Jean wrote on Jan 12, 2008 10:39 PM:Well, good for them.
When it gets down to it who cares, they are cleaning up the area! What's wrong with that? And if it's a publicity stunt as Enrique says, why doesn't he get his own portion of a road for his group to clean up?

THE FENCE WORKS wrote on Jan 12, 2008 10:40 PM:Near San Clemente, there is a freeway crossing sign (5-feet × 7-feet) warning of people attempting to run across this freeway. This is because there is a border crossing checkpoint on NB I-5 in this area, and people wishing to avoid the INS often attempt (stupidly) to run across the freeway. The unusual signs are a reminder of an era when San Diego County had by far the most freeway pedestrian deaths in the nation. In the 1980s, dozens of illegal aliens were killed or injured each year as they tried to cross the treacherous freeways near the U.S.-Mexico border. Recent efforts have reduced the death rate. There are a variety of factors: beefed-up law enforcement, a doubling of patrols at the border and increased public awareness. The problem reached its height in 1989, when 24 illegal aliens were killed on the freeways near the border. From 1985 to 1987, 128 died and 105 were injured. In 1992, Caltrans erected a special warning sign, and built 10- to 12-foot high median fences in the area. Since that time, the number of injuries and deaths has dropped. Part of this is due to Operation Gatekeeper, a joint operation that fortified walls between San Diego and Tijuana that moved the cross-border traffic to the east. There were none in 1997, the year the California Highway Patrol stopped keeping track. There were no pedestrian fatalities between 1998 and 2002, and there is currently talk that the sign has outlived its usefulness and should be taken down.

cvangel wrote on Jan 12, 2008 10:58 PM:Minutemen have been cleaning up trash left by illegals in the desert all along. Just one more example that Americans aren't afraid to work!

How immigration has changed wrote on Jan 12, 2008 11:04 PM:Activist Enrique Morones' recent denunciation of the proposed statue of Pete Wilson, was placed on private land, provides an example of the language that is becoming common in bicultural California. Wilson is called a racist and his statue compared to one of Hitler. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/08/14/news/columnists/richard_kirk/21_43_578_13_07.txt

Bruce wrote on Jan 12, 2008 11:16 PM:I dare say Enrique has done anything to beautify anything in any community this side of the American border. Until he does, he should not be throwing stones at anyone...

Enrique M... wrote on Jan 13, 2008 12:42 AM:Mr. Moronas is complaining about people and publicity. From what I have seen on tv, I think that man would knock over his own mother to get in front of a camera!! A big thank you to the Minutemen forhelping our communities and now for cleaning up our freeways.

Minutemen care about the Environment too. wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:16 AM:The media has always focused on Minutemen as being consumed by the illegal immigration issue. For more than a year the Minutemen have tried to express their concerns about the environmental issues cause by the migration process. Minutemen now have the opportunity to show the public that they care about other issues too. The Environmental impact and destruction cause by the trash, Hazardous material, human waste and water pollution left behind in desserts, wooded area's and roads by migrants must be considered. The SDMM are very excited about the opportunity to make a real difference when it comes to the environment. SDMM plans on adopting more area's as well as bringing attention to the environment. It is unfortunate that those who do not share the same views as the Minutemen would take this opportunity and try to make it a negative rather than applaud the Minutemen for their efforts.

Yeah for the Minutemen wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:18 AM:I think its cool that the Minutemen are willing to help out and keeps our freeways clean. How come the open borders activist don't have an adopt a highway of their own. Are they mad because they didn't think of it first. Or do they just not give a hoot about the environment?

Thats Great wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:28 AM:Glad to hear of this. More people should get involved in programs like this.

Good for them! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:30 AM:Wow!Good for them!I know they were very helpful cleaning up the canyons here in Carmel Valley. Our canyons were very unsafe because of all the illegals that lived in them.

We couldn't even enter the canyons and our kids couldn't play on the street. Now we can. Thank you again!!

Skip wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:47 AM:Wait for it! The threats will come next.

proud citizen wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:47 AM:Way to go all the minutemen that do the things that other citizens are afraid of doing. Most people don't want to stir things up and have government look their way. I appreciate everything you are all doing. When I lived in Vista, My dad used to work running weed control with tractors. One of his duties was to go into Carlsbad where all the beautiful valleys are and once you really looked at them way down in the trees there was this whole other city. All immigrates setting up house. It was my dads job to go through and tear down these set up cities and haul away all the trash. he used to fill up a semi full. ALL trash. It was sad for me growing up wondering why this happened, not realizing this was because these people were here on private property and illegal. These immigrants were at work and when they got back to their city at night it would all be gone. SAD.

