"I Don't Know Why Our Government Can't Do Something To Help Us"

The Washington Times reports on a group of New Mexico ranchers who are stepping up their own patrols of the border in response to increased illegal immigration. "Outraged by the escalating violence and vandalism and puzzled by the government's inability to confront the problem, Mr. Been has organized the Rough Riders, a group of ranchers and locals who patrol the region on horseback searching for signs of aliens headed north. 'I don't know why our government can't do something to help us,' said Mr. Been. 'We have told our elected officials what's going on here, but they just turn their backs on us,'" the paper reports. "Mr. Been's group has joined with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, which began civilian patrols along the 1,940-mile U.S.-Mexico border Oct. 1 to protest what it perceives as the government's lax immigration-enforcement policies. More than 160 Minuteman volunteers from across the country signed up to participate in the New Mexico vigil."

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