Volunteers for the Minuteman Project arrived in Tombstone , Arizona on Friday. They converged on the town of Tombstone , Arizona to take part in what organizers call the Minuteman Project. Most estimates numbered the group at 400 to 450 people, recruited from the Internet, far less than the 1,300 the organizers had hoped for, but “it was enough to send a message,” according to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo .  During speeches delivered at orientation meetings, Rep. Tancredo was applauded loudly as he dismissed criticism from those who have called the volunteers racists and xenophobes. His fellow  Republican  , President George Bush, described the group as "vigilantes." Mexican President Vicente Fox used the term cazamigrantes -– immigrant hunters. James Gilchrist, a former Marine and a retired accountant from Aliso Viejo, Arizona, who ran the sign-up effort, said he expected more than 1,000 volunteers to help highlight the 30-day effort. The project's goal is to patrol 23 miles of the San Pedro Valley , watch the border, and report illegal activity to law enforcement officials. Tombstone is best known as the site of the 1881 shootout at the OK Corral .
Volunteers for the Minuteman Project arrived in , Arizona on Friday. They converged on the town of , Arizona to take part in what organizers call the Minuteman Project. Most estimates numbered the group at 400 to 450 people, recruited from the Internet, far less than the 1,300 the organizers had hoped for, but “it was enough to send a message,” according to . , R-. During speeches delivered at orientation meetings, Rep. Tancredo was applauded loudly as he dismissed criticism from those who have called the volunteers racists and xenophobes. His fellow Republican Party (US)| Republican , President , described the group as "vigilantes." Mexican President used the term cazamigrantes — immigrant hunters. James Gilchrist, a former Marine and a retired accountant from Aliso Viejo, Arizona, who ran the sign-up effort, said he expected more than 1,000 volunteers to help highlight the 30-day effort. The project's goal is to patrol 23 miles of the , watch the border, and report illegal activity to law enforcement officials. Tombstone is best known as the site of the 1881 .
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