Posted on 04/19/2019 6:32:02 AM PDT by blam
An armed right-wing militia group operating along the U.S.-Mexico border posted several videos to social media this week, including one in which they held about 200 asylum-seeking migrants at gunpoint near Sunland Park, N.M., until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived, according to a report.
The militia group, which calls itself the United Constitutional Patriots, said it is determined to monitor the border until President Trump fulfills his campaign promise of a border wall or until Congress enacts stronger legislation to make it more difficult for migrants to request asylum, Jim Benvie, a spokesman, told The New York Times in a phone interview.
Yuma at breaking point over asylum seekers, Sen. McSally says ‘crisis getting worse everyday’ Video
“It should go without saying that regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone,” the governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, said in a statement to The New York Times, adding that it is “completely unacceptable” that migrants be “menaced or threatened” upon entering the U.S.
The American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement that “the Trump administration’s vile racism” emboldened these groups.
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Unfortunately they rarely prosecute scouts or guides. They will and do prosecute load drivers that they catch at the point. There are times when they have placed and emphasis on identifying and prosecuting guides but it has been a while since I have seen it happen.
Last night I eavesdropped on a border patrol agent discussing the issue. He said policy for visa overstayers and illegals who have been in country for a long time was to send them to a hearing. The judge then typically grants a permanent stay on deportation and orders resident status. The authority to decide whether to deport or grant a hearing is in the Border Patrol. The authority to define “long term” is also in the BP, and his supervisor let him know 2 weeks is now considered “long term”...
A right wing militia? What biased journalism...
Human trafficing, drugs, weapons. Felonies.
Evidence easily arranged if needed.
BTW, the government needs to STOP issuing work permits with their catch-and-release! Why did they ever even begin doing this?! We need to rescind the ones currently issued, scheduling immediate hearings instead. Then tracking down, arresting, and deporting anyone that fails to show up.
If someone has a work permit, then IRS issues them an SSN? We know where they are working through that. Notify the employer that the work permit is rescinded and that the person needs to report to hearing or leave.
Bottom line is we need to stop this backdoor amnesty. This is now on Trump's watch, cannot blame Obama, Bush, Clinton, and others.
What seems obvious to me and you is not to the USA attorneys. It is not easy to get them to take a lot of these cases. They will only take a case if they know they can win it. As crazy it sounds catching someone red handed wearing a drug bundle on their back is not a slam dunk.
Tell you what, B!TCH...your authority is derived from our consent, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
You were hired to provide law and order...fail in that job, and we'll take care of it ourselves, as Americans have always done. Just a hint...you don't want to interfere.
They were asylum seekers looking to surrender to the first people they saw.
I guess the militia folks got off on holding docile people at gunpoint.
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