border patrol

Obama admin will reduce number of Border Patrol agents at Mexican border, increase at Canadian border - 9/28/2009

From this: Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted ...

Grijalva bill might restrict Border Patrol in Arizona; contact your reps (H.R. 324) - 9/22/2009

... doesn't provide for the Border Patrol: The Border Patrol is increasingly being limited in its enforcement on various park lands. Promoters of illegal immigration inside the federal government seem to be on a trend of turning parks into sanctuaries for illegal alien traffic. The fear is that the H.R. 324 designation will be used to prevent the Border Patrol from setting up communication tower...

Shuler to re-introduce SAVE Act (require E-Verify, increased border enforcement) - 7/23/2009

... workers. * Increase the number of Border Patrol agents by 6,000. * Create a pilot program to increase aerial surveillance and use other new technology to secure the border. * Hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and create grants for some local law enforcement officials. * Expedite removal of illegal immigrants by expanding detention capacity and adding immigration judges.

T.J. Bonner of Border Patrol union "underwhelmed" by Obama border plan - 3/26/2009

... Bonner - president of the National Border Patrol Council is "underwhelmed" by Barack Obama's recently announced border control plan. He's concerned about working with his counterparts from Mexico considering that many Mexican law enforcement agents have been corrupted and are "rotten to the core". And: Bonner wants a greater priority placed on border security, and sa...

Customs and Border Protection chief of staff is dual citizen (Marco Antonio Lopez) - 3/02/2009

The new chief of staff of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is a dual citizen (Mexico and the U.S.) Just let that sink in. Carmen Duarte of the Arizona Daily Star informs us (link) that Marco Antonio Lopez - the 31-year-old former mayor of Nogales, Arizona - has been selected for the position by Janet Napolitano. She also appointed him to lead her Arizona-Mexico Commission and later as a senior a...

John King/CNN: border fence works (but, maybe "reform" would be better) - 2/15/2009

John King of CNN offers "Border fence is a dividing line in immigration debate", a report from his "State of the Union" show (link). It provides anecdotal evidence that the border fence works where it's deployed, but he also closes on a note that might have been designed to promote comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty.

ACLU, Leslie Berestein, Amy Isackson defending looters because they're illegal aliens - 10/26/2007

... the San Diego Police called the Border Patrol who then deported a few of them. A few others have been released. The exact details, and everyone who was involved, isn't clear at this time (and probably never will be). However, one thing is crystal clear: Amy Isackson of NPR/KPBS, Leslie Berestein of the San Diego Union-Tribune, and the ACLU will reflexively support illegal aliens and try to p...

Bush border buggy back Monday in Yuma (fence photo op) - 4/08/2007

... Guard troops would assist the Border Patrol with their mission. The photo above comes straight out of his scrapbook of his fun vacation. On Monday, he's returning to the border to see how things are going and (possibly on the directive of Mexico City and/or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and/or similar) to - yet again - push for "comprehensive immigration reform", aka a massive amnes...

Suzanne Gamboa/AP on immigration ads - 8/30/2006

... similar to those used by the Border Patrol. Critics say the scene looks like the U.S.-Mexican border. Has anyone besides some unknown leftie at TPMCafe even discussed that ad? If one subset of Americans takes offense at someone trying to reduce the possibility of terrorist infiltration via our southern border, is the problem with us or with that subset of Americans? If "community leaders&quo...

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