What!!!!!!! " that the group's application did not violate any rules." wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:57 AM:Attached is the who can participate in this program right from the Cal Trans Web site:
Who Can Participate: Individuals, organizations, businesses, and city, county, state, and federal agencies can adopt sections of State highway roadside. Participants may perform the work themselves or hire a service contractor to perform the work on their behalf. Subject to Caltrans approval, minors aged 16 and older, may participate provided that they are adequately supervised.

"Entities that advocate violence, violation of the law, or discrimination based upon race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation may not participate in the Adopt-A-Highway Program." Come on Cal Trans this group advocates and perpetrates violence against women, people of other races and nationalities, people in wheelchairs, overweight people. I think Cal Trans should have done their homework on this group before they allowed this travesty to occur and now I think this should be stopped NOW. I agree with Enrique Morones that this is just a publicity stunt since their publicity is now stunted they are desperate for some press even it means picking up trash. Oh and to Jeff Schwilk my husband is a construction worker who wears that "dorky vest" as you call which has saved his life and the lives of his co-workers many times. To Jeff why is it that you must insult people? What is wrong with you? More importantly I guess the question is what is wrong with Cal Trans?

Morones is No Angel wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:05 AM:http://images.townnews.com/nctimes.com/content/articles/2007/08/21/opinion/cartoon/thornhill/thornhill082107.jpg

Ingrid wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:10 AM:The trash along our southern border and the destruction of the ecological environment is Apalling. Way to go Minutemen. Now even picking up trash is "Racist"

San Diego Minute Men Rock!!! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:52 AM:As you can see by the comments, San Diego Minute Men are and always have been very community oriented. I find it very ironic that people like What!!! can use all kinds of negative verbiage, yet try and claim that ONLY the San Diego Minute Men do so in this community. Calling a dorky vest a dorky vests is an outrage? I guess that's the same mind set that deplores calling an illegal alien an illegal alien, a spade a spade, a hypocrite a hypocrite or any other appropriate terminology. Except, of course, when it is THEM doing the name calling.

Skip wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:53 AM:Even I am surprised that the Minutemen got this stretch of freeway. It is going to be a thorn in the side of the Illegal Alien Activists and they will not let this lie. Let's see who has the most hate now. It will not surprise me if the Southern Poverty law Center or the ACLU meddle in this. The activists are gearing up now. First the threats and then who knows.

Syl wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:55 AM:Why don;t the Border Angels, El Grupo, and the ACLU adopt their own stretch of Freeway and we will all benifit.

Bobby wrote on Jan 13, 2008 9:57 AM:This is the way they break everyone down. Each time we try to accomplish something to deter illegals and promote the rule of law, they sue to make a big issue of it forcing the decision makers to abandon the idea - which is always in favor of the illegals. However, if we are the citizens and they are the ILLEGALS, how do they have rights and how are their demands placed before those of American citizens???

The final sentence wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:09 AM:of this article says it all. Enrique Morones: "They're desperate to get attention, even if it means sweeping the freeway," he said. The fact that highway beautification means cleaning beside the highways is truly lost on Enrique. As is the fact that illegal border crossers leave tons of refuse at the border, in the canyons and along roadsides everywhere. The San Diego Minute Men have worked tirelessly to clean these areas and are now getting into highway beautification as well. God Bless the SDMM, I'd love to see the Border Angels engage in similar endeavors.

To Ingrid wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:17 AM:No it's not racist, it's ridiculous!!!

MVet wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:18 AM:Does anyone really think that the San Diego Minutemen need any attention. We all know who they are, and so does every last person working at Caltrans. Enrique and his Ilk will once again draw negative attention to the situation of our out of control borders. hey Enrique why don't you wave a Mexican flag while you are at it.

SDNative wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:24 AM:Thank you Minutemen, you are true PATIOTS for doing what the federal government won't do. Protecting our borders from the invasion of CRIMINALS.

To those who are asking God to Bless the Minutemen wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:25 AM:SORRY!!!! God will with hold blessings from this hate group because they opitomize everything that God is not. The Border Angels do something more noble and praiseworthy than anything the minutemen will ever do. The minutemen just like to see their name in print negative or positive press is better than none at all. Who cares if the Minutemen want to pickup trash off the freeway wearing dorky coats (edit). I just hope this keeps them plenty busy to insure our streets are safe.

Kat wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:25 AM:A big thanks to these people! They were very influentail in stopping the sex trafficking of young (12-14 years old) Hispanic girls in McGonigle canyon! They stood up for these girls when others would not. Thank you for helping these Mexican girls who were being sold for sex!! Thanks for standing up for the rule of law!

To : To Ingrid wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:33 AM:Finally an admission that it is not "Racist". But we all knew that.

Just Bob wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:37 AM:Yup. If you're all for law & order and for LEGAL immigration, and you're against ILLEGAL immigration, which as we ALL know is the complete disregard of the USA's soveriegn laws regarding documenting legal entry and residence from a foreign country into the USA, you must be a stinkin' bigot. Stop being a stinking bigot and be all for ILLEGAL undocumented immigration into the USA ya'll! After all, the anti-bigotry activists demand the God-given Constitutional right to use and abuse cheap labor from foreign countries to keep their lawns green and the costs of produce low!

