By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is denying claims by a Republican Congressman that at least 10 ISIS fighters were caught trying to cross the Mexican border in Texas, the Daily Mail reports. Rep. Duncan Hunter said Tuesday that the Border Patrol told him that the extremists were captured at the border. Homeland Security…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A California Congressman is claiming ISIS fighters trying to get into the U.S. were busted at the Texas border with Mexico, Fox News reports. “ISIS is coming across the southern border,” said Rep. Duncan Hunter, whose district includes much of San Diego. “They aren’t flying B-1 Bombers bombing American cities,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com James Tomsheck, who was forced to resign as internal affairs for CBP, said the agency made it difficult for him to investigate internal complaints. NPR reports that Tomscheck believes some Border Patrol agents aren’t being held accountable because of a culture that evades legal restraints. Tomscheck said about a quarter of…
Alex Nowrasteh USA Today President Obama’s recent request for billions of dollars to address the surge in unaccompanied children across the U.S.-Mexico border has ignited fierce criticism. Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas blame Obama’s supposedly lax enforcement policies. Democrats blame the surge on a humanitarian crisis in Central America. While both narratives…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A day after three busloads of immigrant families were blocked and told to “Go home!” by American flag-waving protesters, the Murrieta Border Patrol Station has quieted down, the Press Enterprise reports. The original protesters were eventually outnumbered by throngs of people showing up to defend the Central American immigrants who are traveling…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An alarming number of immigrants who are sex offenders are captured in South Texas. Since October 2013, Border Patrol has apprehended nearly 180 immigrants who have prior convictions for sex offenses, KZTV Action 10 reports. A majority of the offenders sexually assaulted children in the U.S. Just this weekend, Border Patrol arrested…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After blanket denials, Mexican officials are admitting that two Mexican soldiers – not smugglers – were in a standoff with Border Patrol agents in January, the Los Angeles Times reports. Mexico had denied soldiers were involved but finally came clean about the Jan. 26 confrontation. The soldiers claimed they were looking for drug…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious drug lords, should be charged in the U.S. so he is never released from prison, the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security said Sunday. The Associated Press reports that Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, wants…
