
Some Border Patrol Agents to Begin Using Russian-Designed Pistol with Rubber Bullets
Authorities who protect the nation’s border have long used stun guns on smugglers, migrants and human traffickers.
Authorities who protect the nation’s border have long used stun guns on smugglers, migrants and human traffickers.
Border Patrol is struggling to hire enough agents to protect the U.S.-Mexico border.
A Mexican man was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his part in killing Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010
Southwester ranchers are complaining that Border Patrol isn’t doing enough to protect them from smugglers and others who illegally cross the Mexican border.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Think the Mexico-U.S. border is safer. Think again. So says Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, who told Congress Wednesday that only 40% of the border is under “operational control,” The Washington Times reports. Judd also said that 20% of illegal immigrants who were captured had criminals records….
A partnership between a sheriff’s office in Texas and Homeland Security has paid off so far.
A mother is suing Border Patrol after an agent killed her son south of Tucson last year.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents said the federal government is making it impossible to make drug busts, a move that has contributed to a “morale crisis,” the Los Angeles Times reports. “We lack the political will to enforce the law and allow our agency to be effective,” said National Border Patrol Council spokesman…