No credit for the Minutemen wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:47 AM:I have seen article after article that could have been positive about the Minutemen. But every article has been twisted to reflect Hate. As I see it the Minutemen have done a hell of a lot for communities. What has the hispanic communities done that benefits all citizens other than just Hispanics. I am really tired of all the slander and Hate pointed at the Minutemen. All the negative media directed at the Minutemen have come from opponents of the Minutemen that do not agree with their views. I see it as a bunch of whining cry baby of open borders activist... their only defense is to cry Racism and I am darn sick of it. It is getting old!

Your going to see a big change wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:57 AM:Minutemen are going to save the country. Minutemen for President!

Bo wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:58 AM:"Ilegal immigrant" is not a protected class under the civil rights act...in other words taking an anti-illegal immigration stance is not considered discrimination under the civil rights act, which is THE law that defines discrimination. The minutemen have every right to apply to Caltrans and participate in the trash pick-up program.

Can I help wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:05 AM:I'm not a minuteman, but I want to protect the environment. I am going to adopt a highway too. Thanks for the inspiration Minutemen!

Watchdog wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:11 AM:I can't believe this has become a national story. It's being run in newspapers across the country. A Minuteman group can't even pick up trash without it being "controversial." Ridiculous. It's days like these I wish OJ or Britney Spears would do something stupid to attract the media barnacles to them.

Sony wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:13 AM:In the past year, the San Diego Minutemen has been labeled extremist by anti-bigotry organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center. So the minutemen are extremist because they say they are! The anti-bigotry organizations put labels on all people who support our immigration laws being enforced. That's bigotry, is it not?

Ray wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:30 AM:Censor.. Censor.. Censor. The NCT is at it once again!

HA HA HA!!!!!!!! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:44 AM:"Your going to see a big change wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:57 AM:Minutemen are going to save the country. Minutemen for President!" HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Oh my God I just can't stop laughing...........HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA..

A HUGE VICTORY FOR THE MINUTEMEN! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:13 PM:Got to hand it to Mr. Schwilk. A stroke of genius. This story is now being carried around the world. Right now this story is being carried in every major newspaper in America. Mr. Schwilk has undone what El Presidente Boosh has called them as vigilantes. This sign represent official recognition by the state of California, that the Minutemen are a just and viable group. Right now the Open Border Activists are seething with hate, because they know that the minutemen are in a win win situation. If this sign gets destroyed or vandalized the whole world will know. If this sign gets removed by the courts, it will rile up thousands of American Citizens. I have to hand to Mr. Schwilk as he did it right this time. R/ Skip

James wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:16 PM:I wonder how long before now there will be boycotts on the stretch of highway that the minuteman were given. Can you legally boycott a highway???? I know that you cannot have a protest on it.

Re: A HUGE VICTORY FOR THE MINUTEMEN! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:19 PM:And we will have a cleaner highway too. I hope they put up cameras on this stretch to detect litterers and vandals. It will be worth the price of admission.

SDMM1 wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:22 PM:The Minutemen in San Diego are just regular folks - all colors, all creeds who have woken up to our illegal immigration crisis and are fighting the forces that want to keep our borders open and our country flooded with millions of impoverished refugees, mostly from the south. We don't hate anyone, but a lot of forces sure hate us! Join us in taking back our country! See SanDiegoMinutemen website!

Bill wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:24 PM:Now maybe all the people who have blinders on, and don't know the impact of the illegal aliens is having on the United States will wake up and realize what a devistating state we are really in. Good job Minute Men. Let's take our great country back!

Sherry wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:25 PM:Since when did everything turn around where Americans constantly have to defend everything they say or do. I am getting so tired of this. We are on the defensive no matter what we do. This PC has gone too far. If the SD Minutemen want to adopt part of a highway so what. It would be ok I suppose if the sign said LaRaza. We are constantly haveing to defend our Civil Liberties as Americans and I have had enough. Don't the OB groups understand they are the one's creating racism in our country.

Boycott I-5 ! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:26 PM:All illegal aliens and their supporters are encouraged to boycott I-5! They should no longer use this "racist" freeway! In fact they should boycott America completely and return to their homelands immediately!
ha ha ha.

Watchdog wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:36 PM:As of today, 84 newspapers and TV stations are running this story!

MVet wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:42 PM:Since when did sweeping the freeway becaome a job that no American will do?

