BREAKING: FBI arrests Larry Mitchell Hopkins, leader of The United Constitutional Patriots, an armed border militia group that spreads far-right conspiracies and rounds up asylum seekers on the border https://t.co/a45GiTaY67
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 20, 2019
An armed militia, the United Constitutional Patriots, is detaining families of migrants in the New Mexico desert. “We cannot allow racist and armed vigilantes to kidnap and detain people seeking asylum,” says the ACLU. My story: https://t.co/7cuHrExe5X via @nytimes
— Simon Romero (@viaSimonRomero) April 18, 2019
A militia group near the US-Mexico border detained hundreds of people this week, New Mexico's attorney general told CNN.
— CNN (@CNN) April 20, 2019
Video footage shows people in full military fatigues, with handguns strapped to their sides, wearing gloves and face masks. https://t.co/r2RnrQw5zr pic.twitter.com/kiap7XyOXu
An armed pro-Trump militia in New Mexico appears to be detaining migrants at the border and working with Border Patrol agents to coordinate their arrests. ACLU says these are kidnappings by vigilantes: https://t.co/gjGyvsGaV2
— Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) April 18, 2019
New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham tells militia group to stop arresting migrants at the border: "Regular citizens have no authority to arrest or detain anyone." https://t.co/wwcZxZ3o5q
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 19, 2019
"We came down here not as a militia, but as a group of Americans to help protect the border from the crisis going on down here," United Constitutional Patriots New Mexico Border Ops spokesman Jim Benvie said. https://t.co/0kljB78NFb
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) April 20, 2019
My statement with @SenatorTomUdall:
— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) April 19, 2019
Reports of a militia group illegally operating in New Mexico and intimidating asylum seekers must be immediately investigated by the proper authorities. (1/3) https://t.co/w7tic4ZCcC
