With all that going against Sheriff Dever (and the lameness of the other nearby sheriffs and police chiefs) I felt what he's trying to do is nothing short of magnificent.
Larry is a good guy and a friend. He has been trying to hold the Feds' feet to the fire to reinforce the Border Patrol here for years.
It used to be that the illegals kept to the shadows and avoided all contact with the gringos. Now they'll end up at your front door demanding food, water, use of your telephone, rides...whatever. If they don't get it, they take it. And they always seem to know which houses contain the elderly and infirm.
Quite a few coyotes are now armed; the drug smugglers have discovered the joy of carrying AKs. Geronimo was never this much of a hassle.
He sure beats the socks off of law enforcement here in El Lay.