Welcome to Arivaca: Where residents want anti-migrant militia out'
Many in this Arizona border town want armed vigilantes, who've vowed to round up undocumented migrants, to leave.
Strickland, Patrick
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/11/arivaca-residents-anti-migrant-militia-181117040756675.html
Date Written: 2018-11-19
Publisher: Al Jazeera
Year Published: 2018
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX23085
Many in this Arizona border town want armed vigilantes, who've vowed to round up undocumented migrants, to leave.
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As the US-bound caravan, whose participants plan to apply for asylum at an official port, crept at a snail's pace towards the US, Trump deployed thousands of soldiers to the southern border.
Fueled by dizzying conspiracy theories, anti-immigrant hoaxes and a steady stream of misinformation from the White House, militia groups also flocked to the borderlands in recent weeks, answering what they interpreted as a call to action.
In Arivaca, residents and immigration advocates accuse Veterans on Patrol, Utah Gun Exchange and militia groups of harassment, intimidation and violent threats.
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