The Arizona chapter of the Minuteman Project, an activist organization started in 2005 by private individuals to monitor the United States-Mexico border’s flow of illegal immigrants, has announced that they have formed a new Senate Bill 1070 enforcement division. The Minuteman Project has been successful for the last 3 years in enforcing the United States border by arming ordinary citizens with powerful military-grade firearms and communications equipment of questionable legal status.

Arizona chapter president Jim Gilchrist thinks his members can leverage this specialized equipment and training to help the state enforce Senate Bill 1070 after it was signed into law by appointed Governor Jan Brewer.

“We figure the state is gonna need all the help it can get unless Prop 100 passes to throw more money at this. The Arizona border is one of the least secured borders in the world, and we are not willing to stand by while our politicians do nothing and let this crisis spiral out of control,” he said.

Members have already set up an observation outpost just inside the borders of Central Phoenix, and have began work on a makeshift fence along it’s perimeter.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s office thinks the two groups can work together to build the powers of the newly created Ministry of Citizenship. Sheriff Joe Arpaio expressed his grattitude by saying that “the Minutemen do good work and if they can stop illegals at the border, then they can help us get rid of them here at home through harmless intimidation and thorough questioning.”