Eyes Wide Shut

"We don't have vigilantes in the United States of America." -President Bush, news conference at North American summit, March 23, 2005

"The FBI, American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican government, Latino activists and the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang are among groups monitoring or protesting the activities of the "Minuteman Project," an Internet-driven organization planning to converge along the Arizona border beginning April 1.

The group, proclaiming its mission is to guard the U.S.-Mexico border against undocumented immigrants, has attracted nearly 1,000 volunteers representing all 50 states and Canada." -Scripps Howard News Service, March 23, 2005

...UPDATE: I mischaracterized the quote, the President said "I don't support vigilantes in the USA," not "we don't have" vigilantes. My apologies. I'm glad the President came out on the side against armed citizens at the border. I'm not happy that he's let border security go so unfunded that anti-immigrant groups feel like that have to hunting for Mexicans.