By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These have not been fun days for John Morton, who heads up U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The union representing ICE agents just issued a vote of “no confidence” for him. And on Tuesday, two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border sharply criticized him. The sheriffs, according to the Washington Times,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It’s all pretty simple. The Mexican drug cartels have lots of money. And some federal law enforcement agents who patrol the Mexican border can’t resist the cash. Representatives from the FBI and Homeland Security testified before the subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security Committee about the “rising corruption among…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With all the drug-related violence and craziness along the Mexican-U.S. border, we seldom hear much about the Canada-U.S. border. The Toronto Star reports that the “hardening of the Canada-U.S. border” has resulted in a fourfold increase in marijuana seizures. U.S. authorities seized 17,915 kilos of Canadian-grown marijuana during the year ending…
This project could be tied up for quite some time as the government deals with land acquisitions from private property owners. With all the hurdles, it won’t be easy to complete. By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press Writer BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Nearly six months after the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration was supposed…
As expected, the Obama administration is taking steps to beef up security along the Mexican border. But the announcement falls short for Tex. Gov. Rick Perry, which should count for something since his state has had to deal with a whole lot of trouble. By TODD J. GILLMAN The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – The…
The government should have had this up by 2008. Will its latest effort succeed? We shall see. By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star TUCSON –Homeland Security hopes to begin construction next month on the latest version of its much-maligned and costly “virtual fence” on the U.S.-Mexico border. More than two years have passed and more…
It’s tough enough patrolling our nation’s borders. But when you have crooked border patrol agents it makes it all that much tougher. By Jennifer Lawinski Fox News A customs agent and his wife were arrested (Wednesday) night in Arizona on charges of accepting bribes to allow more than 600,000 fake ecstasy pills into the country….
The 21st Century high-tech equipment should be taking law enforcement to new heights. But in this case, it may be taking it to marginal heights. By Brandi Grissom El Paso Times AUSTIN — A virtual border surveillance program Gov. Rick Perry has committed millions of taxpayer dollars to fell far short of expectations during the…