As Long As We Have Everone's Attention Here ........... wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:46 PM:COST OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA ESTIMATED AT NEARLY $9 BILLION : Never once has this spineless governor mentioned the real cause for a lot of this deficit. Illegal aliens. Everyone knows it, yet he skirts around the issue each time. Instead of encouraging enforcement of our immigration laws he in fact has done just the opposite. Now he recommends closing parks, etc. Illegal FOREIGNERS have stripped this state of funds, they have added to our infrastructure problems,added to our overcrowded schools and are bankrupting our hospitals. Californians are leaving this state in droves and I'm one of them. http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/12/06/news/top_stories/19_56_5812_5_04.txt

BOYCOTT I-5 ! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:53 PM:Priceless !

dee wrote on Jan 13, 2008 1:54 PM:Way to go, Minutemen! You are doing what most lazy, unconcerned, apathetic Americans will not do until it's too late and our country is completly overun by illegals who will suck our homeland dry. They need to go home and fix their broken country

RE: Boycott I-5 ! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 2:17 PM:Great suggestion, I'm sure Californians will really appreciate it!! will get to work in half the time and their familys won't be split up from not seeing each other, because they had to spend all their time sitting on the freeway.

Julie wrote on Jan 13, 2008 2:21 PM:Minutemen are strong!
Minutemen are brave!
Minutemen are sexy!

Dee wrote on Jan 13, 2008 2:42 PM:The list of entities that can't participate in the Adopt-A-Highway program doesn't include ones that are against ILLEGAL behavior. This bit of logic does not seem to have occurred to critics of the Minutemen.

Politics wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:09 PM:This year I have dedicated my vote to the single issue of illegal immigration. If a candidate is not for the deportation of all illegal aliens, that candidate will not get my vote! Go minutemen!

Disappointed in the open borders activist wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:33 PM:it seems unfortunate that the pro-illegal alien supporters continue with their Hate, Lies and rhetoric. Why are they not concerned about the environment, human trafficking and gangs. All they care about are the free education, health care and other Freebies. Your not going to trash are country. Every time you scream racism, we will fighter harder to stop illegal immigration. What the open borders advocates wants are not good for American. Your behavior makes you an outsider in our country. Try to be a part of our country and we will welcome you with open arms. You should be happy that the MM are willing to keep our roads clean. Get off your one track minds.

Borderraven wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:38 PM:Minutemen do not advocate violence, but they have been victims. They follow the law, and do discriminate based upon a person's illegal status or his/her refusal to reveal status, thus the MM may participate in the Adopt-A-Highway Program.

Good Idea wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:43 PM:If the immigrant rights groups are so upset about this why don't they pony up the money for trash bags for the Minutemen to use? They could have "La Raza" on one side and the Mexican flag on the other! Come on guys, get creative!

THE ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:43 PM:The Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway Program provides an avenue for individuals, organizations, or businesses to help maintain sections of roadside within California's State Highway System. Groups have the option to participate as volunteers or to hire a maintenance service provider to perform the work on their behalf.
The Adopt-A-Highway program, which began in 1989, has been one of the truly successful government-public partnerships of our time. Since 1989 more than 120,000 Californians have kept over 15, 000 shoulder-miles of roadside clean.
Participation can include one or more of the following activities: Removing litter (work frequency varies with location). Planting and establishing trees or wildflowers. Removing graffiti. Controlling vegetation. Adoptions usually span a two-mile stretch of roadside and permits are issued for five-year periods. Groups may apply for additional, five year permits. http://adopt-a-highway.dot.ca.gov/

Sherry wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:51 PM: What is the OB groups really doing, trying to make things better for the Latinos in this country or creating such anger and hatred that everything blows up and there is out and out riots in the street?

to Politics wrote on Jan 13, 2008 3:57 PM:If you think this is the biggest issue facing America then you ... [have] no clue of how the world works.

American woman wrote on Jan 13, 2008 4:00 PM:Hats off to the San Diego Minutemen and women. Jeff Schwilk has done a great job of organizing and promoting the goals of his group. Enrique Morones serves but one purpose: That is to be the racially-motivated "voice" of the Latino/Mexicano extremists! There was a time when I was angered when so many journalists enlisted the opinion of Morones as a factor of "balance." However, as the issue of the invasion has become more mainstream, I rather favor the concept that this irreverent Mexican National, who brags of dual citizenship is considered an "authority" on the current crisis. As a willing instrument of the Mexican government, Morones always finds a way to show Americans his resentment of our country. Who else would allow himself to be manipulated by Mexico to act against The United States of America? I have stood many times with the SDMM at rallies and demonstrations all over SoCal. These folks, along with thousands of other like-minded Americans throughout the country, are a tribute to their historical namesakes! GOOD WORK, SDMM. THANK YOU JEFF, FOR YOUR HIGH STANDARDS, YOUR COURAGE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY!

BRAVO wrote on Jan 13, 2008 4:02 PM:Minutemen Civil Rights/Volunteer organization rocks! Thank you for your public service and for raising awareness about the out of control Mexican Invasion that is destroying our nation. America needs MORE patriotic volunteers like Marine Schwilk and these MM who are willing to shun TV/American Idol, etc., to help save their beleagured country.

