By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A gun shortage at the Border Patrol has forced about 400 agents to share 100 rifles, one agent told Fox News. That means agents aren’t able to calibrate their weapon. “We are left to check out rifles that were unzeroed to us,” a border patrol agent told FoxNews.com. “This practice needs…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Congressional dispute over Homeland Security’s budget means the Secret Service cannot hire new agents or reform the beleaguered agency until the impasse is over, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said, Reuters reports. Johnson expressed deep concerns about the impasse, saying a lot is at stake – the security of borders, airports…
By Editorial Board Boston Globe Most Americans have a pretty firm idea of where the borders of the United States lie. But most are unaware that the federal government has an entirely different — and alarmingly far-reaching — definition of the nation’s boundaries when it comes to immigration enforcement. In fact, Customs and Border Protection…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A recruitment effort to hire more women into Border Patrol is paying off as CBP announced recently that it received applications from 5,500 female applicants, Federal News Radio 1500 AM. The agency’s ranks of 21,000 agents only include about 5% women. CBP wants more female agents, partly because more women are…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of weapons seized at airports this year have increased 20% over last year, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. TSA agents have confiscated 2,164 guns as of Christmas, which marks the seventh consecutive year of increases in the number of weapons seized. So what’s the deal? Haven’t people been warned enough…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A job posting for new Border Patrol agents didn’t mince words: “Male applicants won’t be considered.” Customs and Border Protection is trying to correct a significant gender imbalance in the agency by recruiting only women, Fronteras reports. “Customs and Border Protection has a critical need for female Border Patrol Agents for…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Nearly 100 additional FBI agents are in Ferguson as authorities brace for the reaction to a Ferguson grand jury that will decide soon whether Officer Darren Wilson will be charged with shooting an unarmed black teen, ABC News reports. Federal law enforcement officials have already warned of a potentially violent reaction….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Border Patrol agent was killed and another injured in a two-car accident Thursday morning near Laredo, Texas. The San Antonio Express-News reports that the agents were driving near the Cotulla station at 1:40 a.m. when a car traveling the wrong way crashed into them. The collision killed a six-year…
