There are a lot of U.S. citizens who live along that border of Hispanic orgins. Are they somehow required to show their papers to these vigilantes?
If they refuse to show their papers to civilians with no legal authority to demand them (something to do with Constitutional rights or some other bothersome thing), can those civilians restrain and threaten them?
You immediately spring to the theory that some hispanics were just ambling around and bad "vigilantes" grabbed them. I am going to give my fellow americans who are in the midst of this flood of illegals the benefit of the doubt. I suspect they caught them wandering in the border desert area, perhaps carrying plastic bags of personal belongings etc. But here is the real easy solution:
the government should do its job and stop this illegal border crossing garbage. The citizens have a right to expect their government to NOT ABET LAWBREAKERS. If the government does, why should citizens not protect themselves?
Have you ever read the threads here by Jackalope Breeder, who has shown the destruction of land and personal property by these illegals? Even here in the Seattle area we are being innundated. We have schools that are majority hispanic. And no, we are NOT allowed to ask if they are legal before they get all the benefits. The situation is extreme because it has been ignored by elected officials. I do not attack my fellow Americans or blame them for trying to turn it around.