video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com U.S. Border Patrol agents are being credited with saving a man’s life after he illegally entered the U.S. from Honduras. KSAT.com reports that agents rescued the man in Texas after he called 911 and told the operator he was bitten by a snake. Agents responded with a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent pursuing two men suspected of entering the country illegally was assaulted by one of them carrying a 45-inch wooden stake in the San Diego community of Otay Mesa, the U-T San Diego reports. Agents spotted two men leap out of bushes and run. While one surrendered, the suspect…
Steve Neavling ticklethwire.com U.S. authorities are using mental health records of Canadians to deny them entry into the U.S., the Digital Journal reports. Canadian police departments have been uploading the information to a database used by the FBI and Border Patrol. Ann Cavoukian, Ontario’s privacy commissioner, said police are uploading information such as attempted suicides….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol might not be in the business of demolishing homes, but it is in the business of protecting Americans from smugglers and illegal immigrants. So the federal agency is teaming up the South Texas City of Laredo and the Texas National Guard to help raze abandoned buildings and homes that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol’s Marysville station in Michigan has a new agent in charge. Matt Calmes, who spent most of his 16-year career with the Border Patrol in Southwest, told a Marysville City Council that the community is the priority. “As we continue to move toward a risk-based approach – as opposed to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 39-year-old Guatemalan suspected of entering the country illegally is behind bars after slamming a Border Patrol agent’s head into a tree branch in Texas early Sunday morning. The agent, who was identified only as J.C., was taken to a hospital for lacerations on his face, but the injuries are not life-threatening,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley Sector has a new leader. Chief Patrol Agent Kevin W. Oaks took over the helm Sunday, replacing Rosendo Hinojoa, who retired in January, the Brownsville Herald reports. Oaks will be responsible for more than 3,000 Border Patrol agents and nine stations. “I look forward to working with…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents threatened a woman with a Taser and knife after she questioned why she was stopped 40 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, she claims in a video distributed by the ACLU. U.S. citizen Clarisa Christiansen said she refused to exit her car until Border Patrol explained why…
