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Illegal Immigration Keeps Arizona Cattle Ranchers Armed, Awake at Night on the Border

Illegal Immigration Keeps Arizona Cattle Ranchers Armed, Awake at Night on the Border
Joe Scelso (R) and his wife Patty (L) say illegal aliens using their property as a way station has gotten worse since Donald Trump left office. Allan Stein/The Epoch Times
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
8/30/2022|Updated: 9/21/2022
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This is the third article in a series on illegal drug and human smuggling along Arizona’s border with Mexico.

PALOMINAS, Ariz.—Cattle ranchers Joe and Patty Scelso didn’t always feel the need to carry sidearms walking on their property.

Twenty-eight years ago, the Rockin JP Ranch was their dream of a country homestead come true—103 acres of lush grassland, towering cypress, and low-slung mesquite framed with distant green mountain peaks.

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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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