Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of an off-duty Border Patrol agent while he was on vacation with his family, Valley Morning Star reports. Agent Javier Vega Jr., who was stationed in Ricardo, Texas, was killed following a gunshot wound to the chest, and his…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Border Patrol agent vacationing with his family was shot and killed during a robbery in Texas, the Border Patrol said Sunday. “Another one of these typical robbery things,” Willacy County Sheriff Larry Spence said. “People fishing, people drive by, turn around, come back, pull weapons and rob them. “In this…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The 1,000 National Guard troops who were deployed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to assist with the border crisis may get the unusual authority to make arrests and apprehensions, the New York Times reports. In the past, troops who were sent by presidents were prohibited from making arrests while they helped at…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s plan to alleviate the surge of Central American immigrants along the border of Mexico no longer involves flying children and families to San Diego, the USA Today reports. The federal agency halted the experiment following a protest that blocked busloads of immigrants from reaching a processing facility in San Diego….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI plans to launch a criminal investigation into potential abuses at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in Temple, Tex., the Statesman reports. The probe comes at a time when several VA facilities are accused of manipulating wait time data. The investigation was triggered by U.S. Rep. John Carter, R-Round…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating whether middle school and high school students throughout El Paso are part of an underage prostitution ring, the El Paso Times reports. The probe focuses on Ysleta Independent School District, which was notified of the probe beginning in December 2012. “Due to student confidentiality laws, the Ysleta Independent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Flights that were scheduled to begin flying Central American immigrants from Texas to California today to ease up on overcrowded conditions have been canceled, NBC News reports. What’s unclear is why the flights were stopped, said Ralph DeSio, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. “This whole thing is in a very…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas congressman refused to be kept out of the McAllen Border Patrol station where about 1,000 illegal immigrants, primarily children, in squalid, cramped conditions, the Blaze reports. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, said the immigrants are squeezed into the facility, and many have infectious diseases like tuberculosis, chickenpox and scabies. “I’ve…
