[xsrdx]

The border groups really need to stick to observation and reporting to the BP instead of making direct contact with illegals

Yup, patting these folks down and restricting their movement was probably sufficient for assault.

INAL but I don't think non LEA's can detain somebody for simply trespassing.

[raggedwarrior]

The law states that a guest of the landowner may act as his agent and detain trespassers on the landowners property. These illegals were ON PRIVATE PROPERTY!! They were not at the border but several miles north of it.

David Cheney