Border Patrol’s Brownsville Station Gets 25-Year Veteran As New Leader
Jaime Salazar, a 25-year veteran of the Border Patrol, was recently appointed agent in charge of the agency’s Brownsville station.
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Judge Declines to Lift Hold on President Obama’s Immigration Plans
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s plan to shield millions of immigrants from deportation received another setback Tuesday after a judge refused to lift a temporary hold on the executive action. The Associated Press reports that U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville declined the administration’s request to lift the preliminary injunction issued on Feb….
Customs And Border Protection Officer Arrested for Allegedly Helping Smuggle Drugs into U.S.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 38-year-old Customs and Border Protection Officer is accused of helping drug smugglers cross into the U.S., Fox News reports. Jose Luis Zavala, who works in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested on charges of drug smuggling and corruption. He was arrested Dec. 12 and placed on administrative leave. An initial story incorrectly…
Border Patrol Flies Immigrants to El Paso Because of Influx Causing Long Delays And Bus Drives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So many immigrants crossed into South Texas illegally recently that Border Patrol flew many of them across the state for processing in El Paso Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. More than 100 detainees were flown from Brownsville in an effort to speed up processing following an average of 1,000 arrests a day…
ICE Dir. John Morton Vows to Go After Mexican Gunmen Who Killed One Agent and Wounded Another
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton on Tuesday vowed to go after the gunmen who fatally shot ICE agent Jaime J. Zapata and wounded agent Victor Avila in an ambush along a road in Mexico last week. “Together, the United States and Mexico will bring the long, hard arm of…
ATF Creating 7 New Groups to Cut Flow of Illegal Weapons to Mexico
Ken Melson and Dennis Burke/atf photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — ATF is creating seven new anti-gunrunner groups around the country to try and cut the flow of illegal firearms to Mexico. In announcing the new move, ATF said it was placing the groups “along traditional and newly-discovered firearms trafficking routes and hubs” in…