The Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona is reacting to years of neglect by the federal government over border protection issues.

More than 1,500 immigrants use the reservation to enter the U.S. every day. That has some tribal members afraid to go outside, for fear of criminal activity. Some have taken up arms and say they will protect their property. "We are armed and we will shoot them," a 69-year-old rancher told The Los Angeles Times.

Tribal members say they are pressured by the federal government too. They say they get routinely stopped and hassled on their own lands.

The tribe's reservation, considered the size of Connecticut. was cut by the U.S.-Mexico border. About 11,000 people live on the U.S. side.

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