Sounds good to begin with, but...
It only works if the civilian patrols detain the coyotes. And then, you face the same problems as with drug smugglers. The coyotes you apprehend are just pups, and the big dogs, the ones making $20,000 a day, get away with it.
We need more than armed patrols...we need strict and vigorous enforcement of immigration laws, we need the imposition of severe penalties on those who employ illegals, and we need to impress on El Presidente Fox that we ain't gonna take any more of his dumping his criminals on us.
For what it's worth...
Arpaio's statements in this article, as he has always said, show that the 8 murders near the White Tank Mnts., and the Red Rock incident are NOT tied to the Volunteer Border Patrols. These two incidents are in the report from the Border Action Network that is being submitted to Napolitano and the new AG asking for an investigation of the Citizen Patrols.
http://www.borderaction.org/BAN-Vigilante.pdf