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BUTLER County, OHIO -- Just a few weeks ago, Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones and State Representative Courtney Combs, went to the Arizona, Mexico border on a fact finding trip. They were looking for answers to the problems of illegal immigration in our area. Local 12's Rich Jaffe and photographer Dan Cavins joined them for an exclusive look at the issues.
While we've only begun to feel the impact of the situation here in the Tri-State, our crew found tat civilians along the border have been paying the price and fighting the battle for years.
Larry Vance has lived on his Arizona ranch for 37 years. Starting in 1998, a flood of illegals turned his little piece of heaven into havoc. "It was a living hell," Larry says. "I can tell you for a fact that I understand completely why sleep deprivation is used as a means of torture, we had so many people coming through our place, my little piece of property is 1,053 feet east to west and the border patrol was catching 1,000 people a night right on or just adjacent to that property."
Vance picked up his guns and a camera to defend his home. He went into the mountains and documented the flow of illegals crossing the border. "We had so many people coming through there all night long, the dogs would bark so much they couldn't even bark any more, they'd just squeak. They were tearing my fences down, my horses, I couldn't keep horses in there, couldn't keep livestock, they poisoned my dogs three times, we had a shoot out right next to my house one night."
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