“You can set up here and watch Fox News and say ‘these alien bastards, we need to shut the border down.’ But what I saw coming through Brooks County was humanity.”—Charles Gilbert.
Militiaman Charles Gilbert joined the Texas Border Volunteers to “kick some ass,” but the group’s tactics forced him to do some soul-searching. Read his full story.
Top photo from the documentary film They Come to America II. Other photos by Jen Reel.