A concerned American born Mexican........and Retired Veteran!!! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 5:28 PM:Sweet!!! Kudos to the Minutemen........accepting responsibility as a LEGAL citizen to do their part in keeping our land clean!!! Both on the stretch of freeway and our horribly over populated cities.......

MGinSD wrote on Jan 13, 2008 5:29 PM:When will we see La Racists, the Without-A-CLU or any of these other "wonderfully diverse and compassionate" outfits do anything remotely similar to this, like, say, cleaning up the Tijuana Estuary or the mess in the canyons where illegals squat, both literally and figuratively? About as soon as a moderate Muslim pronounces a fatwa against Islamofascism, I fear. Get ready to travel on one of the cleanest stretches of highway outside Switzerland!

Moronass Doesn't Speak for Me wrote on Jan 13, 2008 5:51 PM:I am Mexican American and I have sympathy for many of the illegal immigrants, but I understand that the influx has gotten way out of control and support controlled immigration. These radical Mexican activists do not speak for me, my family and my friends. They are giving us good Latinos a bad name. They need to be stopped. I'm glad the Minutemen are just good Americans standing up for their country! Bravo!

Gary in Murrieta wrote on Jan 13, 2008 6:59 PM:It is only a matter of time before the Democratic controlled government of California realizes what someone has done in the transportation department by approving this sign that it will be undone. Heads will roll. This may become a final showdown between us and them. I hope the sign stays.

Sylvia wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:18 PM:The illegal alien groups are hopping mad that American activists would dare pick up trash! Apparently the Border Angels wanted that spot! They can get their own stretch if they want it, perhaps closer to the border. So far they seem more interested in trashing America than actually removing trash.....

Adopt-a-Canyon wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:25 PM:Adopt-a-Canyon
He said: "Enrique Moronas, president of the immigrant-rights group Border Angels, called the Minutemen's move a publicity ploy".
I say: Enrique should follow the fine example of the San Diego Minutemen and clean up the border canyon areas strewn with trash left by illegal alien invaders. The Adopt-a-Canyon program is ideal for the Border Angels.

SDMM Rocks! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:31 PM:Let's go back to McGonigle Canyon and clean up all the trash there. I participated on a clean up there in Jan 2007 with the Minutemen. There were tons of trash down there mostly beer cans and bottles. Mayor Sanders needs to keep those migrant workers out of there. They trash the place. Enrique should be down there cleaning it up.

Gary in Murrieta wrote on Jan 13, 2008 7:51 PM:The A M radio stations are going to have a field day with this story tomorrow. John and Ken, Bill Handel, and Roger Hedgecock will all have something to say about this. GO MINUTEMEN

Karen wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:06 PM:Go, Minutemen,Go!! Thanks for helping to clean up San Diego...in NUMEROUS ways!!!

buz wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:18 PM:The Minutemen are only doing the job our elected leaders won't do. Anyone buy the argument that illegals are a net positive influence on the California economy? We have one of the highest tax rates in the US and the largest number of illegals and yet mysteriously we are 15 BILLION in the red. Go figure.

Betty wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:22 PM:This is great! I am sorry the illegal population just doesn't get it; they are not wanted here by the majority of Americans. Sorry, that is a fact. If their numbers were much smaller, around 100,000 say, Americans wouldn't feel like they are being invaded. We hear the numbers are from 12 to 20 million and maybe more...and mostly these illegals are from Mexico. If this isn't an invasion what would be classified as an invasion then??? I wish the laws on the books and stricter laws would be enacted denying them school, social services etc. then they would hopefully self deport and work to fix their own country.

Roger Hedgecock Monday wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:39 PM:3:30 pm, Jeff Schwilk will be on talking about all this manufactured controversy and about Henry Moronass and his latest antics. Tune in, AM 600. The alien activists are going to wish they'd kept their mouths shut! They want to steal our country they are going to have to fight us for it!

surf2day wrote on Jan 13, 2008 8:58 PM:I'm a Latino. That is my heritage. My parents taught me that I am an American, and that this is the best country in the world. I do not find other Americans defending our border as a racist activity, and I don't like it when groups speak for me. People are coming here illegally because Mexico sucks, period. The Mexican Government needs to be held accountable for their poor, not The USA

Get more miles wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:00 PM:I hope to see the minutemen get more areas. Can you apply for the 56 freeway, it is so trashed by the illegals that line up on the off and on ramps waiting for work. I called the CHP because it is illegal to solicit within 500 feet of an on and off ramp, they came an told them to leave but they where back the next day.

