It’s hard to imagine a federal law enforcement official thanking you for not cooperating. But that’s exactly what a friendly Border Patrol agent did when a group of people questioned his authority to interrogate them. The car reached a border stop, where they were asked whether they were U.S. citizens. A passenger in the car…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Opening an investigation into the costly price tag for housing for Border Patrol agents in Arizona, the Homeland Security Department has sent inspectors to the former mining town, the Arizona Republic reports. The $15 million housing project caused an uproar among residents, who say the federal government spent far too much money…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. John McCain, one of the leading voices in the immigration debate, sharply criticized how the border is patrolled, the Washington Times reports. The Arizona Republican said Homeland Security needs to devise a way to measure the effectiveness of its border protection. “I have concluded that not only is the border unsafe,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents find some of the most bizarre ways that people smuggle humans into the U.S. But a recent discovery surprised even veterans in the field, the Phoenix Times reports. A Phoenix man headed back to the U.S. from the port entry of Nogales tried to smuggle a Thai woman…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An inebriated U.S. Border Patrol agent is accused of breaking into the home of an elderly woman in New Mexico before being Tasered by police, the Silver City Sun-News reports. Authorities said Agent Nicholas Barton, 34, threw a pricey turquoise rock through the glass sliding door early Saturday morning in an attempt…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent is accused of shooting to death a Central Texas man in a fit of jealousy, the Associated Press reports. Authorities said Agent Adam Garibay bound his wife in duct tape and demanded she reveal the name of the man she was dating. “He was able to get from…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An American citizen arrested on allegations of possessing marijuana died in the custody of the Border Patrol, the Los Angeles Times reports. Authorities said the man “became incoherent and unresponsive”while in a holding cell on Christmas Day at the agency’s Campo Station in San Diego County. The Homeland Security’s Office of Investigator…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who says he was abused by police when they responded to a report that he was threatening to kill himself is suing the Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and five deputies, the Palm Beach Post reports. Luis Rodriguez, 56, said law enforcement unlawfully arrested him and used…
