Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com About 150 Border Patrol agents are being sent to South Texas to help out authorities who are overwhelmed by a spike in illegal immigration from Central America, the Statesman reports. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson made the announcement on his third trip to the Border Patrol’s McAllen station in southernmost Texas in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Border Patrol agent pursuing two men suspected of entering the country illegally was assaulted by one of them carrying a 45-inch wooden stake in the San Diego community of Otay Mesa, the U-T San Diego reports. Agents spotted two men leap out of bushes and run. While one surrendered, the suspect…
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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents find some of the most bizarre ways that people smuggle humans into the U.S. But a recent discovery surprised even veterans in the field, the Phoenix Times reports. A Phoenix man headed back to the U.S. from the port entry of Nogales tried to smuggle a Thai woman…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com ICE Director John Morton, who oversaw a spike in immigrant deportations, announced he’s leaving the agency, UPI reports. Morton, who was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in May 2009, said he plans to leave the agency at the end of July. “I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished together during…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Immigrant advocacy groups are worried that an incentive program for U.S. Border Patrol agents is encouraging abuse of authority and false arrests, Buffalo News reports. The program awards agents with cash, extra vacation time and gift cards. The Buffalo News reported that a crackdown on illegal immigration has netted 277 arrests of…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Fox 5 San Diego listed some unusual ways people have tried to smuggle drugs and humans across the U.S.-Mexico border. Also included are photos, including one of a man found sewn into the upholstery of a van seat. Other photos depict people hidden in compartments in the floor of a car or hidden…