Can't take it anymore wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:04 PM:What are we going to have to do to get the Politicians attention on this matter, another Mexican-American war? For the sake of %$#^%$^%$ when will this all stop!!!!! We the people have spoken and spoken and spoken and spoken , and yet nothing has been done. And the media keeps highlighting all the candidates that want to legalize illegals. FYI, that don't want to be Legal, then there is no mas free stuff. Come on!!!!

Who gives them the authority?y wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:14 PM:Wait a minute! Who gives DLP, Morones, SPLC and any other pro-illegal immigrant rights advocate the authority to label the Minutemen as Racist, Haters and Violent?! They are all self proclaimed organizations. But that does not give them the right to Slander good patriotic Americans. I have a real problem with anyone giving them legitimacy. I will no longer allow these groups to label anyone as racist based on the fact they oppose illegal immigration. A warning to these pro-illegal groups, Legal action may be on the Horizon, its called defamation. If your not legal you have no constitutional rights. Human right are not the same as constitution rights, just so ya know.

legallatina wrote on Jan 13, 2008 10:31 PM:This type of highway clean-up program is all around the nation. This should be done in all states but especially in the border states on the highways most travelled by Illegal Alien smugglers, etc. Excellent idea, Mr. Schwik! Good work!

Ray wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:27 PM:The bottom line is that while Mexico is an older country, the United States built a greater and more prosperous land while Mexico fell behind to the south. Now that the area north is nicer than what they have in their own land, some people suddenly feel a sense of entitlement and decide that laws that aren't convenient to their wants and desires no longer matter. Up north, there are citizens who are getting fed up with the result of the constant flood of illegal immigration from ALL countries, not just Mexico, but you'd be hard-pressed to prove that Mexicans are anything short of the overwhelming majority of illegal aliens in the United States, especially in the area that "take it back" activist groups label Aztlan. The did not build as prosperous a country on their own in comparison, so the next solution is to "take" the one that has been built over the last 200+ years to the north? I don't think so, that is where the line is truly being drawn. It all boils back down to the simple fact...a border has laws. Those who break them are criminals. Everything else "waterfalls" from there.

Move to Mexico! wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:28 PM:We are tired of your trash, especially the verbal trash that spews from the mouths of the illegal alien activists. Time for a civics lesson: This is America. It is free and always will be. If your country sucks, go back and fix it, but quit trying to undermine OUR country!!!

Kay wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:31 PM:So now people are not supposed to pick up trash on the hiway. You just got to love it.. I don't see the open borders lobby trying to do anythine to help the comunity.

SD1 wrote on Jan 13, 2008 11:35 PM:This Enrique Morones, president of the immigrant-rights group is totally under-mining the legal immigrants that reside in the USA. These migrants that are here legally, went through the proper channels waited there turn in line and now have the rights of an American citizen. He should be better named as president of the illegal alien-rights group, which in itself is illegal aiding and abeitting. I would be outraged if I went through those channels only to have someone show absolutely no respect for that proccess. The MM are not racists nor do they conduct themselves in an unlawful manner. Having ILLEGAL ALIENS, illegally bring in young girls to be used and abused is illegal. Did this "immigrant-rights group" do anything for the rights of these young girls. NO! This group not only is mis-leading in its name but also in its so called mission.

Dear Enrique wrote on Jan 14, 2008 12:09 AM:We are tired of your trash, especially the verbal trash that spews from the mouths of the illegal alien activists. Time for a civics lesson: This is America. It is free and always will be. If your country sucks, go back and fix it, but quit trying to undermine OUR country!!!

REPORTANDDEPORT wrote on Jan 14, 2008 1:29 AM:The illegal alien mafia is just jealous that law-abiding, patriotic, American citizens FINALLY received their due respect from a government institution. After years of UNJUST, UNFAIR and OBSCENE accusations of "racism" and "discrimination", it is refreshing to see that the good guys got at least one tiny victory in our struggle to control OUR OWN COUNTRY. MINUTEMEN, BE SAFE. THEY WILL THROW THINGS AT YOU, ATTACK YOU AND TEAR DOWN YOUR SIGNS. TAKE YOUR CAMCORDERS AND CELLPHONES EVERY TIME YOU DO CLEANUPS.

Diogenes wrote on Jan 14, 2008 5:49 AM:When the pro-illegal alien activists go so far overboard as to criticize the Minutemen for the benign act cleaning up trash, it certainly damages any credibility those same activists bring to the table with their accusations of racism, sexism, intimidation, violence, etc., etc. against the Minutemen. It is clear to me that the anti-Minuteman rhetoric of the pro-illegal activists is driven by the same flavor racism of which they accuse the Minutemen.

Mike A. wrote on Jan 14, 2008 5:51 AM:The ACLU, SPLC, Morones, ADL & every one of these pro illegal alien groups are ... The nation's Minutemen are selfless & work hard to protect America's future. Something our state & federal government is too lazy to do. Thank you San Diego Minutemen & God Bless America.

