Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico
2009-09-03 18:56:00 Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) – Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center, lined people against a wall and shot 17 dead in a particularly bloody day in Mexico’s relentless drug war. The brazen attack followed the killing of the No. 2 security official in President ...
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Border agent killed in unusual violence within U.S.
2009-07-25 19:59:00 Border agent killed in unusual violence within U.S. CHULA VISTA, California (AP) ? Federal investigators scrambled Friday to find whoever shot a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the head in an unusually violent attack within the U.S. that has left a baffling trail of evidence. Agent Robert Rosas, a 30-year-old, married father of two young children, ...
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10 People Killed in SUV Rollover in Arizona
2009-06-08 03:19:00 10 People Killed in SUV Rollover in Arizona SONOITA, Ariz. ? Ten undocumented immigrants “stacked like wood” in the back of a sports utility vehicle crammed with at least 22 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday. The Ford Excursion had no rear seat ...
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Local officials to ask senators for border security funds
2009-05-20 17:57:00 Local officials to ask senators for border security funds WASHINGTON (AP) ? A mayor whose town sits on the U.S. border with Mexico wants federal lawmakers to provide more money for border agents and dogs to help curb cross-border trafficking of drugs, guns and humans. Chad Foster, mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, says President Obama’s budget ...
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Mexican collapse? Drug wars worry some Americans
2009-01-18 20:31:00 Mexican collapse? Drug wars worry some Americans MEXICO CITY (AP) - Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn’t Iraq or Pakistan. It’s Mexico, which the U.S. government and a growing number of experts say is becoming one of the world’s biggest security risks. The prospect that America’s southern neighbor could ...
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Mexican schools close as children are threatened
2008-12-14 05:56:00 Mexican schools close as children are threatened CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - Fourth-grader Ricardo Ivan Ortega knows he is a target in this violent city. His school closed temporarily last month after an anonymous note demanded teachers hand over their year-end bonuses - or students would be kidnapped. Ricardo has a plan. “I will just hide,” the ...
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Grenade attack kills 5 state police in Mexico
2008-10-10 02:19:00 Grenade attack kills 5 state police in Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) - Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday. The officers came under fire Wednesday night as they prepared to search a car they had ...
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Factory had tension between union, immigrants
2008-08-28 17:55:00 Factory had tension between union, immigrants LAUREL, Miss. - Union bosses in this region of rural Mississippi have long grumbled that the largest factories here hire illegal immigrants, and that the immigrants were starting to get more overtime and supervisory positions. Friction between the union and immigrant workers, along with a tipoff at an electrical manufacturing plant, ...
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Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid
2008-08-27 15:20:00 Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid LAUREL, Miss. - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she’d see her husband again. Nearly 600 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally were detained, creating panic among dozens ...
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Border Patrol agent wounds man near Mexican border
2008-08-13 17:15:00 Border Patrol agent wounds man near Mexican border SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man throwing rocks at agents near the U.S.-Mexico border in the San Diego area. San Diego police Sgt. Kerry Tom says a group who had crossed to the U.S. side threw rocks at ...
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Old Style Texas Border Enforcement
2008-08-05 21:05:00 Back in the days of the Old West, men were men and they had BALLS. They weren’t afraid to stand up and defend their nation, their homes, their families, and their lands, by any means necessary. Today we have men that think about the PCness they must exhibit, they dwell on ways to maintain their metrosexualness. They ...
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Border Patrol assault suspect in Canadian custody
2008-07-08 17:52:00 DERBY LINE, Vermont (AP) ? A man suspected of assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Vermont-Quebec line has been arrested in Canada, an agency spokesman said Tuesday. The suspect was taken into custody Monday night in Stanstead, Quebec, hours after a Border Patrol agent shot at four people after being assaulted in Derby Line, ...
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U.S. gives Mexico no-strings $400 million for drug war
2008-06-28 19:42:00 HUETAMO, Mexico - Victor de la Paz was riding back from school on a January evening with a friend, just three blocks from home, when uniformed men emerged from the darkness and motioned for them to stop. Moments later, a soldier opened fire with an assault rifle. De la Paz, 16, slumped to the ground in ...
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Is it Murder or Self Defense?
2008-06-14 06:49:00 Recently, I have been taken to task and called a ‘vile, redneck murderer’ because I advocate placing the U.S. military, combat troops, along the U.S. and Mexican border, and I also, unequivocally, advocate those troops being put in place and armed with FULL combat gear and ORDERS to SHOOT TO KILL anything crossing our borders ...
