BORDER NEWS WATCH
1-1-2014 through 1-18-2014
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3/18-19/2014
Phoenix BORDER
SECURITY EXPO 2014 ANNOUNCES GROWING KEYNOTE LINEUP
Senior officials
from 10 U.S. agencies and organizations to address border security challenges
and opportunities in Phoenix, AZ
See
the press releases at the bottom of this Border News Watch for further details.
70 million Americans taking mind-altering drugs
--130 million as you
read on
Long lines, suspended lives: Statistics reveal
immigration courts are drowning
Congressman: We can defeat amnesty, executive
orders
Another ‘Fast and Furious’ gun turns up after
shootout in resort town
Illegal alien admitted to California bar
Illegal immigrant obtains 'security clearance on
high security military airbase'
Over 30,000 African Illegal Immigrants Protest
Israel’s Failure To Grant Them Refugee Status
FBI connected to Terry's shooter and provided
the gun –
Allegedly
With 990 Homicides, 2013 Was The Most Violent
Year in Michoacan In The Last 15 Years.
GAO:
BORDER Security DHS’s
Efforts to Modernize Key Enforcement Systems Could be Strengthened
High level Mexican officials involved in the
murder and kidnapping of Kiki Camarena
MAGISTRATE ORDERS MAN TRANSFERED TO L.A. FOR
DRUG HEARING
In Nevada, 75 percent of illegal immigrants fail
driver’s license test
See the Scathing Letter GOP Lawmakers Sent to
Obama on Immigration
Republican House members resist push on
immigration
Could we get some immigrants who can take a
poll?
Letter to President From
Republican Members of Congress on Why They Oppose SB 744
Colorado pot shops likely targets of cartels,
say experts
Website of Top House Republican Drops Opposition
to Amnesty
Gutiérrez: Obama Has 'Responsibility' to Halt
Deportations
“You know what?
We control the White House and we control the deportation apparatus”
ILLEGAL ALIEN With
Violent Criminal Past Stabs Texas Woman To Death
The “vigilantes”
claim that they are only defending their towns from the cartels. And I suppose that Americans defending their
families will soon be labeled as “vigilantes” by the gun control people. See the disturbing pix.
Twelve die in clashes between Mexican troops,
vigilante groups
The DEA Struck A Deal With
Mexico's Most Notorious Drug Cartel
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez Pushes Amnesty After Dismal Jobs Report
Holder Calls Amnesty a 'Civil Right'(Video)
Obama DOJ
Nominee Evasive on Whether Amnesty a 'Civil Right'
Labor Department says Visa Fraud no longer a top
concern
“Huge’ heroin seizure made on the El Paso border
Republican Ideas on Immigration Could Legalize
Up to 6.5 Million, Study Says
Robot Helps Border Agents Seek Out Drug
Smugglers in Tunnels
13,000 teens complete Hamas training camps to
emulate ‘suicide martyrs’
Prosecutorial discretion on the rise in
immigration courts
Boy Dies from Drinking Meth at Border Crossing
How To Tell If
Boehner's Immigration Plan Is Amnesty
Probe sought of Border Patrol checkpoint actions
Guns, Drugs, Counterfeit Money Seized by Border
Patrol
Mexico: A Traveler's Guide to Safety Over Sensationalism
100% Increase in Previously-Deported Sex
Offenders Illegally Returning from Mexico
Eagle
Pass South Station Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex Offender
Republicans object to Obama easing immigration
rules for terror supporters
Omnibus Budget Bill Cuts Funding for Jailing
Illegal Alien Criminals
Dems Push Bill to Read Detained Illegal
Immigrants Rights
Dems want detained immigrants to be informed of
their legal rights
Why Is
Latin America So Corrupt?
Why DEA
Meetings With Mexico Cartels Are No Cause For Alarm
Reality
Check: What Kind of Violence Kills Mexicans?
Organized
Crime in the Americas: What to Expect in 2014
Mexico
Vigilante Boom Set to Continue
Are Mexico
Community Police Linked to Guerrillas?
InSight
Crime's Game Changers: 2013
Iranian-Published Book About
Suicide Bombers Found Near Mexican Border
The War on Terror at the Mexican Border
Mexican Border: Route 66 for Terrorists?
It's not
just Mexicans crossing our southern border illegally
The Southern
Border Could Get Much Worse
Time to Use Drones in Mexico?
Truck
filled with radioactive material goes missing in Mexico
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SELECTED
WEBSITES OF INTEREST
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VIDEOS:
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BORDER WARS
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SECURE BORDER
INTELLIGENCE
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US CBP
TUCSON SECTOR
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US CBP SECTOR MAP
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LIGON CLAN LAW: American Politics, Social and
Military Issues, Foreign Policy
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA NEWS-EXAMINER
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BORDER ISSUES: MEXICO
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Welcome To The Dark
Side Of Illegal Immigration
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MICHAEL CUTLER
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NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION of FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
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SOUTHERN
ARIZONA CATTLEMEN'S WEEKLY
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HUMAN AND DRUG
TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS
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NEWS AND DISCUSSION OF U.S./MEXICO BORDER
ISSUES:
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SELECTED BORDER NEWS & FAST AND FURIOUS
POSTINGS ON SACPA WEBSITE
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BORDER
ISSUES: MEXICO
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SUGGESTED
READING
FEATURED WESTERN AUTHOR: J.P.S. BROWN
J.P.S.
