BORDER NEWS WATCH

 

 

News links for 11-03-2014 to 11-10-2014

 

For news links after this issue and until the next Border News Watch see Since Last Border News Watch.

 

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BORDER SECURITY MATTERS

 

The Leaky Sieve – Why the Rio Grande Valley is flooded with migrants

 

CBP Field Operations at the Hidalgo International Bridge Arrests Violators of Immigration Law

 

Border Patrol Arrests Two Men and Seize Two Weapons after Failing to Stop at Checkpoint

 

El Centro Sector Border Patrol Intercepts Wanted Gang Members at Immigration Checkpoint

 

CBP Arrests Suspect Wanted on Warrant for Involuntary Manslaughter

 

‘Political’ pull? Border figures posted, removed a month before midterms

 

Border agency accused of political maneuvering after pulling report

 

Statement from CBP Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske on the Release of Border Statistics

 

Obama commits U.S. military to border security efforts … but not in America

 

Researchers say ‘the new AIDS’ is infiltrating the U.S at the southern border

 

Border Patrol stripping agents of their rifles


Increase in Gang Member Crossings...

 

 

 

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MATTERS

 

List of 134 Cities Where Violent, Criminal Illegal Aliens Were Sent After Release by Obama DHS

 

Colorado Congressional Candidates Debate Entirely In Spanish  

 

Senator Sessions: Obama wants immigration amnesty; your vote can stop it – “Immigration lobbyists have so little regard for you, that they are meeting in secret with the White House right now to plan executive amnesty orders. These orders, planned for after the election, would implement by executive fiat the sweeping amnesty that was rejected by the Republican House.”

 

EDITORIAL: Green cards on the table

 

The Melting Pot Is Broken

 

Criminal aliens and immigration violators arrested during 3-day central and south Texas enforcement operation

 

License, ID card policies stir concerns over illegal immigrants voting

 

Law Enforcement Defines Election As Referendum: Obama's Amnesty Means 'Tidal Wave' Of Illegal Immigration

 

Senator Sessions: Obama wants immigration amnesty; your vote can stop it

 

Sessions: Republicans Will Fight Obama's Executive Amnesty For Millions of Illegal Immigrants

 

Ted Cruz Heads for Immigration Showdown with Harry Reid

 

Sheriff Fears 'Another Surge' of Illegals Caused By Executive Amnesty...

 

Boehner Wants Immigration Reform: ‘It Is Just Time to Deal With It’

 

Latino Ingrate or Shrewd El Politico

 

Poll: Only 20% of Tuesday's voters supported an Obama executive amnesty

 

President Obama Plans To Move Forward With Executive Action on Immigration

 

Defiant White House: Obama will Seek Executive Amnesty “no matter how big a shellacking Democrats get”

 

Boehner warns Obama will ‘burn himself’ with exec action

 

Study finds that U.S. immigrant population grows by 1.4 million, to 41.3 million

 

Oregon voters reject licenses for illegals; immigration a losing issue for Dems in 2014 elections

 

Republicans fear schism over immigration...

 

U.S. Immigrant Population Record 41.3 Million in 2013

 

How Do Hispanics Really View Immigration Reform?

 

Groups Sue U.S. Government over Life-Threatening Deportation Process against Mothers and Children Escaping Extreme Violence in Central America

 

CIS  Immigration Events, 11/5/14

 

American poor pay the price for increased immigration

 

California plans to issue 1.4M driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants


GOP Rep Circulating Letter: Deny Funding for Green Cards...

WHITE HOUSE: Will allow '5 million' to stay...

 

Cruz, Lee Threaten 'Procedural' War on Senate Floor to Stop 'Lawless Amnesty'

 

- Obama, GOP leaders clash over immigration

 

GOP Rep Circulating Letter: Deny Funding for Green Cards...

WHITE HOUSE: Will allow '5 million' to stay...

 

Potential Attorney General Nominee Criticized by Conservatives on Immigration

 

Obama ‘Bound And Determined’ to Act on Amnesty Despite Mid-Term Election Results

 

Obama vows action on immigration, but McConnell warns that’s ‘waving a red flag’ to a bull

 

Here's How Conservatives Aim to Stop Obama's Action on Illegal Immigrants

 

Make D.C. Listen: Voters Reject Illegal Alien Rewards

 

Mary Ann Mendoza's letter to President Obama

 

Conservatives Can Oppose Amnesty and Still Win Over Hispanics

 

Over 800 U.S. Citizens and 28,000 Legal Residents Detained in Immigration Centers During a Four Year Period

 

CIS Immigration Opinions, 11/7/14     

 

If We Justify Amnesty, What Other Laws Can Be Broken?

