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PITTSBURG, N.H. -- A group that has patrolled for illegal immigrants along the United States borders with Mexico and parts of Canada is planning to extended operations in New Hampshire.
Organizers say the Minuteman Civil Defence Corps wants to patrol starting this weekend, but it needs more volunteers and contributions. Ron Oplinus, director of the state chapter, says the Minutemen do not welcome vigilantes or racists, although some members carry guns, which they are instructed to keep holstered.
"He says the group is trying to combat a stereotype that they are gun-toting racists, adding they are just ordinary citizens concerned that the government is not doing enough to combat illegal immigration.
"People nationally are very concerned about the illegal immigration problem, or invasion, as I call it - and that's indeed what is happening: We are being invaded by people from throughout the world," Oplinus says.
"It's all ethnicities, it's all countries. The southern border has apprehended people from all countries. It's not just poor Mexicans coming in to do the work that we choose not to do - it's not that at all."
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