As to the border farmers, yes, they have the right to protect their property just like the Koreans did. And yes, the Feds should be protecting the borders and I have no problem with efforts to make them do so. But I say no to vigilantes and their cousins the Klan, the Arian Nations and the Skin Heads. They don't have the right to form their own Night Rider outfits and dispense justice as they see fit.
Perfect example of the unwarranted racist assertions made on these illegal immigration threads. If JR doesn't want references to the Minuteman Project, so be it. However, their project is pretty harmless.
Main Entry: vig·i·lan·te
Pronunciation: "vi-j&-'lan-tE
Function: noun
Etymology: Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante
vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law appear inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice
I have yet to read of any of these groups "punishing crime summarily". Educate yourself.
I would point out that the term "vigilante" can be misapplied much like the term "militia". Have you noticed how many armed, terrorist groups are now referred to as "militias" by the MSM? I think similarly that the MSM will refer to people who own property along the border as "vigilantes" if they take any steps whatever to reduce the flow of illegals through their property.
Once an appropriate label has been placed on a group, the propagandists can proceed to destroy them.