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BORDER SECURITY MATTERS
Border Patrol Agents Still in Harms
Way Every Day, AFGE Says
What a Homeland Security Shutdown Would Look Like
Kickstart the Panorama project: Photos of the entire Az-Mexico border
Fiscal Year 2014 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Highlights
DHS audit finds drone program ineffective at border security
‘CBP Drones are Dubious Achievers,’ Inspector General Report
States
CRASH AND BURN: Border Drones Cost 6X Estimates, Work 1/5 The Hours, Want More Money
CBP Disagrees with Inspector General Report on Unmanned
Aircraft System Program
General Alles Responds to
Inspector General Report on Unmanned Aircraft System Program
Smiths Detection Awarded CBP Contract, Supports TSA Reform
Act
Jeh Johnson: Deportation amnesty allows DHS to get serious
about border
Not Securing Our Borders — on The Glazov Gang - When
did pro-enforcement of immigration laws become "racist"?
Obama presses Mexico to help stop illegal immigration
Neighbors: "Town Grandma's" death points to bigger
problems
GOP Blames Obama for ISIS Infiltration Threat From Mexico
Coast Guard sees spike in Cuban migrants
McSally measure would direct BP to deploy at border line
Border Patrol Agents' Union Opposes Border Bill: 'Window
Dressing'
Senate Introduces House Version of Secure Our Borders First
Act
2015 BORDER SECURITY EXPO – April
21-22, 2015
2015 BORDER SECURITY EXPO Preliminary Conference Outline
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND
EXECUTIVE AMNESTY ATTEMPT MATTERS
U.S. Immigration Policy and Exposure to
Terror — on The Glazov Gang
Mexican President offers to help Obama with amnesty
documents...
What a Homeland Security Shutdown Would Look Like
Congressman: Obama outsmarted Boehner
Mexican President Applauds Obama For
Taking Executive Action On Amnesty
Thousands of Recent Texas Border Crossing Cases Still
Undecided
Homeland Security deportations drop in 2014
Obama braces for immigration battle with GOP
46,200 undocumented immigrants apply for California driver's
license
CA Illegal Immigrant at DMV: ‘Nobody’s Passing’
Written Test
CIS Immigration Events, 1/6/15
House Republicans expand push to undo Obama immigration
actions
Boehner Vows to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ Against Executive
Amnesty He Funded
California Newspaper Office Vandalized After Using The Word ‘Illegals’ In Headline
Here’s How The Paris Terrorist Attack
Could Impact GOP Plans To Stop Obama’s Amnesty Action
Border Agent: US Should Follow Mexico's Lead in Deporting
Illegals
DHS spending bill to ID sanctuary cities; Obama amnesty
fight looms
Illegal Immigration Not Biblical and the Death of Our Wealth
YORK: The coming Republican failure on immigration...
The Republican plans to halt Obama’s executive amnesty
emerge
CIS Immigration Reading, 1/8/15
Mark Zuckerberg's Immigration
Reform Push Hits Roadblock
Sessions To Facebook's
Zuckerberg: Hire More Americans
Rutgers Professor: Guest Workers Are Stealing High-Tech Jobs
The coming Republican failure on immigration
Catch and Release 2.0 — Leaks Highlight Teardown of
Immigration Enforcement
Feinstein: ‘Visa Waiver Program is the Achilles’ Heel of
America’
Leaked docs reveal plan to limit detentions, arrests,
deportations of illegals...
Internet at heart of new tactics for people smugglers...
Social media sites work like online travel agent advertising fares...
Departments of State, Homeland Security launch immigration
executive action awareness campaign
CIS Immigration Opinions, 1/10/15
'State of confusion?' DHS braces for surge in immigrant applicants
House moves toward vote on blocking immigration actions,
White House threatens veto
Rubio bill allows companies to hire 'unlimited' number of
foreign workers...
Obama pushes 'aggressive' timetable for amnesty
implementation...
High-stakes showdown with Congress...
Martin Luther King Jr. enlisted to fight Obama amnesty...
FLASHBACK: Coretta warned illegals would take black jobs...
House defunds executive action shielding illegals from
deportations...
Mexico to issue birth certificates to citizens at its US consulates
Illegals Can Carry Guns and Collect Unemployment
Leaked Documents Outline Obama’s Illegal Alien Invasion
Rules
Sheriff Joe's case against amnesty on fast track
How Republicans Want To Reframe The
Immigration Debate
House Votes To Roll Back Obama’s
Immigration Order
NYC Mayor on IDs For Illegals:
‘Don’t Want’ Them ‘To Feel Like Second-Class Citizens’
How Republicans Want To Reframe The
Immigration Debate
America on the Precipice of Immigration
Anarchy
Congress takes aim to 'reform' tech-sector immigration,
despite election-season GOP posturing
The House of Representatives Dropped Its First Bombshell On Obama's Executive Amnesty
House Passes DHS Funding Bill with Immigration Amendments
That Could Kill It
Video: Immigration Briefing for the 114th Congress - Immigration policy should be designed for the national
interest
Thomas Sowell: ‘Resentment’ of America
Fueling Obama Amnesty
Democrats Kick and Scream As Border Security Bill Cruises
Through the House
CIS Immigration Reading, 1/22/15
Disabling Detainers - How the Obama administration has
trashed a key immigration enforcement tool
Employers Need Amnesty Before Helping Illegal Alien Employees
Gain Legal Status
House Conservatives Pressure Senate Counterparts to ‘Start
Fighting’ Obama’s Immigration Policies
These Are the People Who Can Benefit From
Obama’s Immigration Actions
House-Passed Immigration Plan Gets Bitter Response at GOP’s
Hershey Retreat
House Votes to Undo 4 Years of Obama’s Immigration Policies
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT JIHADIST Arrested for Plotting Suicide
Bomb Attack on US Congress (Video)
Alien Criminals Finding It Easier to Stay
Immigration Enforcement Officers Oppose House Border
Security Bill
Suspect in US illegally before shooting death of Mesa store
clerk
ILLEGAL DRUG MATTERS
Afghanistan Set Record for Growing Opium in 2014
States With Legal Marijuana Have
Far Lower Painkiller Drug Fatalities
El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize Narcotics at
Highway 86 Checkpoint
Rio Grande Valley Agents Confiscate $300,000 Worth of Marijuana
Meth Is Flooding California - and You Can Blame Mexican
Cartels
More Meth Coming Across Border
CBP Officers Discover more than 500 Pounds of Marijuana in
Auxiliary Fuel Tank
Drug-Laced Bread Causes Out-of-Body Experiences...
