Breitbart — Early this week, Mexican authorities took possession of an unmanned aerial vehicle that crash-landed on the Mexican side of the U.S. border near San Ysidro, California. The drone was reportedly carrying crystal meth and was used to smuggle the drugs into the U.S. On Thursday, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reported that the drone […]
New GOP border bill REMOVES border fences
January 22, 2015 By 6 Comments
The Daily Caller — The new border bills drafted by Republican leaders require the actual removal of at least 66 miles of weak border fencing between laborers in Mexico and employers in the United States. The border bills also only require for the construction of 27 miles of effective double-layer fencing along the 2,000-mile border. “It […]
House GOP launches secure-borders bill
January 21, 2015 By 8 Comments
The Washington Examiner — House Republicans are officially launching their immigration reform effort Wednesday, with a border security bill aimed at keeping unlawful immigrants from entering the United States. The bill could become the first in a series of measures Republicans take up in what they have promised will be a piecemeal approach to immigration reform […]
Border enforcement helicopter fires warning shots at drug smuggling boat off SoCal coast
January 20, 2015 By 9 Comments
KTLA 5 — For the first time on the West Coast, a federal border enforcement helicopter fired warning shots from the air at a boat en route to Catalina Island, bringing an apparent drug smuggling operation to a halt, authorities said Monday. The shots were fired about 11p.m Saturday from a Blackhawk helicopter operated by U.S. […]
Republicans craft tough response to amnesty
January 19, 2015 By 15 Comments
Washington Times — Even as they fight President Obama over his amnesties, House Republicans are moving ahead with legislation to force the Homeland Security Department to secure the worst parts of the southern border within two years, and to have the entire 2,000-mile border under control within five years. The U.S. Border Patrol would be required […]
Thousands of illegal minors apprehended to start fiscal year 2015
January 9, 2015 By 13 Comments
Latin Post — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) released data on the number of undocumented immigrants already apprehended during the 2015 fiscal year, and according to the numbers, thousands of immigrant children were caught by border patrol agents to kick off the new fiscal year. The CBP noted 5,143 undocumented immigration children were […]
