Ranchers' plan to secure border introduced as bill in AZ.
Ranchers' plan to secure border introduced as bill in state legislature
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Posted: 9:34 AM
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By: Hatzel Vela
PHOENIX - John Ladd can trace his family back to early settlers in America.
In the late 1800s, his family moved from Missouri to Arizona and has since lived in the area along the border.
Ladd is a cattle rancher who deals with the everyday dangers ranchers face along the border.
His way of life is being threatened. He said more and more, drug traffickers are using his land to get into the United States.
Everyday, Ladd said, he finds cut fences – a sign there have been people on his land.
Every morning, when he wakes up he has to check for people.
“You have to be observant at all times,â€