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Border Patrol Contract Workers Allegedly Released Illegals
2008-06-05 07:21:00 SAN DIEGO â?? Two Border Patrol contract workers were arrested for allegedly conspiring to shuttle illegal immigrants from San Diego to Los Angeles for $2,500 apiece instead of returning them to Mexico. Christopher Saint Lucero and Manley Lamont Smith work for Wackenhut Corp., which holds a Border Patrol contract to escort illegal immigrants to Mexico after ...
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Mexican military takes over town?s police force
2008-05-21 18:38:00 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - There are no police anymore in Villa Ahumada. Even the mayor has fled. Drug gangs have virtually seized this town of 1,500 not far from Texas, as Mexico’s cartels grow increasingly audacious. The Mexican military took over the police department this week because all 20 officers on the force have either been ...
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Join us or die, drug kingpins warn Mexican police
2008-05-19 01:22:00 CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO ? Drug cartels are sending a brutal message to police and soldiers in cities across Mexico: Join us or die. The threat appears in recruiting banners hung across roadsides and in publicly posted death lists. Cops get warnings over their two-way radios. At least four high-ranking police officials were gunned down this month, ...
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53 illegal immigrants held against will in Phoenix
2008-05-12 17:08:00 PHOENIX (AP) ? Fifty-three illegal immigrants were held against their will in a fortified home by suspected smugglers demanding more money, authorities said. The group of rescued immigrants included two 13-year-old girls, three women and a mentally disabled man. The rest were men, Department of Public Safety spokesman Harold Sanders said. Authorities began investigating Saturday after getting ...
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House Democrats Fighting Over Enforcing Border Security First Bill
2008-05-09 15:51:00 House Democrats are divided over the issue of illegal immigration and a bill to secure the borders first vs. offering a path to citizenship: WASHINGTON - House Democratic leaders worried about the November election want to thwart enforcement-only immigration legislation supported by colleagues in districts where immigration is a hot-button issue, a leading House liberal said ...
13 die in Mexico border shootouts
2008-04-27 02:24:00 TIJUANA, Mexico - Massive, running gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers on the streets of this violent border city Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine, law enforcement officials said. Dead bodies scattered along the road marked one of the deadliest shootouts in Mexico’s three-year-old drug warfare. All of the dead were believed to be drug ...
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Virtual fence on Mexican border deemed insufficient
2008-04-23 17:09:00 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted “virtual fence” on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings, officials said. The move comes just two months after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced his approval of the fence ...
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South Texas leaders blast plan to speed up border fence
2008-04-03 01:12:00 Texas border land owners, mayors and wildlife groups blasted the Bush administration’s sweeping plan to waive nearly three dozen federal laws to speed construction of a border fence by year’s end. Using authority granted by Congress, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it plans to issue two waivers to complete 670 miles of fencing in ...
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Mike Huckabee Talks About Border Security In Texas
2008-03-03 14:38:00 LAREDO, Texas (CNN) ? Saturday morning, Mike Huckabee took a trip to the border he talks about securing at every campaign stop. Standing on the Northern bank of the Rio Grande in Laredo, Texas,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Don?t Turn Back the Page on Border Security
2008-02-03 14:00:00 At the end of last year, the President signed into law an omnibus spending bill that included provisions which will dramatically weaken our ability to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal immigrants and potential enemies entering our country. As a staunch supporter of a secure-the-border-first immigration policy, I joined over 100 of my House Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi requesting that the contentious language included in the omnibus spending bill be removed. The language undermines important parts of the Secure Fence Act which became law in 2006. The Secure Fence Act contains important requirements and guidelines for the construction of fences along the southern border. It mandates the use of double-layered fencing and outlines specific construction zones and benchmarks to be used. The American people have been loud and clear about their disappointment with the lack of action on the part of the Federal government to se...
Cops: Border agent shot, hurt man
2008-01-25 11:26:00 DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) ? A U.S. Border Patrol agent questioning the occupants of a pickup clung to the passenger door and shot and wounded the truck’s driver Thursday as the man attempted to flee, authorities said. The unidentified agent stopped the truck with five people inside about 9:30 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 191, nine miles northwest ...
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Israeli Government Issues Warning As Gaza Border Security Evaporates
2008-01-24 18:10:00 The Israeli government has issued warnings against traveling in the Sinai Peninsula in the wake of Hamas' destruction of the Egypt-Gaza Strip border wall and the elimination of any effective border security at the Rafah crossing. "Terrorists in Sinai are working to abduct Israelis and transfer them to the Gaza Strip," warned the Prime Minister's media adviser. "The currently open border between the Gaza Strip and Sinai makes it easier for terrorists to move back and forth. Therefore, the National...(read more)
Border Patrol agent dies, struck by fleeing vehicle in SoCal
2008-01-20 05:05:00 YUMA, Ariz. ? A Border Patrol agent trying to stop a vehicle that had illegally entered the U.S. was struck and killed Saturday in southeastern California, agency officials said. The agent was killed about 20 miles west of Yuma in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, a spot along the border that is popular with off-road ...
