Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A day after three busloads of immigrant families were blocked and told to “Go home!” by American flag-waving protesters, the Murrieta Border Patrol Station has quieted down, the Press Enterprise reports. The original protesters were eventually outnumbered by throngs of people showing up to defend the Central American immigrants who are traveling…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Waving American flags and signs reading “Go home,” protesters blocked three buses carrying immigrant families Tuesday to a CBP station in southern California, the Desert Sun reports. The buses were headed to Murrieta, where they were met by about 100 protesters blocking the road. The immigrants were taken to an undisclosed processing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An appellate court’s ruling that permitted a Mexican family to sue Border Patrol agents could endanger officers, the agency’s union said Tuesday, according to the Texas Tribune reports. Agents worried about lawsuits may be more reluctant to use deadly force when necessary, according to the National Border Patrol Council. “We’re concerned, and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a decision that could have widespread consequences for federal law enforcement, an appeals court ruled Monday that a Border Patrol agent can be sued for fatally shooting a 15-year-old Mexican boy across the border, the Los Angeles Times reports. The three-judge panel in New Orleans said the 2010 shooting of Sergio…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About 150 Border Patrol agents are being sent to South Texas to help out authorities who are overwhelmed by a spike in illegal immigration from Central America, the Statesman reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson made the announcement on his third trip to the Border Patrol’s McAllen station in southernmost Texas in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol may have enough employees to handle the flood of immigration, but the Associated Press found that the agency places too many agents in the wrong places. The AP report indicates that many agents are stationed in areas where crossing activity is slow because of the “constantly shifting migration patterns.”…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol officer cleaning his gun accidentally shot himself and was hospitalized, Fox 5 San Diego reports. The unidentified officer was rushed to UC San Diego Medical Center on Wednesday evening. The accident happened at the officer’s San Ysidro home, where his five children were. Details remained sketch yearly Friday morning.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Union leaders for the Border Patrol told lawmakers Wednesday that the agency is understaffed and unable to handle the influx of immigrants as a crisis unfolds at the border with unaccompanied children, the Houston Chronicle reports. The agency is “drastically understaffed with morale plummeting to record lows,” Chris Crane, president of the…
