Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A bipartisan bill in Congress is aimed at addressing questions about the use of force by Border Patrol agents. AZCentral.com reports that the bill is designed to increase oversight of CBP and the Border Patrol following widespread criticism of deadly confrontations with immigrants at the border. But political experts said the bill…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s one of the greatest fears of law enforcement: A suspect wrestles away your guy, points it at you and squeezes the triggers. It happened Wednesday to a Border Patrol agent who was attacked by an immigrant near Encino, Texas, the Monitor reports. Officials said the immigrant wrestled away the agent’s pistol…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is investigating a potential link between the recent hacking of consumer data from Target and the arrest of two Mexicans over the weekend, Reuters reports. The Mexicans were found with a cache of fraudulent credit cards. Target said the breach ended in the theft of 40 million credit and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas is ground zero for Border Patrol arrests, the Associated Press reports. Of the 420,789 apprehensions during the Border Patrol’s fiscal year that ended in September, 235,567 of the arrests were made in Texas. Arizona, which often is the busiest border, saw 125,942 arrests. Border Patrol Chief Michael Fisher said the increase…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man in southern Arizona following a struggle between the pair, the Associated Press reports. Authorities were tracking a group of people Thursday night on suspicion of being in the country illegally. While two of the suspect were apprehended, a third escaped. He was…
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 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 at the northern border are taking a new approach to tightening security, the Associated Press reports. Instead of spending most of their time at border stations, agents are spreading out into communities and assisting local police. The idea is to work more closely with other law enforcement agencies to…
