CBP to End Surveillance Blimp Program Over High Costs
CBP is ceasing a seven-year-old program that funds the use of surveillance blimps in the Rio Grand Valley.
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Smuggler Sentenced to Prison for Trying to Run over Border Patrol Agent
A 38-year-old human smuggler was sentenced to 44 months in prison Tuesday for trying to run over a Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol agent.
Border Patrol Finds 3-Year-Old Boy in Field with ID, Phone Number on His Shoes
Border Patrol agents found an abandoned, crying 3-year-old migrant alone in a cornfield near the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Tuesday morning.
Border Patrol Investigates Claims That Agent Was Kidnapped on Christmas by Mexican Cartel
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol is investigating the reported kidnapping of one of its agents and has begun trying to account for all of its employees in the Rio Grand Valley area, according to several reports. 3KIII-TV reported that an agent may have been kidnapped by a Mexican cartel. According to KRGV, the La…
Texas Gov. Perry to Deploy National Guard Troops to Border Over Immigration Surge
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking matters into his own hands and is reportedly planning to dispatch the Texas National Guard to the U.S. border to crack down on Central American immigrants, the Washington Post reports. Perry plans to mobilize about 1,000 guardsman to the Rio Grand Valley. “I won’t stand idly…