Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Already, the new Homeland Security secretary and Sen. John McCain have gotten off on the wrong foot, the Arizona Republic reports. After missing the Senate’s 57-37 vote to confirm Jeh Johnson, McCain said he would have voted against the nomination. Johnson was tapped by President Obama to replace Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Customers and Border Protection has been helping illegal immigrants find their missing children across the country at taxpayers’ expense, the Washington Times reports. A federal judge in Texas said the agency has sent agents on numerous flights to find the children, which enables the illegal activity. In the latest case, the…
By Editorial Board The Arizona Republic You might shrug off concerns about how the Border Patrol operates. After all, it’s just the border. Migrants. Smugglers. Lawbreakers. It’s not about you and me. Well, yes it is. We hold police to high standards to protect everyone’s civil rights. Exempting the nation’s largest police force…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The high life is expensive. Just ask Lorne Leslie “Hammer” Jones, a former Border Patrol agent. Jones was found guilty Friday of helping smugglers enter California from Mexico to help finance his ritzy lifestyle, UPI reports. Feds say Jones took as much as a half-million dollars in payoffs in exchange for aiding…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A veteran ICE agent is accused of accepting bribes to help smuggle illegal immigrants into the country by claiming they were witnesses to a drug investigation, CBS Miami reports. That’s one allegation facing Special Agent Juan Martinez, who appeared in court Friday on 12 criminal counts, including extortion and bribery. Martinez also…
