PayPal, GoFundMe suspend accounts of militia detaining immigrants

PayPal, GoFundMe suspend accounts of militia detaining immigrants

BY KAREN GRAHAM 22 HOURS AGO

Sunland Park - An armed militia group operating on the U.S. southern border unlawfully detained nearly 300 people seeking asylum in the U.S. near Sunland Park, New Mexico, raising the ire of law enforcement after videos were posted on social media.

The group, calling itself the United Constitutional Patriots posted videos online showing migrants being held by armed group members. New Mexico's attorney general Hector Balderas told CNN in a statement: "These individuals should not attempt to exercise authority reserved for law enforcement."

A spokesman for New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said state and local authorities are looking into the matter. "They have absolutely not been authorized by our office or any other. We are actively working with the AG's Office, state police and local police to determine what has gone on and what can and will be done," said Tripp Stelnicki, a spokesman for the governor, adding that menacing or threatening migrant families is "completely unacceptable."

One video being shown on CNN on Saturday portrayed a militia member and his group stopping a group of migrants, telling them they were border patrol agents. The militia group is often in full military fatigues, with handguns strapped to their sides, wearing gloves and black face masks.

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