Build a fucking wall and take away 99% of the problem....what the fuck is the matter with you fucking DemoCommies, you HATE your fellow citizens this much?
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KOB-TV 4, Albuquerque ^ | January 27, 2019 | Chris Ramirez
HIDALGO COUNTY, N.M.- There are so many voices, all of them important, in the national debate about border funding.
Tribal politics has pitted the country into “us versus them.” This very debate has also paralyzed the federal government in the longest shutdown in our country’s history. But ranchers who live and work in New Mexico’s Boot Heel feel like their voices haven’t been heard on this issue, even though border issues affect their daily lives.
New Mexico’s Boot Heel sits in Hidalgo County, wedged between Arizona and Mexico. The county shares 87 miles of its boundary with Mexico and there is no border wall in Hidalgo County.
“We have to get the word out that we have a crisis down here,” Tricia Elrock told the KOB 4 Investigates team during a recent visit to Hidalgo County. In fact, our visit prompted an impromptu town hall by ranchers who wanted to tell us what they were seeing on a daily basis.
“It's not getting any better, it's getting worse and there is now an influx of people," said Billy Darnell. “We know something is going to happen every day we go out.”
KOB 4 asked if any of them had been victimized by people who they believe to be undocumented immigrants. All but one raised their hands to state yes.
“We've had vehicles stolen,” said Randy Massey.
“They've had bundles of weed, coke and carrying heavy artillery,” said Cammi Moore.
“The worst part of it, we had an employee kidnapped. And that was probably the worst night of my entire life until we got him back,’ said Elrock.
“It's getting to the point where these confrontations are getting more aggressive and more and more violent,” said Kris Massey.
Part of the problem, as the ranchers see it, is the lack of barriers between the U.S. and Mexico. In parts of Hidalgo County, the countries are separated, in some places, by Normandy barriers.
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KOB-TV 4, Albuquerque ^ | January 27, 2019 | Chris Ramirez
HIDALGO COUNTY, N.M.- There are so many voices, all of them important, in the national debate about border funding.
Tribal politics has pitted the country into “us versus them.” This very debate has also paralyzed the federal government in the longest shutdown in our country’s history. But ranchers who live and work in New Mexico’s Boot Heel feel like their voices haven’t been heard on this issue, even though border issues affect their daily lives.
New Mexico’s Boot Heel sits in Hidalgo County, wedged between Arizona and Mexico. The county shares 87 miles of its boundary with Mexico and there is no border wall in Hidalgo County.
“We have to get the word out that we have a crisis down here,” Tricia Elrock told the KOB 4 Investigates team during a recent visit to Hidalgo County. In fact, our visit prompted an impromptu town hall by ranchers who wanted to tell us what they were seeing on a daily basis.
“It's not getting any better, it's getting worse and there is now an influx of people," said Billy Darnell. “We know something is going to happen every day we go out.”
KOB 4 asked if any of them had been victimized by people who they believe to be undocumented immigrants. All but one raised their hands to state yes.
“We've had vehicles stolen,” said Randy Massey.
“They've had bundles of weed, coke and carrying heavy artillery,” said Cammi Moore.
“The worst part of it, we had an employee kidnapped. And that was probably the worst night of my entire life until we got him back,’ said Elrock.
“It's getting to the point where these confrontations are getting more aggressive and more and more violent,” said Kris Massey.
Part of the problem, as the ranchers see it, is the lack of barriers between the U.S. and Mexico. In parts of Hidalgo County, the countries are separated, in some places, by Normandy barriers.
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