Grand Canyon Times

Cochise County rancher Steve Boyce said that the negative impacts of illegal aliens crossing the U.S.-Mexico border happen “all the time, every night.”

“For instance, they cut fences,” Boice told League of American Workers (LAW) President Steve Cortes in the new documentary, “What's Behind the Biden Border Crisis? Cortes Investigates.”

“I get calls in the middle of the night that there’s cattle on the highway. Well, how did the cows get on the highway?” said Boice. “The fence got cut, or they leave gates open.”

Boice, who said his land is a half-mile from the U.S. border with Mexico, told Cortes that illegals sometimes come up and knock on the windows of his home. 

“It’s just unnerving, all the time. You’re on edge,” said Boice. “We carry pistols and guns just for our own safety because we don’t know what’s going to happen.”

When asked by Cortes if “it was this way before Joe Biden was president,” Boice, whose family’s Arizona ranching history can be traced back to the 1800s, said, “no.”

Boice said the financial costs are hard to measure. 

“How do you put a dollar value on leaving the gate open?” said Brice. “You gotta turn around and take two days to sort your cattle out there that were in two separate pastures for breeding purposes, and now all of a sudden they’re all mingled together and the bulls are together, and your breeding program goes out the window.”

This financial toll comes on top of inflation, which also has hit Arizona ranchers hard. Boice co-founded the Horse’n Around Rescue Ranch and Foundation to rescue horses whose owners could no longer afford their upkeep due to those rising costs. 

“Inflation is hitting us all hard,” wrote Boice’s co-founder, Theresa Waddell, in an email to ranch supporters. “We are receiving more calls than usual from horse owners who have to make the choice between feeding their family or their horses.”

Released May 30, the LAW documentary features interviews conducted by Cortes during his April visit to the Arizona border. The movie can be found on X, Rumble, and Facebook.

Founded in 2022 by Cortes, LAW conducts research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.

Cortes is a political advisor and commentator. He previously traded global currencies and interest rates for 25 years for large international hedge funds. He has been an on-air broadcaster for CNBC, Fox News, and CNN. Cortes founded LAW in 2022 to conduct research and develops proposals on public policies impacting American workers and the economy.