Summary
Long before the March murder of Douglas rancher Robert Krentz, southern Arizona ranch hands warned of the dangers presented by what they call the lax security of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The small, close-knit community of ranchers -- some several dozen families, many of whom trace their roots to the turning of the 20th century -- seemed like an unusual source to spark what would become a national firestorm over immigration.See the full content of this document
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Arizona: Vulnerable On the Border
For decades, ranchers in Douglas helped thirsty, hungry and lost illegal immigrants, giving them water, food and shelter for several days until their guests embarked farther north in search of work.
Returning the favor, the immigrants, many of whom Warner Glenn, a white-haired, leather-skinned ranch hand in his 70s, described as "good cowboys," would help ranchers dig ditches for water lines, pull weeds, chop wood, or other tasks."Most of them were looking for a day or two of work, and we'd work a few of them before they moved on," said Glenn, who together with his wife, Wendy, operates the Malpai Ranch, a roughly 11,000- acre property that almost touches the Arizona-Mexico border.That was then, and this is now. This simple, if not quaint and charming desert lifestyle that has remained largely intact since World War I, has collided with a modern, bloody, well-equipped multibillion dollar indust...See the full content of this document
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