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5 hours ago ago from wehategringos.com
Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Washington, DC Shortly after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, a secret government report highlighted a way terrorists might easily enter the United States carting weapons of mass destruction. It wasn't by air or sea. The classified analysis pointed to an arid and sparsely populated stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona teeming with drug runners. This area has become very ...
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5 hours ago ago from wehategringos.com
D.A. King Online Athens Robert Rosas is a name that is sadly unfamiliar to most Americans. It shouldn't be. His tragic story is one of many that represent the other side of the illegal immigration that is routinely avoided by the various anti-enforcement groups and in much of the media. Rosas, a three-year U.S. Border Patrol agent, was gunned down while on patrol on the U.S.-Mexico border near Campo, Calif., in July. He was ...
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6 hours ago ago from KMEX Radio's Blog
WASHINGTON Since President Barack Obama took office nearly a year ago, the United States and Mexico have raised their cooperation on border security and drug trafficking to an unprecedented level, officials and border watchers say. The U.S. has signed three agreements with Mexico , including two on Monday, to boost safety and security at the border. The U.S. also has begun sending high-tech equipment to Mexican officials to use at border ...
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14 hours ago ago from Perspectives on Global Issues Blog
Not two days ago, I read this passage in Wired for War , P.W. Singer's absorbing and excellently researched book on the robotics revolution in warfare: Through most of 2005 and 2006, the Department of Homeland Security flew a Predator drone over the U.S.-Mexico border. The robot border-cop helped arrest 2,309 people and seize seven tons of marijuana. In 2008, DHS presented plans to Congress to buy eighteen drone planes to patrol the ...
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4 hours ago ago from Passionate Politics
More and more countries these days are getting more concerned about their borders. They set the bar higher when it comes to border security. As shown on the US immigration news, it is really obvious in the U.S. People may question this but then, they could not deny the fact that each country must be strict with this issue or else it would jeopardize the safety of its nationals. Some people may oppose this, saying that these officials, ...
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U.S. Adds Drones to Fight Smuggling
13 hours ago ago from The New York Times
PALMDALE, Calif. To help spot and track smugglers, the Homeland Security Department is expanding its use of drones , the unmanned aircraft widely used in Iraq and other war zones, beyond the Mexican and Canadian borders to the Caribbean and possibly other seas. Ann Johansson for The New York Times Capt. Steve Truhlar, left; Lt. Thomas Shuler; Adm. Jody Beckenridge; and a Predator B aircraft. The department, through its ...
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