Teaching About Border Militias: A Follow Up

Photo by Marco Hazard

Back in April, I wrote about discussing border militias in the classroom. One of the issues I discussed was showing this April 2019 video of a border militia rounding up migrants.

I write this evening with an update. As WaPo reports, the leader of that roundup has pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He hopes to receive time served (9 months) though he faces a maximum of 10 years in prison.

It’s an interesting tidbit to bring to any class on the topic. I often talk about 18 U.S.C. § 1001 as being a fallback federal conviction, but felon in possession is certainly up there as well.

-KitJ