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On border patrol with the California Minutemen
Buzz Weisenfluh sits a few feet from the fence that marks the California-Mexico border, scanning the scrub on the Mexican hillside. He is one of many Minutemen who dot America's southern border. They are average citizens who have apassionate belief about the country's immigration policy. They come on weekends, after work, on their days off, some in their retirement.
A Border Patrol agent stops to talk to Minutemen Ron Adams of Vista and Scott Fraser of Cypress, who are monitoring the border near the tiny high desert town of Jacumba in the eastern corner of San Diego County.*
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Minuteman Buzz Weisenfluh of Petaluma scans the border near Jacumba looking for illegal aliens waiting to cross into California from Mexico. 'The current administration is forcing American citizens to protect the sovereignity of the nation,' Weisenfluh says.*
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A group of illegals run for cover as a Minuteman vehicle surprises them on a desolate dirt road several miles from the Mexico border.*
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A young illegal hides in the scrub several miles from the Mexico border where she crossed under the cover of darkness. Fastened around her feet are pieces of blanket to eliminate footprints in the soft sand trails and dirt roads leading from the border. *
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Minutemen Anna Ford of San Jose checks in with Phil Herrera who lives on 74 acres within sight of the Mexico border. Herrera invited the Minutemen to patrol his property after illegals surprised his wife and punched her repeatedly in the face.*
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Jim Bond lived in Santa Cruz in the 1960s, and now lives in Jacumba, steps away from the Mexico border. Bond looked out his window and saw illegals pulling wheeled luggage through the sand in his yard. *
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A young couple on the U.S. side of the border share lunch with a couple standing in Mexico at the delapidated fence dividing the town of Jacumba from the neighboring Mexico community.*
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