New Mexico Moves To Hobble Private Paramilitary Border Patrols

New Mexico Moves To Hobble Private Paramilitary Border Patrols New Mexico lawmakers are advancing legislation which would restrict private paramilitary border patrols which have emerged in recent years to try and reduce the flow of migrants illegally crossing the southern US border. Albuquerque police detain members of the New Mexico Civil Guard, an armed paramilitary group, following the shooting of a man during a protest over a statue of Spanish conquerer Juan de Oñate on June 15, 2020, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File) The...