Videos suggest Border Patrol was "actively collaborating" with violent vigilantes

Members of the vigilante group United Constitutional Patriots have repeatedly filmed themselves detaining migrants illegally at gunpoint. Peter Simonson of the New Mexico ACLU says the vigilantes' actions could have had tacit approval from immigration authorities. "There is plenty of video evidence ... that suggests that the Border Patrol is actively collaborating with these folks, despite the fact that they've made a public statement saying they neither condone or endorse their activity."

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