Don't forget: the Minutemen are still out there

and the wapo continues to backhandedly legitimize them...

(from today's edition, pg. A9...)

The civilian patrols of recent months have failed to stem the tide of illegal crossings, but they have ratcheted up pressure on Washington to better police U.S. borders and fueled tension in border towns about potential violence. But as the patrols continue, they are targeting a wider circle of volunteers.

Urban dwellers, young women, some Hispanics have joined. Their gripes are often the same as those of the gun-toting veterans, though their backgrounds are different.

"It shows that the problem reaches all of America, not just a specific group," said Gayle Nyberg, 57, of Murietta, Calif., who slept in the back of a 1976 Chevrolet Suburban while on patrol duty.

More than 200 people signed up with the California Minutemen, who spent three weeks at the border over the summer.

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