Rick Robert's wrote on Jan 14, 2008 8:36 AM:caller just said it well. IF, according to the ACLU, SPLC, ADL and Morones, defending the rules of law in America against ILLEGAL aliens, makes me a "bigot" so be it. Just like the ridiculous SPLC tries to slur Americans by calling them "nativists." Another label >I< wear, proudly. I love that the baseless arguments touted by the illegal alien supporters have now been truly brought to national attention. How dare California allow the patriotic, volunteer, pro American, San Diego Minutemen do MORE good for their country? Please notice ONLY anti American, pro open border, pro ILLEGAL groups, object!!!

THANKS! wrote on Jan 14, 2008 10:09 AM:Thank you MM for you civic service and for trying to alert Americans to the extreme dangers and obscene costs of this all dominating and out of control Invasion of aliens from Mexico, whose only ploy is to continually try to make the victims (the American people) the criminals (the illegal alien invaders) w/their pathetic and worn out whines of racism, etc. Mexican Nationalism is one of the greatest threats to our safety and sovereignty. Wake the hell up! MM Rock! How do I join?

Your Joking Right wrote on Jan 14, 2008 12:10 PM:How dare the Minute Men clean up the freeway. What next La Raza adopting a WHITE dog from the pound. NCT needs to find better news, having this in the paper just stirs the pot. And it sells a few papers too.

Patriot wrote on Jan 14, 2008 12:43 PM:Maybe what this country needs is an Adopt-A-Border program that encourages civic groups to build and maintain a mile of border fence since our federal government cannot seem to get the job done.

Roberto1 wrote on Jan 14, 2008 2:13 PM:Whats really pathetic is all the open pieholes yet voter turn out. An election averages around 25%...A bunch of armchair activist with no realistic solutions. Yes the hate filled spew smells racist hidden behind all the monikers. Compassionate, realistic and logical laws are the answer...not a bunch of hate filled, shoot yourself in the foot drivel....

To Mike A. wrote on Jan 14, 2008 2:48 PM:SDMM selfless, HA! They want one thing, their 15 minutes of fame. SDMM Patriotic? HA! They refuse to work within the system UNLESS IT GET'S THEM PRESS! THE SDMM are a weeping sore on the bottom-side of the American People! They are an insult to those who actually fought for and died for our freedom!

Just like the OBL wrote on Jan 14, 2008 3:39 PM:negative posters here are by FAR in the minority. Their ridiculous anti American rants and actions are being exposed daily. This just another glaring example of their abject hypocrisy...

Skip wrote on Jan 14, 2008 3:42 PM:Mr Jeff Schwilk is on the Roger Hedgecock Show right now. 600 AM

To: To Mike A. wrote on Jan 14, 2008 4:20 PM:Can you even comprehend how ridiculous are your comments? The SDMM have no problem getting "15 minutes of fame" whenever you cry racism and spin your lies. Please name ONE open border activist who works without pay? Please name one incident where the SDMM works "outside the system" vs the 18 documented and many convictions of unlawful behavior by open border activists. You can't because they don't exist. Really sticks in your craw to be exposed as being on the anti American side of the illegal invasion, doesn't it?

To Roberto1 wrote on Jan 14, 2008 5:22 PM:How easy it is to be compassionate when you spend someone else's tax dollars to reward a constituency with education, health care and other public benefits for entering the country without a visa or overstaying a visa, and for using a stolen SSN to get a job illegally! How long can your compassion go on until the public treasury runs dry? A realistic conclusion is that California taxpayers are already stretched to support the illegal alien households in this state. The state government now has a fiscal emergency. What public services will our citizens and legal residents have to give up, or what new taxes and fees will they have to pay so that our growing population of lawbreakers can have their services? These are tough and realistic questions.

To Jerk Above wrote on Jan 14, 2008 5:26 PM:Get a clue buddy! SDMM is full of retired Marines, many of them Hispanic. You are either a flaming ultra liberal, a socialist, or a reconquista. Don't be bitter, we're saving this country for even jerks like you. Come on out to our next protest and tell us how you feel in person.

WhoWhat wrote on Jan 14, 2008 6:04 PM:It was so quiet I was waiting for... (La R---) to post. It is way past time to make our voices heard, THIS IS IMPORTANT, write your representatives in Sacramento and in Washington (the NCT will not allow links), it is your country defend it, use the energy in these blogs to let them know we are serious and that illegal immigration must stop.

Roberto1 wrote on Jan 15, 2008 12:48 AM:Lol!....I rest my case....no where did I say I favoured illegal immigration. I you want to save the country, get an education and vote. If you understood the issue, you might be able to have a sound position in a debate.

