Obje **** PROPOSAL **** "Remember 1986" - Say NO to Amnesty! Rally/Camping Trip Thursday, June 6th - "D-Day" thru Sunday, June 9th, 2013 Interstate 8, Milepost 124 - Arizona Lesson of 1986 The lesson from the 1986 experience is that such an amnesty for those illegally in this country did not solve the problem. There was extensive document fraud, and the number of people applying for amnesty far exceeded projections. There was a failure of political will to enforce new laws against employers, and after a brief slowdown, illegal immigration returned to high levels and continued unabated, forming the nucleus of today s large population of illegal aliens. So here we are, 27 years later, having much the same debate and being offered much the same deal. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So What Can Citizens Do To Affect The Outcome Of This Debate?... In the Spirit of the "Neighborhood Ranch Watch" "Neighborhood Ranch Watch" was kicked off in April of 2000 (see original flyer below) as a call to citizen volunteers to come Arizona to help keep the peace and protect private property from vandalism and unlawful trespass by illegal aliens and drug smugglers coming across the border from Mexico. Today, the lines have been drawn in this Nation and in Washington over "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" - aka "Amnesty". Once again, it is up to Citizens to step forward and answer the call...... be a part of the "American Way Team"!
BLM Lands along Interstate 8 have gained notoriety in the past because of signs posted by BLM...essentially conceding public lands south of Interstate 8 to Mexican human and drug smugglers! Starting on June 6th ("D-Day" ), for a period of 4 days, Citizens are called to establish a VISIBLE "Line In The Sand" presence by Rallying/Camping on BLM land just south and north of Interstate 8 (Arizona) at Milepost 124 as a PUBLIC PROTEST to this impending WHOLESALE "GIVE AWAY" OF OUR COUNTRY! This COULD be "BIG", but it will take YOU to participate! Doesn't matter if you can't be there for the whole 4 days... we did this back in 2010 and people rotated in out with only 20 participants! Bring your motor home, camper, tent, lean-to, ez--ups, BBQs & lawn chairs! Stay in a motel in Gila Bend and come out and join the fun during the day/night! We brought Flags & Signs for display near the right-of-way fence and attached American Flags to every mile marker post! We hung all the garbage left in the desert by illegal aliens and drug smugglers on the rightof-way fence for all to see! All the trucks and vehicles that went by were giving us the "high five" and honking their horns. "Field of Dreams"... you build it and they will come! With what is going on in the US Senate with the "GANG of 8" immigration proposals, N ow is the time for us to turn up the volume and be heard!
This will accomplish three things: (1) Provide an opportunity for high public exposure/visibility to our protest/message due the high volume of daily traffic along interstate 8 (and thus bring media attention!) (2) Act as deterrent to drug/illegal alien smuggling through these area. (3) Give citizens an opportunity to effect the debate, network with like-minded individuals in a casual setting, an enjoy their public lands and the great outdoors! Notes: - Gila Bend is 67 miles southwest of Phoenix, AZ. MP 124 is 7 miles east of Gila Bend on Interstate 8 (cell phones work in this area) - Gila Bend provides close access to gas stations, RV parks, motels, restaurants & convenience stores. - No permits are required to camp on BLM land within a 5 mile radius of MM 124. - Ranch gates provide access to BLM public land north of south of Interstate 8 near MM 124,... where "dispersed camping" inside the Sonoran Desert National Monument is permitted... http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/natmon/son_des. html... limited to 14 day stays and a "pack it in/pack it out" requirement... http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/recreation/camping.html