Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Border Patrol officers accused some U.S. politicians of protecting Mexican drug cartels with lenient immigration laws and sanctuary cities, Newsmax.com reports. “We must never lose sight of the fact that the United States is the market place for the bulk of transnational criminal businesses engaged in human trafficking and the smuggling,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com John C. Bates, the head of the U.S. Border Patrol’s Blaine Sector, was removed from his post Monday after serving for six years as chief patrol agent for the sector, the Bellingham Herald reports. The reason, however, remained a mystery this morning after authorities declined to say what happened. Bates was in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Sen. John McCain, who is taking the lead on immigration reforms, said the Border Patrol doesn’t need an additional 20,000 agents, Politic365 reports. What it needs, McCain said, is “use of technology that has been developed where we can survey the border more effectively.” McCain spoke at an AFL-CIO immigration forum Wednesday….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Border Patrol agent from Mississippi was sentenced to 78 months in prison for possessing child porn on his government-issued computer, GulfLive reports. James E. Ward also will receive eight years of supervised release and a $7,000 fine. “The defendant in this case contributed to the abuse and sexual exploitation of…
Glenn Garvin The Columbus Dispatch Last month, when the Senate passed an amendment to its immigration-reform bill that included $46 billion to beef up border security, Sen. John McCain declared: “We’ll be the most militarized border since the fall of the Berlin Wall!” He didn’t know the half of it. Since then, documents released…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Add environmentalists to the groups of people opposing the growth of the Border Patrol. The inundation of 20,000 agents could irrevocably damage the Southern Arizona’s deserts and wildlife, according to the Siera Club Borderlands, which has a Tucson office. Border Patrol is not subject to environmental laws along the international border, creating…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The union representing Border Patrol agents expressed “serious concerns” about the new Senate bill because of its handling of security along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Washington Times reports. The National Border Patrol Council is most concerned with the inundation of 20,000 additional agents to protect the border – a major component of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two former Border Patrol agents were sentenced to at least 30 years in prison for operating a massive human smuggling ring, the Associated Press reports. Federal District Judge John A. Houston sentenced Raul Villarreal, the ring leader, to 35 years in prison Friday; his brother Fidel Villarreal was sentenced to 30 years…
