first of all i think all the immigration laws should be repealed, and that everybody in the INS should be fired and the agency destroyed, and that anyone who wants to should be allowed to cross our borders. but considering that it is illegal for undocumented workers to come to this country i think it is insane that the cops arrest a guy who arrested the illegal. the problem here is out of control cops, not the guy who arrested the illegal immigrants. Original Article Mesan arrested in detaining of migrants By Nick Martin, Tribune A Mesa man was arrested Monday on suspicion of holding seven illegal immigrants at gunpoint. Patrick Haab tried to arrest the illegal Mexican immigrants at an Interstate 8 rest area near Gila Bend about 11 p.m. Sunday, a Maricopa County sheriffs spokesman said. Haab asked another man at the rest area to help him hold the seven at gunpoint until officers arrived, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said. The immigrants told deputies Haab threatened to shoot them and asked that charges be pressed against him, Arpaio said. The man who helped Haab left before officials got there. Deputies were still looking for him. "We should never take the law in our own hands. . . . How did this guy even know theyre illegals?" Arpaio said. "Thats dangerous, too." Haab was arrested Monday morning and booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix on suspicion of seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Arpaio, who once served as a border official with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, could not say whether Haab was part of the Minuteman Project because Haab stopped answering questions. The incident raised fears with one immigrants rights activist that citizen enforcement similar to the Minuteman Project could be spreading. "I also understand the frustration that many people have with illegal immigration," said Elias Bermudez, executive director of Centro de Ayuda in Phoenix. "But I believe taking the law into our own hands and causing hardship and fear on another human is immoral and unjust." Bermudez worries that this may indicate citizen immigration enforcement could spread nationwide. "Individuals who cross the border illegally are not only going to face death because of climate conditions," Bermudez said. "They are also facing death at the hands of vigilantes." The Minuteman Projects Web site says the group is dedicated to peaceful assembly at the border between Arizona and Mexico to bring awareness to the issue. Contact Nick Martin by email, or phone (480) 898-6514