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One Week at AZ Border: $27M in Drugs Seized, 2,500 Illegal Aliens Arrested & $76,000 in Cash Seized
February 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Arizona Joint Field Command today announced that during the week of Feb. 7-13, CBP apprehended more than 2,500 undocumented aliens at and between the ports of entry continue reading »
UPDATE: US Immigration Special Agent Shot Dead, Another Injured in Mexico
February 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
anet Napolitano has issued a statement regarding the shooting of two agents being shot after stopping at a military checkpoint in the state of San Luis Potosi. The pair were driving between Mexico City and Monterrey. continue reading »
Budget Officials Delay Proposal Designed to Stop Gun Runners Headed to Mexico
February 8, 2011 | by The Washington Post | Latino Daily News
Budget officials in the White House have delayed federal investigators’ proposed gun control requirement intended to catch gun-runners to Mexico, for at least two months after rejecting an emergency request. continue reading »
CBP Helicopter Pilot Arrested in Immigrant Death Case
February 2, 2011 | by Houston Chronicle | Latino Daily News
In Maine on Tuesday, a helicopter pilot with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency was arrested on charges of lying to federal agents in regards to an incident that occurred in the Rio Grande, and resulted in the death of Mexican man in 2005. continue reading »
When Are You Too Old To Smuggle Drugs? 68-Yr Old Nabbed in Cocaine Bust at Border
January 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the El Paso port of entry last Wednesday, made a 38.9 pound cocaine seizure with a value of approximately $1,244,800. continue reading »
Border Patrol Agent Arrested for Harboring His Undocumented Father
January 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Tuesday, a U.S. Border Patrol agent was charged with harboring a twice-removed undocumented immigrant, and lying to federal investigators. The immigrant he was harboring? His father. continue reading »
All in A Day’s Work: $1 Million Worth of Marijuana Seized at U.S.-Mexico Border
January 7, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
In two separate incidents, U.S. Border Patrol agents seized an estimated 1,176 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million dollars. continue reading »
BREAKING NEWS: Mexican Officials Have Surveillance Tape Recording Deadly Shooting of Teen by Border
January 7, 2011 | by Nogales International | Latino Daily News
The spokesman for the Sonora Attorney General’s Office, Jose Larrinarga Talamantes, has confirmed the existence of police surveillance tape that contains that recorded the deadly shooting of a Mexican teen by U.S. Border Patrol. continue reading »
National Guard Helping Border Patrol in California, Results in Higher Apprenhension Numbers
January 5, 2011 | by DHS | Latino Daily News
California National Guard members have assisted in 1,319 apprehensions along the state’s boundary with Mexico, where they have worked since August in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) under the Presidential Administration’s plan to beef up border security. continue reading »
In 2010 $1 Million Worth of Stolen Vehicles Seized by Border Patrol, Most Heading to South America
December 30, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Miami seaport recently surpassed the $1 million milestone in total vehicle seizures since the beginning of the 2010 fiscal year. continue reading »
Current Illegal Alien Border Apprehensions Down by 17%
December 21, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
United States Border Patrol Illegal Alien Apprehensions by Fiscal Year (October 1st through September 30th) continue reading »
Homeland Sec. Napolitano Checks in with Southwest Border Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
December 15, 2010 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today held a quarterly conference call with sheriffs and police chiefs from 30 jurisdictions along the Southwest border to discuss the Department’s ongoing support for state and local law enforcement in their efforts to keep their communities safe from violence and other threats. continue reading »
Border Patrol Arrests Illegal Aliens Hidden in Dump Truck Full of Sand
November 19, 2010 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the port of Tecate foiled an attempt to smuggle a man and a woman on top of a load of sand inside a dump trailer. continue reading »
After the Border: What Happens to Children Deported Alone?
November 9, 2010 | by Texas Observer | Immigration News
In 2008, a Mexican Congress-issued report claimed that U.S. authorities had deported more than 90,000 children, but over 13,000 of those kids were never reunited with their families. continue reading »
Illegal Alien Apprehensions by Fiscal Year
November 9, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Immigration News
United States Border Patrol Illegal Alien Apprehensions by Fiscal Year (October 1st through September 30th) continue reading »
Disappearing Act For the Border’s Invisible Fence
November 4, 2010 | by Chicago Tribune | Immigration News
A so-called invisible fence along the U.S.-Mexico border that was intended to keep a high-tech eye on the area is about to be unfunded by the U.S. government. continue reading »
Former Border Patrol Agent Guilty of Abusing Immigrant Detainee
October 22, 2010 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Edward C. Moreno, 41, of Pearsall, Texas, was sentenced yesterday for depriving the civil rights of a Mexican national when Moreno assaulted the victim in a U.S. Borer Patrol Facility in Arizona. continue reading »
Horse Smuggling at the Border
October 21, 2010 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Recalling days of the wild wild west, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Mexican nationals on Friday for cross-border horse smuggling after agents observed them attempting to illegally import five horses. continue reading »
Border Patrol Testing Iris Scanners
September 14, 2010 | by Homeland Security Newswire | Latino Daily News
The Border Patrol Station in McAllen Texas will be testing iris scan technology for the next two weeks. The Dept. of Homeland Sec (DHS) will be testing machines than can be used from 3 to 4 feet away including one that simply works as people walk by. The test will help the department determine how useful these scanners might be in the future on a broader basis. continue reading »
Border Patrol Questioning Passengers on Trains and Buses
August 30, 2010 | by The New York Times | Latino Daily News
Border Agents in the north routinely board Greyhound buses and Amtrak trains to check the immigration status of riders. Typically two questions are asked of passengers, “Are you a US Citizen? “And “What country were you born in?” continue reading »
