Bob Casimiro of Bridgton is former executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Immigration Reform. By Bob Casimiro Bangor Daily News. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, and the mouse is still winning. In spite of the best efforts of our Border Patrol agents, drugs and humans keep coming across our border with Mexico. I recently returned from my…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For the first time as director of the FBI, James Comey visited the agency’s field office in South Texas and tried to ease concerns about terrorists using the southern border. “I do not see any indication of terrorists using the southwest border to cross with the assistance of the cartels or…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The recent discovery of a drone carrying methamphetamine near the U.S. border in Mexico has raised some eyebrows. But the DEA said drones will not become tomorrow’s drug mules because they are not cost-effective, the Los Angeles Times reports. “This method will only allow a small amount of drugs to be…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent came under fire Sunday morning while pulling over a car during a routine traffic stop, KFOX14 reports. The incident happened around 7:25 a.m. when the suspect opened fire on the agent as he approached the car in Hudspeth County, which borders Mexico in Texas. The agent returned…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gender gap among Border Patrol agents is significant, even as more women are crossing the border illegally. The Los Angeles Times reports a 173% in the number of apprehended female immigrants, yet just 5% of the agency’s 21,000 agents are women. Border Patrol hopes to correct the disparity by aggressively…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent was airlifted for emergency medical care after an altercation with a Mexican citizen near the Arizona border on Saturday, the Arizona Republic reports. The agent received 22 stitches after suffering lacerations to his face and a fractured orbital bone near Gu Vo, Arizona. The agent, whose…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security was forced by a judge to release two men who admitted belonging to a terrorist group from Turkey, the Washington Times reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the agency released two of four men who were captured crossing the southern border and have since fled to Canada. The…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An American trucker who refused to answer questions from the Border Patrol was yanked out of his truck by agents after they smashed his window as a camera rolled, the Houston Chronicle reports. The truck driver was arrested at a checkpoint near Falfurrias in Texas, about 60 miles north of the…
