🧵 Last night, a group of armed men with ties to far-right militias in #Arizona confronted migrants along the US-Mexico border near the Sasabe Port of Entry.

Among other implications, the expiration of Title 42 has caused an uptick in vigilantism along the southern border.

1/9 Dressed in camouflage, the men corralled migrants and collected biographical information from multiple groups that had just crossed the border from Mexico

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Last week, Arizona Sheriff Mark Lamb officially announced his candidacy for the US Senate. Like other named “constitutional sheriffs,” Lamb has close ties to border militias and far-right #extremists in #AZ and beyond. (1/7) On June 25, 2021, Lamb spoke & held a banner alongside Veterans on Patrol (#VoP) militia leaders at a #nativist Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) rally along the US-Mexico border fence (2/7)

Beyond excited to share my latest article, in collaboration w/ @bellingcat. “Borderless Vigilantism” leverages four geolocations to expose cross-border operations of AZ border militia Veterans on Patrol, and violence which blurs international boundaries.
bellingcat.com/news/2023/02/2… 2/ My article also details a history of cordiality between associates of #VoP and various rank and file #CBP agents, who #militia principals claim have enabled cross-border operations into Mexico.