To Mike A. wrote on Jan 15, 2008 7:42 AM:The SDMM is a bunch of retired "wannabes" whose desk-jockey jobs allowed them time to do something other than fight for our freedom, just like Bush. When you let the "wannabes" run things all you get is a pile of garbage. I'll go nose-to-nose with any of those desk-bound paper-pusher, pin-heads and see who stands tall. A real Patriot calls ICE, reports problems, calls the police to get the illegals and then lets the chain of command handle it, not to get ..., I mean faces in the paper. The SDMM are an insult to all citizens who are real American Patriots.

To Mike A. wrote on Jan 15, 2008 7:45 AM:To: To Mike A. I never used the word racism. Be factual or ...

To Roberto1 wrote on Jan 15, 2008 8:16 AM:Do you come to these forums to debate? What are your realistic solutions?

sofedup wrote on Jan 15, 2008 3:09 PM:I remember a funny story awhile back. I don't remember the state, but the Ku Klux Klan adopted a freeway and got their sign. Many citizens were outraged, but it was legal. So, instead, the local officials got together and renamed the stretch of highway the Rosa Parks Freeway. he he

jsc wrote on Jan 15, 2008 4:47 PM:I support the important work of the Minutemen. They are on the front lines, along the border, notifying the Border Patrol if they see illegals crossing. They have cleaned up canyons nearly destroyed by illegal alien encampments. Now they are cleaning a section of highway. We need 100,000 more like them. I no longer live in
San Diego, so the border is too far for me to go to help. Is there a Minutemen group in Riverside County? I would be willing to bring hot coffee and snacks or maybe do a short 2 hour watch of trouble spots.

Roberto1 wrote on Jan 15, 2008 5:33 PM:LOL!...so fed up...maybe a good name for the freeway would be the El Camino de Inmigrantes y trabajadores.

Dawes wrote on Jan 15, 2008 10:19 PM:Gov. Arnold should be ashamed of himself for even considering putting his hands deeper in our pockets while there are illegal aliens draining our state coffers. Californians must fight this status quo abuse of our rights.

Agent reported hit, killed by fleeing vehicle in dunes wrote on Jan 19, 2008 12:26 PM: (Arizona) A U.S. Border Patrol agent was struck Saturday morning by a Hummer in the Imperial Sand Dunes as the vehicle was fleeing law enforcement officers, according to witnesses in the dunes.

Skip wrote on Jan 19, 2008 12:39 PM:A U.S. Border Patrol agent was struck Saturday morning by a Hummer in the Imperial Sand Dunes as the vehicle was fleeing law enforcement officers, according to witnesses in the dunes. The body of the agent could be seen covered by a white tarp after being struck by the vehicle about 9 a.m. in the dunes near Gray's Well Road and south of Interstate 8. The Hummer and a Black Ford F-150 pickup truck were being pursued by law enforcement officers on I-8 when they turned into the dunes and fled toward Mexico, according to witnesses in the dunes. SOURCE: Yuma Sun

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Killed wrote on Jan 19, 2008 2:52 PM:A Border Patrol agent trying to stop a vehicle that had illegally entered the U.S. was struck and killed Saturday in southeastern California, agency officials said.

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Killed in California Imperial Sand Dunes wrote on Jan 19, 2008 4:12 PM:The Imperial Sand Dunes are the largest mass of sand dunes in California. This dune system extends for more than 40 miles along the eastern edge of the Imperial Valley agricultural region in a band averaging five miles in width. It is roughly bordered on the west by the Coachella Canal which delivers Colorado River water to the fertile agricultural valley to the north.

Roberto1 wrote on Jan 20, 2008 5:20 AM:golly, I wonder who spammed us with the last four post?

Skip wrote on Jan 20, 2008 8:58 AM:I know you do not care, but this murder occured on American soil in a Family recreation area. Enough is Enough. And I am not a member of the Minutemen. But I am an American Citizen.

Roberto1 wrote on Jan 20, 2008 6:26 PM:Calm down Skip,you will be okay and your remarks / ASSumptions are uncalled for.

No Roberto wrote on Jan 21, 2008 1:05 PM:Your anti American garbage is uncalled for!!! 17 Mexican citizens, including police and children killed in Mexico in one week. An American Border Patrol agent killed by these same drug cartels. I suppose Americans are responsible for ALL of this carnage, right? NO! Mexico is corrupt to the core, proven time and again. BUILD THE WALL!!! Let SDMM and their fellow Americans keep the American side clean!!!

Bonfire wrote on Feb 1, 2008 8:30 PM:I hope the San Diego Minutemen sue for discrimination. And get a big enough settlement to finish the fence and fill in all those tunnels. Then there won't be so much filthy trash to pick up!
Bravo to our American Minutemen Patriots!

Christy wrote on Aug 16, 2008 7:16 AM:SD Native,

You mean to tell me that all illegals are CRIMINALS? Some of those "CRIMINALS" are the ones you probably hire to do your house work!