On US-Mexico border, militia vow to patrol until ‘wall is up’ 0 SHARES Share it! It is home to the half dozen or so members of the United Constitutional Patriots (UCP) — a small but well-armed militia dipping their toes into the US border vigilante movement. US President Donald Trump has described them as a threat to national security, demanding billions of dollars from Congress to build a wall on the southern border. “We’re here to assist the border patrol because they are so short handed,” the group’s leader, 70-year-old “Striker,” told AFP. The border vigilante movement is well-established, with the Southern Poverty Law Center documenting “questionable apprehensions of migrants by private citizens” from as far back as 1999.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 10, 2019 03:00 UTC