San Bernardino Attack Prompts Calls for Tougher Immigration Enforcement
The woman who opened fire at a holiday party in San Bernardino was born in Pakistan and arrived in the United States last year on a special visa.
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Video: Homeland Security Chief Attempts to Alleviate Fears of Screening Process for Refugees
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson released a video that explains the screening process for refugees in an attempt to quell fears stoked by Republicans about the screening process for refugees.
Government Lawyer: Don’t Discipline Border Patrol for Erasing Videotapes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The lawyer for federal government acknowledged that Border Patrol erased videotapes that captured allegedly deplorable conditions at several Arizona detention centers but urged a judge not to discipline the agency, the Arizona Capitol Times reports. Assistant Attorney General Sarah Fabian said the agency was under no obligation to save the recordings…
Donald Trump: Border Patrol Agents Unable to Enforce Lax Immigration Laws
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said immigrations laws are so lax that Border Patrol agents can’t do their jobs.
House Republicans Lash Out at Homeland Security After Pier Killing
House Republicans expressed outrage over the Obama administration’s release of an immigrant who is accused of later murdering a woman in San Francisco, The Associated Press reports.
Gun Used to Murder Woman in San Francisco Was Stolen from Federal Agent
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man accused of killing a 32-year-old woman on San Francisco’s waterfront used a gun stolen from a federal agent’s car, sources close to the investigation told the SFGate.com. The gun was a .40-caliber pistol, but it did not appear to be the agent’s official gun. Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez was charged…
Border Remains Open Despite Border Patrol’s Best Efforts
Bob Casimiro of Bridgton is former executive director of Massachusetts Citizens for Immigration Reform. By Bob Casimiro Bangor Daily News. It’s a cat-and-mouse game, and the mouse is still winning. In spite of the best efforts of our Border Patrol agents, drugs and humans keep coming across our border with Mexico. I recently returned from my…
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….