Minutemen Begin Arizona Border Patrol

By Ted Robbins

Published April 4, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Citizen border watchers converge on southern Arizona to begin a month-long stakeout for illegal immigrants.

The so-called Minuteman Project is seeking to stop illegal aliens from crossing a 23-mile stretch of the Mexican border in the San Pedro Valley, but turnout for the project has fallen short of organizers' predictions.

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As supervising editor for Arts and Culture at NPR based at NPR West in Culver City, Ted Robbins plans coverage across NPR shows and online, focusing on TV at a time when there's never been so much content. He thinks "arts and culture" encompasses a lot of human creativity — from traditional museum offerings to popular culture, and out-of-the-way people and events.