Texas Border-Watch Group Gets Sued
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A self-styled border-watch group was accused of terrorizing six undocumented immigrants in a lawsuit aimed at bankrupting the organization and any ranchers who cooperate with it. The suit, filed Thursday, labels the Abilene-based Ranch Rescue an illegal paramilitary unit that is motivated by racial hatred. Ranch Rescue's stated mission is defending private property, and it has conducted ``operations'' along the country's southern border, rounding up undocumented immigrants and even seizing drug loads. Sutton called the accusations ``total hogwash,'' saying the four shoeless Mexicans merely had to sit on the pavement by his ranch gate while federal agents came to pick them up. "I interviewed all six (immigrants) and they made it crystal clear to me they were not hungry, were not abused, and they weren't thirsty," Sutton told the San Antonio Express-News for Friday's editions. |
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