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

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