Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent who was injured in a two-car accident while responding to a call in his government-issued SUV Thursday morning collapsed while trying to help the driver of the other car in Corpus Christi, Texas, witnesses told KRIS TV. Immediately after the crash, which appears to be the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents have abused illegal immigrants and systematically denied them the opportunity to contact the Mexican Consulate, according to a report by a pro-immigration reform group, The Arizona Daily Star reports. The report by the Kino Border Initiative says one in four illegal immigrants surveyed said they were abused in some…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An immigration activist who tried to intervene in a traffic stop by Tucson Police on Sunday was arrested and pepper-sprayed after authorities say he crawled under a Border Patrol car, News 4 Tucson reports. The activist, Paul Ochoa, laid under the car after police pulled over a father of six, News 4…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A jury acquitted two Border Patrol agents Monday of committing a lewd act at a crowded Cirque du Soleil show in Del Mar, Calif., U-T San Diego reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said during the trial. The jury deadlocked on a…
The Border Patrol has maintained its agent opened fire on a 16-year-old because he was throwing rocks at authorities from the Mexican border to Arizona. But the USA Today is reporting that ten of the 11 bullets that struck Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez in October hit him from behind, according to a report by medical examiners…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Border Patrol agents accused of performing oral sex in front of a busy crowd at the Cirque Du Soleil performance in Del Mar, Calif. in May testified they did nothing wrong, ABC 10 News reports. The only intimacy was hugging and kissing, Kallie Helwig, 25, and 35-year old Gerald Torello said…
Doris Meisnner New York Times Column Because the United States has experienced high levels of illegal immigration across the Mexican border from the early 1970s until the onset of the recession in 2008, border security and enforcement have been the dominant focus for immigration policymaking over decades, especially since 9/11. With it came deep public…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is mired in internal dysfunction and turf battles and is unable to stem corruption within its ranks, according to an internal study, the TheDailyBeast.com reports. The website says the agency, which has about 60,000 employees, has been unable to control its disciplinary system or a culture…