 

Midterm Exit Polls: 75% Reject Exec Amnesty, 80% Don't Want Foreign Workers Taking Jobs from Americans

 

Oregonians for Immigration Reform: 'People Are Basically Fed-Up'

 

Liberal Oregon Proves That The Country Is Very Anti-Illegal-Immigration

 

Make D.C. listen: Voters reject illegal alien rewards

 

Obama Explains Why He Won't Wait for Congress to Act on Immigration

 

Executive Action for Long-Term Illegal Aliens

 

How Lawless is President Obama's Executive Amnesty?

 

New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 11/10/14

 

Sheriffs Plan Massive Opposition to Obama’s Executive Amnesty in Washington

 

CIS Immigration Events, 11/10/14

 

Obama Administration Lied About Crimes Committed by Released Illegal Immigrants

 

Report: WH Lied About Releasing Illegal Immigrants Charged With Violent Crimes

 

U.S. misinformed Congress, public on immigrant release


Feds Buying 100,000 Pairs of Underwear For Illegals...

Rapid growth in ethnic mix sweeping country...

 

 

 

ILLEGAL DRUG MATTERS

 

CBP P-3 Leads to Joint Interdiction of $9 Million in Cocaine

 

New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 11/3/14

 

DEFIANT OBAMA: AMNESTY BY CHRISTMAS!

Oregon Voters Defeat Referendum on Illegal-Alien Driver Cards By 2-1 Margin

 

HURT: America faces most dangerous two years...

UP IN SMOKE: Medical marijuana fails to pass in FL...

 

Marijuana legalization measure passes easily in D.C.

 

CBP Seizes $2.4 Million Worth of Cocaine in Miami

 

Border Patrol Apprehends 8 Smugglers, Seizes $362,700 Worth of Marijuana

 

Wellton Border Patrol Agents Arrest 9 Suspects, Seize 10 Backpacks of Marijuana Worth $208,500

 

San Luis CBP Nabs Smuggler With $31K in Meth

 

CBP Officers Seize More Than $284K in Hard Drugs

 

Douglas CBP Officers Seize Loads of Marijuana

 

CBP Officers Seize $30K Marijuana Load

 

CBP Officers Uncover More Than 7,300 Pounds of Marijuana in Shipment of Green Onions

 

Arpaio's deputies seize tons of pot and make dozens of arrests

 

DEA and Partners Collect 309 Tons of Pills on Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

 

Mixed Bag Of Weed: Wins, Losses For Marijuana Legalization

 

Border Patrol Agents Discover Cache of Drugs Hidden in Truck

 

70% TAX? Marijuana profits up in smoke under IRS rules...

 

Border Patrol Arrests 8, Seize 368 Pounds of Marijuana

 

Border Patrol Seizes Drugs Dropped From Air, 2 Arrested

 

San Luis CBP Arrests Smuggler with $60K in Meth

 

CBP Officers Seize $66K Worth of Methamphetamine

 

CBP Officers Make Six Drug Busts At El Paso Port Of Entry

 

Agents arrest murderer; seize more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana

 

Nogales CBP Officers Seize $2.96M in Marijuana

 

San Luis CBP Nabs Smuggler with $65K in Meth

 

Nogales CBP Officers Seize $68,000 in Meth

 

CBP Officers Discover More Than $50,000 in U.S. Currency Concealed Under Pedestrian’s Clothing

 

90 Pounds of Cocaine Seized aboard Ship Owned by Mitch McConnell’s Family

 

San Diego Border Patrol Agents Arrest Man Transporting Meth on Interstate-5

 

Regular pot smokers have shrunken brains...

NYC to stop small-time marijuana arrests...

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

 

DHS announces two new partners in effort to combat human trafficking

 

Operation Predator smartphone app used to locate at-large child sex predators

 

CBP Receives 11th and Final P-3 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft

 

Strengthening Security of the VWP through Enhancements to ESTA

 

Buffalo CBP Agriculture Specialists Discover One of the World’s Most Destructive Pests

 

Champlain CBP Agriculture Specialists Find Dangerous Weed Seed

 

Savannah CBP Seizes Nearly $2 Million in Counterfeit Hermès Handbags

 

Mexican police find six bags with human remains near where 43 students disappeared

 

Missing Mexican students likely burned by gang members, AG says

 

Mexican Government Announces 43 Students Missing For Weeks are Found in the Most Gruesome Way

 

Judge strikes down Ariz. immigrant smuggling law

 

In SightCrime 7 Nov14 Weekly InSight

 

Mexico ranks 5th worldwide in arms trafficking

 

Border Patrol Arrests Individuals With Serious Criminal Histories, Including Rape and Homicide

 

Border Patrol Agent Involved in Off-Duty Shooting results in Death

 

CBP Officers Help Deliver Baby At Presidio Port Of Entry

 

CBP Veteran Hero

 

Video: BORDER STATES OF AMERICA

 

Tune: Rusty Humphries: Sneakin’ In To The USA

 

 

 

SITREPS

 

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