Could infighting end Minuteman movement? Anti-illegal immigration group struggling as chapters disband, donations slow From: dailyherald.com
Tagged: border, Jim Gilchrist, MinutemanPosted on: May 19th, 2008
One of the most visible groups in the anti-illegal immigration movement could be defunct in seven months, its leader says.
“We’ve lost the battle,” said Minuteman project founder Jim Gilchrist. “My intuition tells me … this entire movement will fizzle to nothing by the end of the year.”
Gilchrist, a former California accountant, founded the project in October 2004. In two years, the grass-roots border-control group had grown to boast more than 200 chapters across the country.”*
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