Thread: Trump's army: More than 300 asylum seekers surrender to armed militia of 'New Mexico

Trump's army: More than 300 asylum seekers surrender to armed militia of 'New Mexico residents, veterans and ex-cops', after crossing the US border

• Three hundred asylum seekers surrendered to 'United Constitutional Patriots'
• Armed militia group claims to be made up of New Mexico ex-cops and veterans, who patrol the border
• One of the militia, Jim Benvie, recorded a group of migrants trying to enter the US on Tuesday
• The group handed themselves in and Border Patrol arrived to process them
• Benvie has documented the armed militia's encounters with asylum seekers for the past two months
• Border Patrol said it does not condone the group's actions

By Rod Ardehali For Dailymail.com
Published: 12:35 EDT, 17 April 2019 | Updated: 15:39 EDT, 17 April 2019


Hundreds of asylum seekers surrendered to an armed militia of New Mexico citizens last night, after trying to cross the U.S. border.
A group of 300 men, women and children gave themselves up to the 'United Constitutional Patriots', a gang of vigilantes who claim to be made up of veterans and former police officers, who then handed them over to border officials.
Video recorded by one of the militia, Jim Benvie, who has been camping out on the New Mexico-Chihuahua border for two months, shows the asylum seekers walking on a dirt road having crossed through a fence gap in Sundland Park, New Mexico.
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A group of 300 men, women and children gave themselves up to the 'United Constitutional Patriots', a gang of vigilantes made up veterans and former police officers who then handed them over to border officials

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Graphic shows the number of attempted border crossings, according to NPR statistics

The video, which was streamed live on Facebook, shows the asylum seekers giving themselves up to the militia, intending to turn themselves over to Border Patrol.
'I literally walked out and I looked, and all I saw was hundreds of people coming at us,' said Benvie.
Benvie and three other men had been scouting the area Monday night before coming across what the U.S. Border Patrol estimated was 300 migrants.
'We held them there until Border Patrol came,' said Benvie.
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Benvie and three other men had been scouting the area Monday night before coming across what the U.S. Border Patrol estimated was 300 migrants

'And once they came then we did what we do, and that's to help Border Patrol get them to the processing van. So, everybody is safe.'
Benvie has documented the armed militia's encounters with asylum seekers for the past two months.
'We're just Americans. We're veterans, we're ex-law enforcement, we're people that care about our national security,' he said.
'We're people that care about our strained Border Patrol.'
Border Patrol said it does not condone the group's actions
United Constitutional Patriots: Border patrol vigilantes

For two months, an armed group of ex servicemen and police officers have been patrolling the New Mexico-Chihuahua border for asylum seekers from central America.
The group describe themselves on Facebook as: 'Americans that believe in the constitution and the rights of every American that will stand up for there rights in unity and help keep America safe.'
Some of the militia cover their faces while dealing with migrants - an the Border Patrol has stated it does not support their work

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-citizens.html

They should process them and bus them DIRECTLY to waiting barges and let the Coast Guard ship them back home!

They were going to turn themselves in to the border patrol anyway so the armed militia only assisted them and made it easy for them.

QAnon-Loving Border Militia Is Run By Ex-Con Who Says He Talks to Trump

Larry Mitchell Hopkins runs an armed civilian group that peddles far-right conspiracies and claims to work with border patrol. He says Trump's asked him about 'Muslim immigration.'
Kelly Weill

04.18.19 6:54 PM ET



Paul Ratje/Getty

An armed militia that pushes anti-immigrant conspiracy theories filmed itself rounding up hundreds of asylum seekers near the El Paso border this week, reigniting controversy over U.S. Border Patrol’s coordination with militia groups.

The United Constitutional Patriots (UCP) is one of several civilian groups outfitting themselves in camo and patrolling the border with guns.

Video footage from Monday night shows the group standing above hundreds of asylum-seekers, many of them children, who sit on the ground. The group’s footage from another recent night shows two members holding what appear to be semi-automatic rifles, with one member wearing a skull mask. Online, the group produces a radio show where members peddle conspiracy theories like QAnon, and accuse migrants of associating with ISIS.

UCP says it works with Border Patrol, which publicly claims that it doesn’t condone them. And the group’s founder, a conspiracy theorist who was previously convicted of impersonating an officer, claims to be in contact with President Donald Trump.

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QAnon-Loving Border Militia Is Run By Ex-Con Who Says He Talks to Trump

Larry Mitchell Hopkins runs an armed civilian group that peddles far-right conspiracies and claims to work with border patrol. He says Trump's asked him about 'Muslim immigration.'
Kelly Weill

04.18.19 6:54 PM ET



Paul Ratje/Getty

An armed militia that pushes anti-immigrant conspiracy theories filmed itself rounding up hundreds of asylum seekers near the El Paso border this week, reigniting controversy over U.S. Border Patrol’s coordination with militia groups.

The United Constitutional Patriots (UCP) is one of several civilian groups outfitting themselves in camo and patrolling the border with guns.

Video footage from Monday night shows the group standing above hundreds of asylum-seekers, many of them children, who sit on the ground. The group’s footage from another recent night shows two members holding what appear to be semi-automatic rifles, with one member wearing a skull mask. Online, the group produces a radio show where members peddle conspiracy theories like QAnon, and accuse migrants of associating with ISIS.

UCP says it works with Border Patrol, which publicly claims that it doesn’t condone them. And the group’s founder, a conspiracy theorist who was previously convicted of impersonating an officer,claims to be in contact with President Donald Trump.https://www.thedailybeast.com/qanon-...talks-to-trump

Link in red goes to this by the Southern Poverty law Center

It starts out

Caravan paranoia is tearing the border militia movement apart


November 15, 2018





Nick R. Martin





They’ve wound themselves up to believe all kinds of rumors about the migrant caravan that’s been making its way north through Mexico.



Rumors that it’s filled not just with Central Americans seeking asylum but with people from Venezuela, Nigeria and Syria — even Islamic militants. Rumors that caravan members were secretly trained by the United Nations. Rumors that it’s funded by Jewish billionaire George Soros. Rumors that MS-13 is involved. Rumors of cartels. Rumors of violence. Rumors of death.

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So all of the above is conspiracy theory---right?

it continues on about drama within the Constitutional Patriot groups.

I have mixed feelings about this group

#1 If our government was doing their job, it is unlikely these groups would be there
#2 They are at least showing videos of what is actually happening and that is more than I can say for any of the so called media.
#3 I tune out some of their commentary, when they start to thump Trump's chest for him.
#4 From what I have seen they have never in any way interfered with what BP is doing, have never even spoke harshly to a group, and they have spotted some and called BP, who were no where in sight, and the invaders could have disappeared if they were not there.
#5 Are they glory seeking? perhaps some are, but absolutely no more than our politicians who go to the border for photo ops
#6 Is there infighting among the members? don't know, probably is--definitely not unique to this group, government leaders---perfect example.
#7 Are there weirdos and people with a suspicious past history----see #6

I will continue to watch their videos, for the information on the groups and weed out the rest. Even with all the wind noise, and shaky pictures, it is more than we get from the media, and that is a shame!

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