Protesters Denounce Civilian Border Patrol
Hundreds of demonstrators marched through the streets of Las Cruces to protest a controversial civilian border patrol group, calling the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps racist and un-American.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the oldest Latino civil rights organizations in the country, organized the march and rally to show that Minuteman volunteers were not wanted in the area.
Minuteman volunteers, who plan to patrol parts of the border in New Mexico and Texas starting in October, have repeatedly denied claims of racism.
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