Civil Homeland Defense

A. Title of agency or organization? Civil Homeland Defense

B. Where is home base (city/state/country)? Tombstone, Arizona, United States

C. Date founded? Fairly recently, earliest date I found was June 1st, 2003

D. Names of key spokespersons/officers? Chris Simcox

E. What/who is key constituency or audience? Families and Civilians who share concerns about our US/Mexico border safety

F. What are the agency’s main activities? This agency keeps an eye on activity along the US/Mexico border and will report any strange, suspicious, or illegal activity to the appropriate American authorities

G. Mission statement? “To report suspicious and illegal activities to proper authorities and to deter, by legal means, illegal aliens, traffickers, and terrorists along the US Mexican border.”

H. What are the key im/migration issues of concern to this agency? This agency is mainly concerned with stopping illegal activity, not necessarily stopping immigration, but immigration itself often takes place under illegal conditions.

I. As best as you can determine, on what evidence/sources/research/community does this agency base its informational statements issued, press releases, reports, etc.? They base their reports on the events which the agency members see or experience. They report the activity at the US Mexico border

J. Any publications? no

K. Give at least one citation about this agency from a newspaper article (preferably an Arizona newspaper). Use a citation index to research this e.g., Lexis Nexis, available from the Migration Course Web Page made by the Fletcher Library:  http://library.west.asu.edu/subjects/SOC/soc331.html

L. Any other issues of interest about the agency? no

M. Is the agency noticeably pro or con immigration? con 

N. Web site? www.civilhomelanddefense.us  It appears this organization has fused with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
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