By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama plans to reveal his plan today to overhaul the immigration system in what is likely to set off a contentious debate with Republicans, CNN reports. Obama’s plan will involve new rules for deportations, a move that will have ramifications for millions of undocumented immigrants. Obama is expected to announce…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents never know where they’ll find immigrants hidden. On Friday, five immigrants were rescued from the back of a U-Haul at a checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas after agents were alerted by their K-9, KVAL reports. The immigrants were hiding in a cardboard box, and one was inside a washing…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said fewer immigrants are crossing the border because of increased security efforts, but he emphasized that other threats require a strong law enforcement presence, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. The good news is that illegal immigration is falling. “Put simply, it’s now much harder to cross…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Border Patrol is urging the state of Texas and militia members to leave immigration issues to the pros, the Associated Press reports. The plea comes after the influx of migrants prompted state Gov. Rick Perry to send as many as 1,000 guardsman and hundreds of state troopers to the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 2,000 immigrants were released from jail because of budget concerns, but the Homeland Security secretary was never notified, according to a critical report from the inspector general. The Associated Press reports that ICE also poorly planned for the influx of immigrant arrests at the Mexico border and failed to accurately…
By Alan Gomez USA Today For the past few weeks, the attention of the White House and Congress has, rightfully, been on the tens of thousands of children from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador flooding across the U.S. border. But as Washington debates the fastest and safest way to send those kids back home, it…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Border Patrol union said at least one agent has contracted scabies, a mite-borne skin infection that is coming into U.S. via illegal immigrant minors, Fox News reports. “Border Patrol management is aware of the scabies outbreak but continue to ignore recommendations,” Ronald Zermeno, health and safety director for the San Diego…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Several days of angry protests outside of a Border Patrol station in Murrieta, Calif., gave way to a relatively quiet weekend as demonstrators from both sides of the immigration debate thinned out, the Press Enterprise reports. On Tuesday, protesters blocked three busloads of immigrant families from being transported to the Murrieta station….