Brown - Masterpieces of Fiction
Articles
about JPS Brown by Leo Banks: Tasty
Serial and J.P.S.
Brown's Last Stand
Wolves At Our Door
a novel by J.P.S. Brown
Review of
'Wolves at Our Door' by Jon Shumaker
Article about J.P.S. Brown by Richard Grant
Articles about J.P.S. Brown by Kathy McCrane
‘Guns across
the Border’ one of ‘Best of 2013’
The Unarmed
Truth: My Fight to Blow the Whistle and Expose Fast and Furious by John Dodson
Fast and
Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up
Breakthrough:
Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy
Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012
Election---and How to Stop Them from Doing It in 2016
Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret
Strategy for Undermining Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism
The Reapers Line - Life and Death on the Mexican
Border by
Lee Morgan II
Very enjoyable read, and highly recommended for LEOs.
10 YEARS ON THE LINE: MY WAR ON THE BORDER: 2nd
EDITION by Mike Ligon
SIXTY MILES OF BORDER: AN AMERICAN LAWMAN
BATTLES DRUGS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER by Terry
Kirkpatrick
The SHADOW CATCHER: A U.S. AGENT
INFILTRATES MEXICO'S DEADLY CRIME CARTELS by Hipolito Acosta
Beneath the Same Sky: An Interview with Author
David Ramirez
Life Inside the Bubble: Why a Top-Ranked Secret Service Agent Walked
Away from It All
OTHER READING TO CONSIDER:
The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in
the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton
Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives by Jose A.
Rodriguez
The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian
Superpower by Robert Baer
"Courting Disaster", How the CIA Kept
America Safe (Regnery) by Marc Thiessen
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
2010 BOOK: Migra!: A History of the U.S.
Border Patrol
Broken
Borders, Broken Promises
Border Insecurity – Why Big Money, Fences and Drones Aren’t Making Us
Safer – Upcoming
Sylvia Longmire book Ref: www.longmireconsulting.com
BORDER SECURITY EXPO 2014
ANNOUNCES
GROWING KEYNOTE LINEUP
Senior officials from 10 U.S.
agencies and organizations to address border security challenges and
opportunities in Phoenix, AZ
Phoenix, AZ (Feb. 7, 2014) – The lineup of confirmed
Keynote Speakers and panelists continues to grow for the upcoming 8th Annual Border Security Expo, scheduled for March 18-19, 2014 at the
Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Confirmed keynote speakers include Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, who was sworn in
December 23, 2013; Thomas S. Winkowski, Acting
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Daniel H. Ragsdale, Deputy
Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Michael J. Fisher, Chief,
U.S. Border Patrol; and Mark S. Borkowski, Component
Acquisition Executive & Assistant Commissioner, Office of Technology
Innovation and Acquisition, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Border Security
Expo’s
Advisory Board is Chaired by Jayson P. Ahern,
Principal at The Chertoff Group, and former Acting
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Board includes a diverse
and distinguished group of leading experts well-versed on all facets of border
security. Board members direct the development of the conference program that
has attracted a prestigious group of speakers and panelists. Border Security
Expo continues to draw exhibitors and attendees from around the world and has
become the most highly anticipated conference and exhibition focusing on border security, customs, and immigration
enforcement.
The
exhibition hall features more than 150 companies showcasing a wide array of
cutting-edge border security products,
services and technologies aimed at advancing the mission of attendees.
Attendees also benefit from the many networking and idea-sharing opportunities
available throughout the event.
Border Security Expo provides an unparalleled opportunity to see, test and compare the
latest tools and technologies addressing complex border security challenges.
For more information, visit www.BorderSecurityExpo.com.
Federal, state, local, and international law enforcement officials,
policy makers and industry, gather at Border Security Expo to advance the
dialogue at this important, comprehensive, two-day conference program. “Border Security Expo helps to
advance the mission by bringing law enforcement officials and policymakers
together with industry, to share the latest developments, techniques, and
collaborative initiatives in an environment that encourages idea and
information sharing,” said Paul Mackler, president
and CEO of Eagle Eye Expositions, producers of the event. “The conference
offers a broad leadership perspective on the most critical issues faced by
border security and other law enforcement agencies, and is invaluable to those
in law enforcement as well as those who provide the tools and technologies to
law enforcement.”
Border
Security Expo’s Advisory Board is Chaired by Jayson
P. Ahern, Principal at The Chertoff Group, and former
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and includes a diverse
and distinguished group of leading experts on all facets of border security, as
well as industry executes, who direct the development of the conference program
and attract its prestigious group of speakers and panelists. Border
Security Expo is the most highly anticipated conference and exhibition focusing
on border security, customs, and immigration
enforcement.
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of Border News Watch 1-1-2014 through 1-18-2014