(Called "vigilantes" by President Bush—but cheered on by millions of Americans concerned over decades of uncontrolled illegal immigration—the all-volunteer Minuteman Project was founded in 2004 by decorated Marine veteran Jim Gilchrist. Armed with only binoculars and cell phones, Gilchrist and his fellow patriots proved that America's porous borders could be successfully guarded, and in the process set off a national debate on an issue the Federal government had long ignored.

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