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For years, ranchers in South Texas have relied on the U.S. Border Patrol to stop the flow of illegals through their property.
But now it seems a growing number of landowners are losing faith in federal agents and are hiring their own protection as a remedy.
Action 4 News takes a closer at one community just north of the Valley where the problem is growing, and the solution is in trouble.
For as long as the Rio Grande has separated the United States and Mexico, immigrants have crossed into the U.S. illegally in search of better jobs and a better living.
Hiding from the U.S. Border Patrol, many rough the elements trekking north through South Texas ranch land.
Some ranch owners say they turn and look the other way, others say they're fed up.
"It's stupid for me to have them on my property. I don't want them. It's as simple as that," said one of the owners of the Sutton Ranch in Hebbronville.
Visibly frustrated, as she entered her property north of Starr County, she says not even a tall fence and signs have kept trespassers out..