A new Rasmussen Reports poll has found that support for border security among likely voters is at a 4-year high, eclipsing support for immigration reform: [M]ost voters — 63 percent — continue to say that border security is more important than legalizing or providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the United […]
U.S. judge in Texas sentences two Mexican cartel members to life in prison
May 2, 2015 By 3 Comments
Yahoo News — AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday sentenced two members of the Los Zetas Mexican criminal cartel to life in prison for smuggling thousands of kilograms of marijuana and hundreds of assault rifles across the border, prosecutors said. Emilio Villalobos-Alcala, 29, and Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez, 27, were convicted […]
Drug Mules Play Cat and Mouse in Big Bend
May 1, 2015 By 2 Comments
Illegal immigrants are packing 50 lbs of drugs as they cross the Southern Border and Border Patrol enforcers play a daily cat and mouse game to try and stop them. “It doesn’t matter who you are. The country is rough and hard on people when you’re out there on foot. And that’s what we do […]
DHS Head Johnson Admits Border Not Under Control
April 30, 2015 By 1 Comment
Testifying before Congress this week, Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson admitted that his department does not have “situational control” over the Southern Border. Appearing before several committees to justify his 2016 budget request, Mr. Johnson said his department does not yet have situational control over the southwestern border, nor does it even have full […]
Deportations Under Obama Fall to 2006 Levels
April 29, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Associated Press has learned the government is on pace to deport the fewest illegal immigrants since 2006 according to government documents. As of April 20, federal immigration officials sent home 127,378 people in the United States illegally. That puts immigrant removals on track to be among the lowest since the middle of President George […]
Underground tunnels found beneath California-Mexico border
April 29, 2015 By 4 Comments
U.S. Border Patrol has discovered two underground tunnels dug beneath the California-Mexico border: The first was found Monday near Calexico across from Mexicali. The second, though incomplete, was discovered Tuesday in the Tijuana River Valley across from Tijuana’s Avenida International. The Mexicali-Calexico tunnel measured 230 feet long, four feet high and four feet wide. According […]
