Groups of gunmen are patrolling the border in an effort to “secure” the land that Washington officials will not. The groups, known as militias, have been around for some time and in recent years the various groups have become more noticeable as the topic of border security becomes more heated. Generally militia groups patrol specific areas of the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to detain or turn back human smugglers and drug traffickers. Mainstream media outlets generally demonize the groups claiming that they are extremist and racists.
by Ildefonso Ortiz5 Oct 2015, 8:45 AM PST0
This week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which summarizes a year’s worth of violent crime statistics from across the country. At a glance, it shows that violent crime is down across the country and in the State of Texas. However, the data used to make these assessments doesn’t include kidnappings or specify what crimes are drug- or cartel-related, painting a skewed picture of everyday life along some parts of the southwest border.
by Sylvia Longmire1 Oct 2015, 10:58 AM PST0
A citizen’s report of suspicious activity led to the discovery and seizure by authorities of more than $1 million worth of marijuana in South Texas. The discovery of the marijuana on a South Padre Island beach came after a citizen witnessed a boat offloading large bundles onto the beach.
by Bob Price20 Sep 2015, 11:20 AM PST0
The synthetic drug known as methamphetamine (meth) as steadily increased in the U.S., although domestic production has dropped significantly since one of the key ingredients became highly restricted in 2004. As a result, Mexican meth traffickers have seized upon the market opening and are flooding the U.S. Midwest with Mexican meth.
by Sylvia Longmire19 Sep 2015, 8:01 AM PST0
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson stated, “the key thing is you have to seal the border.” He also argued with regards to the Syrian refugees, “It doesn’t make any sense to me that we should have to do it,
by Ian Hanchett14 Sep 2015, 2:06 PM PST0
Prominent Mexican officials are calling on their president to open the doors for 10,000 Syrian refugees, though thousands of Mexicans per year are fleeing their cartel-controlled nation and its violence and seeking asylum in the United States. The move comes on the heels of Mexico accepting 30 Syrian students. Other nations south of the porous U.S.-Mexico border have already opened their doors for people fleeing the Middle East.
by Brandon Darby14 Sep 2015, 9:53 AM PST0
On Wednesday afternoon, 2016 Presidential candidate and pediatric surgeon Dr. Ben Carson addressed thousands of people at a rally in Anaheim, California. Much of Carson’s question and answer session touched significantly on his medical experience. His speech centered around his
by Michelle Moons9 Sep 2015, 7:32 PM PST0
Texas Governor Greg Abbott heads to Mexico on Sunday for his first international trip since taking office earlier this year. The Governor’s stated purpose for the trip is to improve the working relationship between Texas and Mexico.
by Bob Price6 Sep 2015, 9:59 AM PST0
Thursday afternoon in Columbia, South Carolina, former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) joined Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) for a “Presidential Town Hall” series that Scott is hosting with the Republican presidential candidates.
by Sarah Rumpf27 Aug 2015, 11:09 PM PST0
Perry spoke with a group of journalists on the lawn of the Governor’s Mansion following the presentation of two Texas Legislative Medals of Honor. Perry committed to staying in the race for president and sounded like a candidate with a lot of fight left in him.
by Bob Price26 Aug 2015, 12:04 PM PST0
The Hungarians are responding to a record-breaking wave of “migrants” from the war zones of the post-Obama Middle East by constructing one of those border fences that’s supposed to be impossibly expensive and ineffective.
by John Hayward25 Aug 2015, 12:17 PM PST0
A video shows how Drug smugglers scale border fences and continue to bring drugs across into the U.S. with little trouble. This disputes the many claims made by top officials within the Department of Homeland Security that the border is as safe it has ever been.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Aug 2015, 6:01 AM PST0
Republican Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush is preparing to visit this border city for a fundraising event and to talk with local officials about border security.
by Ildefonso Ortiz21 Aug 2015, 5:38 PM PST0
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World With Neil Cavuto,” Pinal Co., AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu said drug cartels armed with AK-47’s “control many areas on American soil” noting that they are only 30 miles from Phoenix. Babeu detailed touring the border
by Pam Key20 Aug 2015, 4:53 PM PST0
Trump has touched a nerve, especially since the current generation of American voters hasn’t even been allowed to discuss the immigration issue before now. We have been brusquely informed that the Ruling Class consensus is set in stone, the facts on the ground have been changed forever by decades of deliberate negligence on the border, and everything practical that could be done to address the situation is beyond the pale.
by John Hayward18 Aug 2015, 11:02 AM PST0
A previously deported convicted rapist from Mexico was recently caught sneaking illegally into the Texas border city of Pharr. This is the second time in less than a week that a previously deported rapist has been captured by Border Patrol agents just inside the U.S. in South Texas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz17 Aug 2015, 2:12 PM PST0
Texas is sending fifty-two new Department of Public Safety troopers to the Texas/Mexico border region. The new troopers are part of the State’s efforts to beef up border security by providing more permanent law enforcement resources along the border region.
by Bob Price16 Aug 2015, 9:55 AM PST0
A previously deported illegal alien who had been convicted of sexually assaulting a child earlier this year is back in the United States. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 22-year-old Joel Silva Duran, an illegal alien from Mexico, last week near the border city of Roma, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
by Ildefonso Ortiz16 Aug 2015, 7:50 AM PST0
Former Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has had a well-publicized feud with his competitor for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump, and addressed the issue head-on during the Fox News “undercard” debate Thursday for the second tier candidates.
by Sarah Rumpf6 Aug 2015, 2:53 PM PST0
Citing the Senate’s Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest report obtained exclusively by Breitbart News, Rush Limbaugh said that assimilating the deluge of mostly backwards, low-skilled Third Worlders isn’t a “national effort”—even though current U.S. immigration policy will continue to dump at least 10 million more foreigners onto American communities within the next decade.
by Katie McHugh4 Aug 2015, 7:38 PM PST0
Gaffes reminiscent of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s infamous 2012 presidential debate “oops” moment dominated the New Hampshire forum of GOP candidates at Saint Anselm college in Manchester on Monday evening.
by Matthew Boyle3 Aug 2015, 8:35 PM PST0
Entrenched U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) may be in for the fight of his life in his 2016 re-election bid, as he uses the term “crazies” to describe the approximately 15,000 border security-advocating Arizonans who showed up for Donald Trump’s July appearance in Phoenix.
by Michelle Moons30 Jul 2015, 6:04 PM PST0
Two weeks have passed since the scandalous escape of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán from a maximum-security prison, and speculation is running rampant. There are still no solid clues as to where the kingpin may be holed up. In the meantime, fingers are being pointed across our southwest border and serious questions are being raised about Mexico’s ability to control its drug war at any level.
by Sylvia Longmire25 Jul 2015, 9:31 AM PST0
A large security detail and a last minute change of venue by city officials in this border city made it difficult for 2016 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit the actual Texas-Mexico border. Trump intended to get a first-hand look at how porous this sector of the border actually is.
by Ildefonso Ortiz24 Jul 2015, 6:51 AM PST0
Perry and Trump have been engaged in a weeks-long war of words. Trump has taken swipes at Perry and other Republican candidates on the issues of immigration and border security, and Perry has fired back that Trump doesn’t understand what he is talking about, and that he is unfit to be Commander-in-Chief after attacking Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) service record last weekend.
by Sarah Rumpf23 Jul 2015, 12:32 PM PST0
