LE DOES have other responsibilities at and around the border. They have the responsibility to protect the citizens from trespass by illegals. Any vigilante actions in the past (not necessarily associated with the border and definitely not the KKK) have been associated with a lack of LE presence/enforcement.
W wouldn't even have to be concerned with any vigilante action if he had been doing his job of enforcing existing laws regarding illegal border crossers. All of this really does come down to W's opinion of the existing laws and his responsibilities to enforce same.
Not answering a legitimate question is weaseling. Using the word vigilante is inflamatory.
Sorry, the President didn't accuse anybody of being a "vigilante".
A President stating what he does want ot see and what he doesn't want to see at the border using the word"vigilante" (oh the horrors) is appropriate.
We disagree.