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Hutchison on defensive over border fence
2008-01-13 03:44:00 WASHINGTON ? In an uncharacteristic display of public frustration with party colleagues, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Friday sharply criticized two Republican congressmen who had accused her of a stealth effort to derail the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Conservative blogs and pundits have attacked Hutchison ever since Reps. Peter King of New York and Duncan ...
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Are Some Forms Of Border Security More About Keeping People In Than Out?
2008-01-12 00:00:00 -By Frederick Meekins Americans might be interested to know that to cross the Canadian border that the U.S. government will require them to be carrying a passport even if they have other legitimate forms of identification. However, most recall precious little is being done to stop the flow over our ...
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Mexico shootout suspects tied to cartel
2008-01-09 09:10:00 MEXICO CITY ? Three U.S. residents and seven others linked to the powerful Gulf drug cartel were arrested following a deadly shootout just across the border from Texas, Mexican officials said Tuesday The gunfire, which left three people dead, broke out around noon Monday when Mexican federal agents chased a van full of people carrying assault ...
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Illegal immigrants leaving Arizona
2007-12-23 03:55:00 PHOENIX (AP) ? Illegal immigrants in Arizona, frustrated with a flagging economy and tough new legislation cracking down on their employers, are returning to their home countries or trying their luck in other states. For months, immigrants have taken a wait-and-see attitude toward the state’s new employer-sanctions law, which takes effect Jan. 1. The voter-approved legislation ...
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Border Patrol Agents Face Massive Increase in Assaults
2007-12-19 23:28:00 You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video SAN DIEGO ? The U.S. Border Patrol says its agents have been assaulted 250 times along the Mexican border since Oct. 1, a number that represents a 38 percent increase from the same period last year. Officials say the rising violence indicates smugglers are frustrated ...
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Border Patrol Fires Tear Gas Into Mexico
2007-12-17 23:41:00 SAN DIEGO (AP) - Border Patrol agents are firing tear gas and powerful pepper-spray weapons across the border into Mexico to repel what the agency says are an increasing number of attacks by assailants hurling rocks, bottles and bricks. The counteroffensive has drawn complaints that innocent families are being caught in the crossfire. “A neighbor shouted, ‘Stop ...
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America?s Border and Sovereignty in Giuliani?s Hands
2007-12-08 15:01:00 As much as I like Rudy and honor what he did for our nation following 9/11, I have some very big concerns. You be the judge . . .A few weeks ago elitist Republican Texas Governor Rick ?Good Hair? Perry endorsed his Trans Texas Corridor pal, Rudy Giuliani, for the Republican Presidential nomination.If there were any doubts as to where Giuliani stands on the NAFTA highway, those doubts have been cleared up; - much to the dismay of anti-illegal immigration conservatives. Giuliani?s law firm is the exclusive legal counsel for Cintra ? the Spanish corp. that will build and control the TTC for 50+ years. (FYI - The TTC is the first leg of the NAFTA highway.)According to Bloggernews, ?When Texas legislators tried to block and slow the Trans Texas Corridor, as the folks of Texas strongly desired, Gov. Perry went against them all and vetoed it. And most recently Gov. Perry told those of us who want a border fence that what we believe is ?idiocy? .Here's the quote from the Associated Press?M...
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Mike Huckabee Releases The Secure America Immigration & Border Security Pla
2007-12-07 15:16:00 Governor Huckabee has released "The Secure America Plan: A 9-Point Strategy for Immigration Enforcement and Border Security." Governor Huckabee believes in adopting the best policy ideas that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Bush Administration Credibility Suffers
2007-12-07 07:52:00 WASHINGTON ? The new National Intelligence Estimate ? which says Iran had a nuclear weapons development program, but halted it in 2003 ? made President Bush’s week play out like a sad country song. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was smiling and called the report a victory. Rush Limbaugh blasted the report as a product of administration sabotage. And ...
