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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 730103" data-attributes="member: 12952">Living in fear on the Mexican border: one woman’s storyBy Frosty WooldbridgeSusan Hildebrand lives on a ranch in&nbsp; Texas along the Mexican border. This is her story.“I am a sixty-four year old wife of 42 years, mother of&nbsp; four, and grandmother of nine,” said Hildebrand. “I live ninety-nine&nbsp; miles from the border of Mexico, on a South Texas ranch that has been in&nbsp; the family for nearly one hundred and thirty years.“I work to preserve the land we live on; I pay taxes; I go to church;&nbsp; I respect the officials who govern this great country (although I don’t&nbsp; agree with a lot of them); I support our military; and I obey the law.“Now I am going to enroll in a Concealed Handgun class in order to&nbsp; protect my family and myself from the flood of illegal immigrants who&nbsp; are coming through our property.“We have been dealing with the loss of animals and the destruction of&nbsp; our fences for several years, and the situation is growing worse by the&nbsp; day.&nbsp; In the past nine months, “coyotes” who deal in human cargo, have&nbsp; driven stolen vehicles through our land, resulting in injuries to both&nbsp; passengers and animals.&nbsp; Our men who work ten hour days, and sometimes&nbsp; longer, are now faced with repairing fences at midnight when most of&nbsp; these drive-throughs happen.“Our family is just one of many who are finding themselves at the&nbsp; mercy of those who have no regard for this country’s laws.&nbsp; We have&nbsp; friends who have witnessed men armed with assault weapons and carrying&nbsp; large plastic containers moving through their property.&nbsp; One man was&nbsp; confronted with seven men holding guns when he got out to open his ranch&nbsp; gate.&nbsp; He was forced to take them to the nearest road at gun point.&nbsp; A&nbsp; woman who had been out for a walk one morning, returned home to find a&nbsp; man and woman standing in her home.&nbsp; Fortunately for her, she had a&nbsp; trained attack dog that was able to subdue them until she could call for&nbsp; help.&nbsp; Another rancher found several of his horses dead because&nbsp; illegals had closed off the water lot.&nbsp; One of our college interns came&nbsp; upon a man dressed in camouflage and carrying a large duffle bag when he&nbsp; was driving to the river.&nbsp; He immediately turned his truck around and&nbsp; left the area because he had been warned about the danger of confronting&nbsp; these men.“Now my family and I are faced with having to lock our doors and arm&nbsp; ourselves for protection.&nbsp; This is not the kind of legacy that we want&nbsp; to leave to our children and grandchildren.“With all due respect, I would encourage our President, our Governor,&nbsp; our mayors, and our law enforcement officers to follow the lead of the&nbsp; courageous people of Arizona.&nbsp; For this nation to continue to be the&nbsp; Land of the Free, its laws must be enforced so that the next generation&nbsp; can feel safe in their own homes.“I want my grandchildren to remember me as someone who walks freely&nbsp; in God’s country, not one who carries a gun for protection.“Thank you for allowing me to show you what we are facing in South&nbsp; Texas.&nbsp; It is my prayer that you will support those of us who love this&nbsp; land so much and help us to stay safe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 730103, member: 12952"] [B]Living in fear on the Mexican border: one woman’s story By Frosty Wooldbridge[/B] Susan Hildebrand lives on a ranch in Texas along the Mexican border. This is her story. “I am a sixty-four year old wife of 42 years, mother of four, and grandmother of nine,” said Hildebrand. “I live ninety-nine miles from the border of Mexico, on a South Texas ranch that has been in the family for nearly one hundred and thirty years. “I work to preserve the land we live on; I pay taxes; I go to church; I respect the officials who govern this great country (although I don’t agree with a lot of them); I support our military; and I obey the law. “Now I am going to enroll in a Concealed Handgun class in order to protect my family and myself from the flood of illegal immigrants who are coming through our property. “We have been dealing with the loss of animals and the destruction of our fences for several years, and the situation is growing worse by the day. In the past nine months, “coyotes” who deal in human cargo, have driven stolen vehicles through our land, resulting in injuries to both passengers and animals. Our men who work ten hour days, and sometimes longer, are now faced with repairing fences at midnight when most of these drive-throughs happen. “Our family is just one of many who are finding themselves at the mercy of those who have no regard for this country’s laws. We have friends who have witnessed men armed with assault weapons and carrying large plastic containers moving through their property. One man was confronted with seven men holding guns when he got out to open his ranch gate. He was forced to take them to the nearest road at gun point. A woman who had been out for a walk one morning, returned home to find a man and woman standing in her home. Fortunately for her, she had a trained attack dog that was able to subdue them until she could call for help. Another rancher found several of his horses dead because illegals had closed off the water lot. One of our college interns came upon a man dressed in camouflage and carrying a large duffle bag when he was driving to the river. He immediately turned his truck around and left the area because he had been warned about the danger of confronting these men. “Now my family and I are faced with having to lock our doors and arm ourselves for protection. This is not the kind of legacy that we want to leave to our children and grandchildren. “With all due respect, I would encourage our President, our Governor, our mayors, and our law enforcement officers to follow the lead of the courageous people of Arizona. For this nation to continue to be the Land of the Free, its laws must be enforced so that the next generation can feel safe in their own homes. “I want my grandchildren to remember me as someone who walks freely in God’s country, not one who carries a gun for protection. “Thank you for allowing me to show you what we are facing in South Texas. It is my prayer that you will support those of us who love this land so much and help us to stay safe. [/QUOTE]

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