Groups of Armed Citizens Patrol the US-Mexico Border to Prevent Trafficking Michael Allen - Opposing Views
go to original May 8, 2016

Armed groups take US border patrol into their own hands (CBS North Carolina)

A group of armed men and women recently set up camp near Nogales, Arizona, to patrol the US-Mexico border, even though they don't have any legal authority.

The volunteers, dressed in military fatigues, come from across the country to patrol the border, but their leader tells them that they cannot legally detain anyone.

"Our government doesn’t have a handle on what’s coming through our borders," a man called Doc, who came all the way from North Carolina, told WNCN.

"We’re not on an assault force, we’re not here to arrest anybody, we’re here to observe and report," Doc insisted.

The volunteers patrol day and night; one man was heard using a racist term: "I found me a beaner."

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Related: More Families Than Solo Minors Are Being Stopped on Mexico's Northern Border (Associated Press)

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