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Minuteman's Simcox: Bush Speech 'Sad, Disappointing' Dave Eberhart, NewsMax.com WASHINGTON – Chris Simcox, the outspoken chief of the controversial Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, told NewsMax in an exclusive interview after the President Bush's Monday night immigration address that he thought the speech was "sad, disappointing, political pandering and appeasement – while national security continues to be jeopardized."
While noting that it was a "masterful speech" that some people may think will work, he took offense at each and every feature of the president's proposal.
Simcox noted that while the president was bragging that the feds had apprehended 6 million people trying to illegally enter the country, the commander in chief failed to note that all those same trespassers "had been successful in returning."
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Simcox also disputed the plan to supplement the border patrol with the National Guard:
"This is not a genuine effort," he explained. "It would take 36,000 additional personnel on the border to create a genuine gauntlet."
Simcox criticized as "an administrative nightmare" the proposed three-tiered citizenship program that either punishes or rewards the illegal aliens based on how long they have been in the country.
The feds can't find the 400,000 legal documented workers, he lamented. What success are they going to have with the illegals?
Simcox argued that the 12 million illegals figure was very optimistic and misleading – that in talking with border officials, he has come to the conclusion that the figure is closer to 20 million.
"Yes, there may be 12 million from Mexico," he explained.
"This weak response will only cause the Minutemen to grow and strengthen," Simcox said.
Simcox said that he could foresee a situation in the next year or two where the civilian defense movement will expand way beyond even the federal manpower levels outlined by the president.
"The Minutemen are now at 7,200," he said. "We already have more than the 6,000 Guard members. If something doesn't happen, we will surpass the actual number of all the federal personnel assigned to the border. I can even see a Tiananmen Square type showdown at the border. What will the feds do – come down and remove us?"
All is not dark, however, for the Minuteman leader, who says that he has confidence that the U.S. House of Representatives will stand "firm and uncompromising."
What about Bush's plan to provide more detention beds for captured illegals?
"We don't need detention beds; when you put the appropriate force on the border, you don't need this housing for those breaching the border," Simcox said.
Simcox opined that the border was not only a clear and present danger to national security but a danger to private citizens as well, explaining that now – years after 9/11 – we still allow the southern border to be "controlled by crime cartels."
He pointed to the recent controversy of the proposed Dubai Ports World deal and the political "grandstanding" that followed.
"Where are all our elected officials now with this even more important issue?" he asked rhetorically.
"We can't stop drug dealers, migrant workers, women with babies in their arms; we are just not protected by the plan. The American people are being played for fools."
"The president is appeasing the base," Simcox continued. "Taking us all for fools will only make the anger grow."
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