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The rise of Arizona militias

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    Should state officials be concerned about who is protecting the border?

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They are always nice to see you here foxnews.com.

Live I'm at a point in -- on debut -- the thirtieth of may 2012952.

Is the time now went out into an article that you can find on fox news -- -- dot com.

The topic Arizona -- gaining momentum after citizen border group bill is defeated -- Julie Banderas joins us now.

To talk a little bit more about this and they're saying that they are very -- up with state lawmakers are not going to be looking for help from them anymore the other basically saying Arizona State lawmakers aren't doing enough and now we've all heard a bounty hunters.

Obviously those are citizens who take the -- into their own hands really and they go out -- they try to find these convicted criminals will really.

This is very similar to that because Arizona citizens are instead rather than relying on the police and that should be their jobs or -- federal law enforcement officials to catch -- illegal.

Immigrants coming in over the border of Arizona where obviously this border state has dealt with this huge problem.

Of illegal immigration border crossings.

This plan for a state sanctioned citizens border organization.

That was a bill proposed in this state was actually struck down.

In the Arizona legislature that angering a lot of militia groups and they say that they plan on taking.

The illegal immigration problem on the border.

Into the wrong hands and here's some video of some of these guys.

-- one longtime Arizona border militia leader says that we have now washed -- hands of our State's legislature and now we're gonna do things our own way.

Now the proposed bill would have established to 300 member armed Arizona special mission unit to guard the border of the governor's request.

-- provision of the bill including screening volunteers to weed out.

Violent extremists would have been included but as you know.

The -- at the -- that was voted down yeah so what are what are critics are really saying about this about that that it if it would have weeded out the extremists what's gonna happen now apple critics say that fit the bill.

It basically that boredom border militia is it.

Just extremism.

It's white supremacy it's racist a member of the anti defamation league actually set and I'm quoting.

Some are explicitly explicitly white supremacists.

The others may not be white supremacists but may well be racist so it's hard to draw a line where -- border head in the sand if you if you will.

But unfortunately with the increasing problem.

Of illegal immigrants constantly crossing the border in Arizona that the people there are fed up and they're waiting for lawmakers to do something and they say -- just haven't done enough and what are we thinking is going to be happening and from here I mean it in that.

You know in their recent feature in the near future and even down -- -- -- -- -- groups are recently in the spotlight and and this is why this is such a problem this is why lawmakers say that we'll come back.

To the drawing table and come up with maybe another solution but recently there was this guy Jason -- he was GT -- was his name.

He was in no neo Nazi and border militia leader he shot and killed four people before turning the gun on himself and -- BI officials are saying.

That those murders were actually of family members -- girlfriend and her family members of his domestic violence.

Situation -- these people -- out just harm.

I'm innocent people but that's the debate right -- -- obviously the people crossing borders are not innocent for breaking the law but how far will these militia groups take.

There bounty hunter ways by you know taking them into custody -- and it.

I can imagine -- violence we'll.

Would would actually reverently about the fear here at Philly and there's thank you so much you know -- find that are on Fox News -- you know jasager much more on fox is looking -- Great thank -- so.

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