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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Opinion: A Border Patrol Without Borders

allan11 years ago03 mins

By John Stossel Pittsburgh Tribune-Review If I drive across a U.S. border, I expect to stop at a Border Patrol checkpoint. But imagine driving to the grocery store, or Mom’s house, well inside America, and being stopped by the Border Patrol. Many Americans don’t have to imagine it — it’s how they live. Even as…

Feds: Cartels Relying on Children to Smuggle Drugs

allan12 years ago12 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are alarmed at what appears to be an increase in cartels recruiting children and teenagers to smuggle drugs over the U.S. border, NBC 7 in San Diego reports. Federal agents said children as young as 12 are being used as drug mules. “It shocks me and saddens me that kids…