Militias that patrol the US border with Mexico are thrilled that Donald Trump has been elected—and plan to be a “valuable resource” to the incoming administration, whether or not they’re asked.
Militias operating along the US– Mexico border plan to continue their vigilante operations once president-elect Donald Trump takes office, and some see themselves as acting in concert with military and federal agents to execute mass deportation plans.
’s request for comment. Over the past two decades, vigilantes armed with guns and nativist rhetoric—and increasingly, with drones and high-tech trail cams—have acted with impunity, positioning themselves as authorities in borderlands in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, muddying the line between civilian and official, hunting down asylum seekers, and even taking groups of migrants “into custody” before handing them over to the feds.
that he found God after spending time in juvenile detention facilities for a litany of violent crimes. He believes his group’s border activities are sanctioned by God, and he doesn’t have to answer to federal law. He has, however, continued to get in trouble with the law. Earlier this year he was charged with repeatedly stealing water tanks that humanitarian groups had left out to assist migrants near the border.
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