Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com People living in a small Arizona town about 20 miles north of the Mexico border are growing increasingly angry about the presence of the Border Patrol. The Associated Press reports that resident of Arivaca are protesting a checkpoint where they say residents’ rights are being violated. Residents also are monitoring interactions between…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol sent an official warning to one of its agents, saying he must “immediately desist” from communicating with the media with information that is “Law Enforcement sensitive,” according to the document obtained by National Review. The letter from Kathleen Scudder, assistant chief patrol agent of the San Diego Sector, was sent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol union said at least one agent has contracted scabies, a mite-borne skin infection that is coming into U.S. via illegal immigrant minors, Fox News reports. “Border Patrol management is aware of the scabies outbreak but continue to ignore recommendations,” Ronald Zermeno, health and safety director for the San Diego…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Several days of angry protests outside of a Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif., gave way to a relatively quiet weekend as demonstrators from both sides of the immigration debate thinned out, the Press Enterprise reports. On Tuesday, protesters blocked three busloads of immigrant families from being transported to the Murrieta station….
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…
