
Anyone who doesn't believe that Gilchrist knows what he says in this statement, only has to see this photo from better days, when Gheen and Gilchrist were buddies. Like many people in the movement, when someone disagrees with Willy, he kicks them to the curb and puts them on his list of enemies. What an amigo
Sometimes, even those of us at opposite ends of the debate can find common ground for agreement. That appears to be the case in this statement issued by Minuteman Project Founder Jim Gilchrist. He acknowledges, and confirms, what we’ve been saying all along, about William Gheen, his organization ALIPAC, and those he associates himself with.
Dear Americans,
Unfortunately, I must agree with the pejorative comments about some organizations involved in the immigration law enforcement advocacy movement. Specifically, organizations like William Gheen’s ALIPAC, his affiliate Brook Young of Immigration Watchdog (now defunct) and Jeff Schwilk’s San Diego Minutemen(SDMM).
The original purpose of the Minuteman Project and Movement was to bring continued awareness to the chaotic lack of U.S. immigration law enforcement. It’s second objective was to encourage a respectable resolve to the problem.
What the movement attracted, from a remote segment of what I call the darkside of society, were some whose intentions were other than altruistic. It attracted persons who used the immigration law enforement activist movement as a veil to cover their intentions of exploiting the movement simply to get money from naive donors. It also attracted outright racists, sexists, and some persons with criminal mentalities.
After several disappointing experiences with William Gheen (ALIPAC), Gheen’s affiliate Brook Young (Immigration Watchdog), and Jeff Schwilk (San Diego Minutemen), I can honestly say that none of these persons should be involved in the immigration law enforcement issue. These organizations, and a few others, in my opinion, routinely engage in repulsive, defaming propaganda, or present themselves in a very physically hostile manner tantamount to racist groups like the KKK, the Brown Berets, Black Panthers, etc.
William Gheen, I firmly believe, has no interest whatsoever in encouraging the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. ALIPAC is a fund raising company whose goal is to raise money off the latest frenzied trend…in this case, the immigration chaos. If there was more money to be made by supporting the pro-illegal alien invasion lobbyists, then he would probably be on that side of the argument…let the country be damned.
When I personally endorsed Mike Huckabee for president in 2007, much to the chagrin of some fanatical Ron Paul supporters like Gheen, Schwilk, and Young. Gheen, Schwilk, Young, and a few others, in what appears to be their “good ol’ boys” white supremacy network, immediately launched a ‘hate-the-Minuteman Project-and-destroy-Gilchrist’ campaign that carried on for several months into 2008 over both the internet and talk radio.
After I sued him for malicious defamation, Brook Young shut down his vile web site, Immigration Watchdog, and fled the Los Angeles area. The cost of the suit was well worth the demise of Young’s ugly, mean, supremacy web site.
The Minuteman Project has officially disassociated from these persons and their organizations because their actions are not compatible with the altruistic mission of the Minuteman Project.
Nothing in the Minuteman Project’s mission includes hate, bigotry, or descrimination regardless of one’s race, color, creed, or his/her support of “any” political candidate. We believe in equal rights and Constitutional protections to all. Unfortunately, some sour grapes in this movement do not.
Respectfully Yours,
Jim Gilchrist, The Minuteman Project
Related posts:
- Crossing the Line – ALIPAC President William Gheen calls for “Extra Violent Political Activities”
- ALIPAC President William Gheen calls for supporters nationwide to vandalize property to spread his message
- North Carolina Representative Rick Glazier exposes ALIPAC and William Gheen on NC House Floor
- ALIPAC President William Gheen put in his place by DREAMER Viridiana Martinez
- The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010 – ALIPAC makes the list

Pingback: Anti-immigrant Sentiment is Racism | IMAGINE 2050