Texas Ranchers Live in Fear as Encounters With Illegal Aliens Increase

'They're banging on the walls, everything,' one rancher’s wife said in a frantic phone call earlier this year

Cole Hill on his ranch in Kinney County, Texas, on May 25, 2021. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

KINNEY COUNTY, Texas—Living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere is the epitome of the American dream for many Texans. They keep to themselves, help their neighbors, and work hard.

But in the past few months, ranchers have been getting unwelcome visitors who destroy their property, steal their vehicles, and scare their families.