BORDER NEWS WATCH
News links
for 1-24-2015 to 2-5-2015
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this issue and until the next Border News Watch see Since Last
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BORDER SECURITY MATTERS
Congress on the border -
Delegation meets with ranchers and learns of security challenges
McSally, Congress members tour border, defend "extreme"
bill
NumbersUSA cannot support H.R. 399 in its current form
Rep. Dave Brat Aims To Slay Another
Goliath: Takes on McCaul’s Border Bill
Senate Introduces House Version of Secure Our Borders First
Act
USCIS Council President Speaks Out on Executive Amnesty,
Border Control Bill
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson describes “Secure Our Border First
Act of 2015” as unworkable
Incidents at Border Patrol checkpoints spur complaints
Minuteman member sentenced for pointing rifle at MCSO deputy
Q&A with Immigration, Border Management Expert on
Security, Tech Market - According to the
World Economic Forum 2012, the global proceeds from cross-border criminal
activities, corruption and tax evasion was estimated at over $1 trillion. Trade
of illegal drugs and counterfeit goods each account for 8 percent of the
overall world trade.
Clashes leave 9 dead between Mexican border cities of
Reynosa and Matamoros
Mexican border now a major entry point for Cuban migrants
Senate Introduces House Version of Secure Our Borders First
Act
ABC: DHS Pressured To Approve Visas Despite
Warning Signs
Whistleblowers: US Gave Visas to Suspected Forgers,
Fraudsters, Criminals
Ariz. Sheriff: Up To 30% of Illegal Aliens Caught at Border
Have Criminal History in U.S.
Q&A with Immigration, Border Management Expert on
Security, Tech Market
EFF: Secure Our Borders First Act would ensure proliferation
of drones at the border
The ‘Secure Our Border First Act’
Deception
Border Security Expo Announces Keynote Speakers
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND
EXECUTIVE AMNESTY ATTEMPT MATTERS
‘Migrant rights’ advocate urges Vermont DMV not to
investigate illegals
Eligibility nipping at Obama's heels again – Questioning Obama’s ability to be president of the United
States
CIS Immigration Opinions, 1/25/15
On Immigration, it's GOP vs. GOP
New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 1/26/15
USCIS Council President Speaks Out on Executive Amnesty,
Border Control Bill
It's all about the jobs...except in immigration reporting
Mark Levin DISPROVES A MYTH perpetrated by Amnesty
supporters
Suspect in Mesa QT killing faced deportation proceedings
CIS Immigration Opinions, 1/27/15
California DMV Ordered to Overlook Identity Theft by
Illegals
Congressional Republicans making moves on immigration
Drunk Illegal
Alien Kills Family of Three in North Carolina
Could Obama Try to Increase Legal
Immigration without Congress?
Govt tells agents to ID which immigrants not to deport
Obama's Attorney General Nominee: Illegal Immigrants Have a
Right to Work in The United States
AG Nominee: ‘Citizenship Is a Privilege’
Poll Shows Democrats Lose Swing Voters Over
Amnesty
Just in Case You Did not Know, You Were Lied to About Executive Amnesty
Border agents told to ask illegals if they might qualify for
Obama amnesty
Boehner: 'It Is True,' Republicans Plan to Sue Obama Over
Executive Amnesty
America Opposes Amnesty…Will the GOP Listen?
What About The American Worker?