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Illegal Immigration and Border Security, by US Rep. Ron Paul
2007-12-02 07:00:00 Illegal immigration is on the forefront of many Americans? minds lately and with good reason. The Center for Immigration Studies has recently reported that our immigrant population is now 37 million, up from 27 million in 1997. 1 in 3 of these immigrants are here illegally. We have a problem that has exploded in the last 10 years with no appreciable change in border security since September 11 when we were supposed to take a hard look at the problem. We have security issues at home and our resources are running thin. Our education system is stretched, and immigration accounts for virtually all the national increase in public school enrollment in the last 2 decades. There is a worker present in 78% of immigrant households using at least one major welfare program, according to the same study. It?s no surprise then that often times these immigrants can afford to work for lower wages. They are subsidized by our government to do so. read more
Spanish-Speaking Workers Challenge English-Only Policy
2007-11-27 23:19:00 FOX News - After a sheet metal plant in Connecticut ordered its employees to speak only English on the job because of safety concerns, five Spanish-speaking workers decided to take the company to court. The employees, who are legal immigrants, say the rule amounts to discrimination and actually makes the workplace more hazardous. “I can think of ...
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Border Security and Immigration Enforcement
2007-11-07 07:06:00 Securing the Border · DHS has completed more than 76 miles of pedestrian fence for a total of more than 150 miles of pedestrian fence and 115 miles of vehicle fence on the Southwest border. · DHS plans to build an additional 225 miles of pedestrian fence and 200 miles of vehicle fence. We expect to have ...
The Border Security Fact Sheet
2007-11-06 23:06:00 Released from the Department of Homeland Security today: Securing the Border DHS has completed more than 76 miles of pedestrian fence for a total of more than 150 miles of pedestrian fence and 115 miles of vehicle fence on the Southwest border. DHS plans to build an additional 225 miles of pedestrian fence and 200 miles of ...
What border security?
2007-11-06 06:18:00 The Bush administration has been pounding the table about security and the lessons of 9-11. Besides exploiting 9-11 what did the Bush administration learn? They learned how not to find their best weapon against the democrats - Osama Bin Laden. They learned how to talk tough and do nothing but line the pockets of corporations ...
Chertoff Pursues Border Security
2007-10-31 01:53:00 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has used his power to bypass a ruling by a federal judge. The judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to halt construction of the border fence in Arizona because of environmental issues. Chertoff used his authority to continue construction.Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club are the groups that sued and are now criticizing Chertoff for his decision to bypass the ruling. They claim that Chertoff is aware that the border fence has some failures and that his decision contradicts his decision to study the environmental effects of the fence in Texas.What these tree hugging groups do not realize is that our national security and sovereignty is more important than some fish dying. These environmentalists care more about animals than they do about the safety of Americans. American's cannot enjoy these conservation areas because they are being run by smugglers and it is dangerous for Americans to be there. It is American land and ...
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Tancredo Says He Won?t Seek House Seat
2007-10-29 18:45:00 DENVER (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo said Monday he will not seek re-election to his Colorado seat in the House in 2008. He will continue his long-shot bid for the White House. The four-term lawmaker said illegal immigration, his core issue, now has national prominence and he doesn’t need to remain in Congress to promote ...
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Fred Thompson Releases Border Security/Immigration Plan
2007-10-25 15:01:00 From the Blog The American Mind Fred released his Border Security and Immigration Reform Plan. I’ll copy the highlights I posted on the Fred File: No Amnesty. Amnesty undermines U.S. law and policy, rewards bad behavior, and is unfair to the millions of immigrants who follow the law and are awaiting legal entry into the United States. Attrition through ...
Immigrant ?Dream? Act Fails Key Senate Vote
2007-10-24 21:14:00 WASHINGTON ? Legislation to give some children of illegal immigrants a path toward legality failed a crucial Senate vote Wednesday, probably dooming any chance of major changes to the immigration system this year. Supporters needed to 60 votes to advance the proposal, but the tally was 52-44. The measure would have allowed illegal immigrants who plan ...
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Katrina Missteps Still Haunting Bush
2007-10-24 14:17:00 WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Katrina has many legacies for the Bush White House, none pleasant. One is the guarantee that as soon as disaster strikes in the United States, President Bush’s every move is closely scrutinized to gauge the speed and tone of his response to the suffering. This became clear yet again on Tuesday, as ...
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Border Security and Immigration Reform Plan
2007-10-24 07:29:00 Fred has released his Border Security and Immigration Reform Plan. These are the highlights: * No Amnesty. Amnesty undermines U.S. law and policy, rewards bad behavior, and is unfair to the millions... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: The Irate Nation
Hispanic group pulls conference over immigration flap
2007-10-21 18:53:00 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? A national Hispanic civil rights organization said Saturday it will not hold its 2009 annual convention in Kansas City because an opponent of illegal immigration was appointed to the city’s park board. The National Council of La Raza said its board of directors voted unanimously to pull the conference after being ...
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IEDs seen as a rising threat within U.S.
2007-10-20 21:38:00 Chertoff vows to step up planning for bombs that have ravaged Iraq WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade explosive devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to the United States. But lawmakers and first responders say the Bush administration has been slow to devise ...
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