A Border Patrol agent has been charged by a federal grand jury with second-degree murder in a cross-border shooting incident. Agent Lonnie Swartz is accused of killing Elena Rodriguez during a rock-throwing incident near Nogales, Arizona. The Border Patrol has said that Elena Rodriguez was among a group of rock throwers endangering agents’ lives. His family […]
Emotional Testimony From Former Border Patrol Agent
Former Border Patrol agent William Castano broke down on the stand as he recounted the firefight with vicious Mexican criminals that ended with the cold-blooded murder of Agent Brian Terry. Castano became emotional in federal court in Tucson as he walked the jury through the night of Dec. 14, 2010, when he, Terry and two […]
900,000 Illegal Immigrants Ordered Deported “In Absentia” Are Still in U.S.
Even when U.S. courts actually agree to deport undocumented immigrants, the orders aren’t carried out. In the latest demonstration that the U.S. legal and police system appears unable to enforce immigration laws, documents show that about 900,000 undocumented immigrants, including 170,000 criminals, have been ordered deported “in absentia,” meaning a judge kicked them out without […]
Go Ahead, Hire Illegals: Obama Doesn’t Care.
According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, worksite immigration enforcement has dropped under the Obama Administration. The CIS said that workplace audits have dropped from over 3,000 in 2013 to a fraction, or 181 this fiscal year. Along with audits, fines have dropped by half. This gives employers almost no incentive to look for […]