CIS Immigration Opinions, 1/30/15
ICE: We Have ‘Special Housing Unit’ In L.A. For LGBT Illegal
Alien Detainees
ICE: Transgender Illegals Guaranteed ‘Right to Hormone
Therapy’ in Detention
CA Residents Waiting Months For DMV
Appointments Because Illegal Aliens Flooding The System
1,000 Criminal Immigrants Released in 2013 Committed New
Crimes
GOP Silent As Obama’s Illegals
Cause Crime Wave
Loretta Lynch: Same as the Old Boss
Obama is Helping Illegal Aliens in a Way That an Aide Says
Could be One of His Biggest Scandals
5.5 million Additional Work Permits Issued Since 2009 In
‘Shadow’ Authorization System
CIS Immigration Events, 2/2/15
Immigration Handbook for Congressional Republicans
Jeff Sessions: Obama Exec Amnesty ‘Kick in the Teeth’ to
American Workers
New from the Center for Immigration Studies, 2/3/15
Vitter: Lynch’s Stance on Illegal Aliens’ ‘Right to Work’ Is
‘Crazy’ and ‘Just Not True’
McCain on Illegals' 'Right' to Work: 'They Should Not Be in
this Country Illegally'
Boehner to Dems Who Criticized Obama's Executive Amnesty:
'Was It All Talk?'
Obama: Executive Amnesty Still ‘Lawful Thing’ to Do
Amnesty Doesn't Reduce The Deficit
Dems block action on DHS-Immigration bill
Houston Musician Murdered by Illegal Alien at Traffic Light
Backdoor Amnesty: Liberals exploiting anti-human-trafficking
aid
Obama Want to Throw $1 Billion of US Taxpayer Money at
Central America to “Stop Illegal Immigration”
Hoyer: Obama Acting Within ‘His Authority Under
Constitution’ to Let Illegals Work in U.S.
Vitter: AG Nominee Lynch's Claim Illegals Have 'Right' to
Work in U.S. 'Just Absolutely Crazy'
Past Bush immigration remarks shock conservatives
Obama scorched for 'U.S. medical genocide' - Michael Savage, others unleash on 'reckless' illegals'
policy
IRS Commissioner Confirms Amnestied Illegals Can Claim Tax
Benefits for Illegal Work
Illegals Granted Amnesty to Get Extra IRS Refunds: Your Money
From Oval Office: Obama Urges Illegals to ‘Sign Up’ For
Amnesty
Obama: 6 Illegal Aliens 'Are Americans Just Like Us and They
Belong Here'
CIS Immigration Reading, 2/5/15
ILLEGAL DRUG MATTERS
VISIT CUSTOMS BORDER PROTECTION NEWSROOM MEDIA RELEASES – Their releases will no longer be individually listed
here. The borders are busy with LOTS of
daily seizures and arrests, a fraction of the actual illegal crossings
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents seize marijuana
worth $1.1 million, arrest 6 smugglers
Investigators Used a Simple Google Search to Link Ross
Ulbricht to Silk Road
Colorado Governor Says Legalizing Marijuana Was A Bad Idea
Judiciary Chairman: State Laws Legalizing Marijuana Are
Unconstitutional
Accused Hong Kong Drug Lord Forced to Burn $140M of Meth In Indonesia
Legislation Aims to Stop Drug Trafficking along Mexican
Border - Agents targeting drug
traffickers along the U.S.-Mexican border are seizing more heroin and meth than
ever before.
Mexican opium farmers expand plots to supply US heroin boom
Nebraska, Oklahoma in border war with Colorado over
marijuana
MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSE
MATTERS
Border Protection lends a hand for Super Bowl security
Victim Assistance Program Working to Meet Humanitarian Needs
HSI seeks public tips to help locate 10 human trafficking
fugitives
Hunting group's Arizona convention draws fire over coyotes
ICE dismantles major transnational drug trafficking, money
laundering organization
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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.
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
Raising a Jihadi Generation: Understanding the Muslim
Brotherhood Movement in America – Largely
for law enforcement at all levels. Will open your eyes even more.
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 by Kelly
Lytle Hernandez
Broken Borders, Broken Promises by Todd Staples
The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal
Immigration along the U.S.-Mexico Border – Robert
Lee Meril
Border Insecurity – Why Big Money, Fences and Drones Aren’t
Making Us Safer – Longmire Consulting
At what cost, America,
“Cheap” Labor, Plentiful Drugs and Votes?
What crosses the border
from ALL OVER THE WORLD, ends UP HERE.
Truly informed
legislators/citizens make informed and intelligent decisions.
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