Rio Grande Valley Office of Air and Marine, Border Patrol
Net Nearly 700 Pounds of Marijuana
CBP at JFK Seizes Cocaine in Luggage, Officers Catch Cocaine
inside Hand Rails
CBP Officers Arrest a 20-Year-Old
Attempting to Smuggle Meth Inside an Extinguisher
CBP Officers Seize Drugs Worth More
Than $145K
El Centro Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize Methamphetamine
and Arrest Gang Member over the Weekend
RGV Sector agents seize more than $1 million of marijuana
before noon
CBP Stops Cocaine Load And Several
Other Violations At El Paso Area Ports
Pot-based sex spray for women hitting Colorado shelves...
Opiates handed out like candy to 'doped-up' veterans at
Wisconsin VA
Reaction to Tomah VA problems follows years of complaints –
“CandyLand”
Report shows deaths from opioids, heroin continue to rise
http://www.jsonline.com/news/health/99478824.html
"The Marijuana Effect” – 1/11/2015 “60 Minutes
Indonesia executes 6 despite appeals to spare them
US unveils new anti-drug strategy for Caribbean amid surge
in cocaine trafficking
HIGH TIMES: Growers struggle with glut of legal weed...
Company plans 'skinny' marijuana...
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,300 Pounds of
Marijuana
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers Seize Marijuana
Valued at $3 Million
Pair try to smuggle heroin-laced
Bible into Hamilton Co. Jail
“Jihad meth” popular among Islamic State jihadis
seized in Judea and Samaria
Narco-Terror Expert: ISIS Moving Into the Meth Business
LIVE! Using Injectable Naloxone to
Reverse Opiate Overdose – Watch and maybe save
a life.
HOOKED: Tracking heroin's hold on Arizona
Colorado Lawsuit Claims Marijuana Edibles Caused People to
'Overdose'
CBP Officers At Columbus Port
Discover Cocaine Hidden In Joint Cement
CBP Officers At El Paso Port Of
Entry Make Large Heroin Seizure
Holiday Interdictions Escalate at El Paso Sector
CBP Field Operations Seizes $58,140 in Cocaine at the
Hidalgo International Bridge
Silk Road Served as EBay for Heroin ‘Dread Pirate’ Jury Told
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Agents Seize 1,300 Pounds of
Marijuana Worth More Than $1 Million
El Centro Sector Border Patrol Arrest Seven during Drug
Smuggling Attempt
Border Patrol Agents Seize Nearly 119,000 Pounds of
Marijuana
CBP P-3 Crews Disrupt Drug Smuggling Attempts Worth $74 Million
Border Patrol Arrests 6 Smugglers,
Seize $1.1 Million in Dope
Brazil finds coffee protein with morphine effect
Border Patrol roundup: agents arrest six smuggling suspects
Pot-related poison control calls up in Washington, Colorado
San Diego Border Patrol Agents Halt Man with Meth at I-5
Checkpoint
CBP El Paso Post-holiday Agriculture Operation Uncovers
Violations
Douglas CBP Officers Seize Heroin, Marijuana
Calexico CBP Officers Nab Woman Attempting to Smuggle Heroin
Inside Body Cavity
MISCELLANEOUS DEFENSE
MATTERS
Son of former Gulf Cartel leader busted in Texas for smuggling
drugs, weapons, ammo
Mexican authorities say 10 bodies, 11 severed heads found
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Announces Yuma Area
Citizens Academy
CBP Officers Seize $37K in Smuggled Cash at Eagle Pass Port
Mexican president has a twisted sense of justice
Cartel Members Are Eating the Hearts of Victims
Weekly InSight Crime - 9 January 2015
CBP Field Operations Arrests Child Smuggler at the Hidalgo
International Bridge; Imposter Arrested
Ten bodies and 11 heads found in violent Mexican state
Human trafficking campaign expanded
San Diego Border Patrol Agents Intercept Felon on Bus
CBP statement on Jan. 21 shooting in Rio Grande Valley
sector
CBP Arrests 2 Previously Removed Alien Felons
In SightCrime Weekly
InSight | 23 January 2015
Two Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Sex Trafficking Offenses
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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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