SOS Borders (Standing on Secure Borders) is an umbrella group of organizations and individuals dedicated to what they see as preserving the integrity of the borders of the U.S.A. with a particular focus on preventing illegal immigration. Its constituent groups oppose the idea of amnesty bills and any "comprehensive" immigration legislation. It has links with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a citizen border patrol that has been criticized as being a right-wing militia.
SOS Borders helped sponsor a series of small anti-illegal immigration rallies in the first half of 2006, often in front of Mexican consulates. Counter-demonstrators claimed the group was anti-Mexican.[ The group now focuses on lobbying political representatives.
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