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Border Patrol Agent: Cartels Using Children as 'Shields'

Border Patrol Agent: Cartels Using Children as 'Shields'

Texas Border Patrol Agent and President of the National Border Patrol Council Local 2509 Lee Smith reported that “cartels are using these family units, these women, these children, as shields to push other things aside from family units into the

Gohmert: Drug Cartels Refer to DHS and Border Patrol as 'UPS'

Gohmert: Drug Cartels Refer to DHS and Border Patrol as 'UPS'

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) reported that drug cartels call the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Border Patrol their “UPS” because “we’re their logistics.”  On Thursday’s broadcast of “The Sean Hannity Show,” Gohmert told guest host Col. Oliver North that

Texas Lt. Gov.: 'I'm Convinced' Mexican Gov't Helping Illegals

Texas Lt. Gov.: 'I'm Convinced' Mexican Gov't Helping Illegals

David Dewhurst, the lieutenant governor of Texas, said that he believes officials in Mexico’s government are helping children illegally immigrate to the United States.   He said, “Kids that are six-years old, 10-years old, can’t make it 1,600 miles from Honduras

Salmon: On Border Crisis, Let's Not Take A Knee

Salmon: On Border Crisis, Let's Not Take A Knee

As a Member of Congress from a state on our southern border, I see firsthand the realities of illegal immigration. In fact, much of the recent public outcry originated from busloads of illegal immigrants dumped in Arizona a few short

Report: Scammers Using Fake Charities to Prey on Parents of Illegals

Report: Scammers Using Fake Charities to Prey on Parents of Illegals

Scammers representing fake charities are preying on the families of the thousands of illegal immigrant children who are coming across the U.S.-Mexico border from Central America.  According to Reuters, an FBI investigation uncovered numerous instances in which scammers have tried

Border Press Conference; What the Leaders Had to Say

Border Press Conference; What the Leaders Had to Say

AUSTIN, Texas–In a standing-room-only press conference today at the Capitol, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he was deploying 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border to support the Texas Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) current law enforcement surge,