Posted on 11/29/2011 2:28:58 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Illegal immigration may be down, but ranchers and farmers in south Texas say the influx continues and it's becoming more violent and criminal.
FALFURRIAS, Texas—When Linda Vickers leaves home to feed the horses on her Texas ranch each morning, she takes three things: her dog, her cell phone, and her pistol.
For Vickers, these aren't just the trappings of a typical rural rancher: They're a way to guard against the potential danger of illegal aliens and to call U.S. Border Patrol agents if trouble erupts.
Though she hasn't used the gun, the dogs have warned her more than once: A few months ago, Vickers says the dogs "went ballistic" when she walked into the tack room. She discovered two illegal aliens sleeping on the floor.
On another morning, a large man with a pencil-thin mustache followed Vickers from the barn to her home. She called Border Patrol agents, and they apprehended the Brazilian who had split from a group of 40 other illegal aliens. From her back porch, Vickers has watched groups of 10 or more illegal immigrants tromp through her land, and she admits: "It does feel like an invasion."
Vickers' experience isn't unusual among Texas ranchers, but it is notable for at least one reason: She lives nearly 70 miles north of the U.S-Mexico border. The ranch she shares with her husband, Mike Vickers, sits just outside the rural town of Falfurrias in south Texas, and a few miles from the final U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint heading north on Highway 281.
To clear that checkpoint, illegal immigrants have two options: Try to pass through it or try to go around it. Many try to skirt the checkpoint by fanning into the hundreds of thousands of acres of surrounding farmland—including the Vickers' ranch. Human smugglers—known as coyotes—often drop illegal...
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Posted Free-fire Zone + S^3.
She needs a AR/Mini and two dogs and 300 rounds pistol and carbine in addition to just a pistol. Better to have and not need.
I keep a Glock and a Mini14 in the truck at all times and I don’t live anywhere near the border.
SSC ( shoot, shovel, and compost)
Gardening Ping?
Peace loving Illegals just trying to get to UT before spring semester registration to have Texans pay their in-state tuition....
If one has 100,000 acres, encouraging feral pigs on portions of the “trails” might be a good strategy.
I suggest they start raising Anatolian Shepherds and training them to patrol the perimeter of their property.
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