the U.S. Border Patrol to apprehend them.

They successfully completed their mission of drawing national attention to their cause and have received praise for their work from some quarters, but have drawn scorn from advocacy groups that defend the human rights of illegal immigrants. Late last month, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ignited controversy when he praised the Minuteman Project's efforts in Arizona.

Gilchrist said this week that he wants to get the word out about the pilfering of his group's name.

"It's a warning to your audience to not get suckered into any organization calling itself the Minuteman Project," Gilchrist said.

A media consultant for the Minuteman Project said Wednesday that officials with her organization are particularly concerned about one Web site, called the Minuteman Relief fund, which is soliciting donations.

"They have Web site links to us, and they are in no way affiliated with us," said media consultant Connie Hair.

While the relief-fund Web site does not use the words Minuteman Project in its Web address, it carries several articles on Gilchrist's group. One of the articles begins:

"The Minuteman Project is a grassroots effort to bring Americans to the defense of their homeland, similar to the way the original Minutemen from Massachusetts (and other U.S. colonies) did in the late 1700s. Like them, we want to bring to this effort only what few personal possessions we can carry ... plus our heart, mind and spirit."

The Web site also says: "Contributions of any size, large or small, are very helpful and very appreciated."

Officials with www.minutemanrelieffund.org could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Other Web sites also are using the name Minuteman Project without Gilchrist's permission, Hair said. Two of them are parodies of the Minuteman Project.

One uses the same name as Gilchrist's Web site, but with a hyphen between the words minuteman and project.

The parody site www.minuteman-project.com Web site mocked the number of volunteers for the project, which was aiming to recruit about 1,000 people. And while organizers reported they had nearly hit their goal, with about 900 total volunteers, several media organizations questioned the figures. Some media outlets even reported that more reporters than volunteers showed up for the border watch.

The Web site stated that phone calls to the media had not been returned, but, "We are trying to answer them all because we realize that even though we never came close to having 1,000 volunteers, these media suckers still took the bait."

Gilchrist said earlier this week that he isn't surprised that people are attempting to exploit and demean his organization and its name.

But "my ego has become very calloused," Gilchrist said. "When I started this organization, I expected this kind of abuse. Therefore, I wasn't surprised."

Contact staff writer William Finn Bennett at (760) 740-5426 or wbennett@nctimes.com .
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