The Town Talk – To complement the 651 miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexican border, Customs and Border Protection deploys drones, tethered radar blimps, P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, thermal-imaging devices, towers with day and night video cameras, ground surveillance radar and much more. But many pieces of that technology are flawed: Some produce frequent false […]
DHS Can’t Locate 266 Illegal Overstays that Pose National Security Risks
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
CNS News – According to testimony from Rebecca Gambler, director of the Homeland Security and Justice for GAO, on May 21, 2013 before the House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, DHS identified 1,901 illegal overstays of concern in 2011. As of March 2013, 14 percent remain missing. The 1,901 cases were reprioritized for further […]
Cartels Extort Immigrants, Pose Challenge for Reform
May 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
ABC News | AP – Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a place to rest on their long journey. But the shelter is no safe […]
Here They Come! Immigrant Wave Pours into South Texas
April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
San Antonio Express-News – Illegal border crossings have soared in the Rio Grande Valley sector and on pace to exceed record total of 110,528 last seen in 2006. The agency’s McAllen station, which covers a 46-mile stretch of the river, including La Joya, has responded to these increases by pulling agents out of the field […]
Border Crossers Seek Arrest, Hoping for Amnesty
April 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Fox News Latino – An immigration reform bill hasn’t been drafted yet, but illegal aliens already think it’s a done deal and if they make it across the border, they’ll get amnesty. Word has spread south of the border that there’s a good chance they could get amnesty as part of a major overhaul to […]
Border Patrol Agents Seeing Increase in Illegal Entry
March 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Washington Free Beacon – The recent release of illegal immigrants in detention, the Obama administration’s renewed push for amnesty, and the planned furlough of thousands of border patrol agents will result in more illegal crossings, immigration experts and border officials say. “It’s the perfect storm,” said Stuart Harris, the vice president of Local 1929 […]
