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Greg Abbott Supports Texas-Led Border Security Surge

HOUSTON, Texas–On Wednesday Texas Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and Speaker Joe Straus directed the Texas Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) to enforce the Texas/Mexico border through surge operations. The decision comes as thousands of immigrants–most of whom are from Central America–continue

Greg Abbott Supports Texas-Led Border Security Surge

Armenians Smuggled Through U.S.-Mexico Border

Illegal aliens from around the globe have been sneaking into the U.S. through the southern border. Recently the suspected head of a human smuggling ring was captured at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Two other men suspected as part

Armenians Smuggled Through U.S.-Mexico Border

ICE Operation Rounds Up 163 Human Smugglers In May

Special agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations  arrested more than 160 human smugglers along the U.S. southwest border in an initiative called “Operation Southern Crossing” last month. HSI’s operation lasted the entire month in the southwestern cities

ICE Operation Rounds Up 163 Human Smugglers In May

Liquid Meth Floods Through CA Borders

As the U.S.-Mexico border has been inundated with children crossing alone and ending up detained in U.S. facilities, liquid methamphetamines are also flowing across the border. The liquid form allows smugglers to disguise the substance in beverage and repurposed plastic

Liquid Meth Floods Through CA Borders

Expert: Border Crisis Will Only Get Worse

In the past 48 hours, thousands of illegal immigrants from Central America have descended upon US cities all along the southwest border after being apprehended in south Texas. This past weekend, the El Paso Times reported that two flights carrying

Expert: Border Crisis Will Only Get Worse

Internal Memo: 'DREAM Act' Deluge 'Compromising' Border Security

The deluge of unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally is “compromising” the government’s ability to combat other border threats and has been incentivized by government policies, according to a leaked internal draft memo from Deputy Chief of Border Patrol Ronald D.

Internal Memo: 'DREAM Act' Deluge 'Compromising' Border Security

Smugglers Kill 6 Soldiers in Egypt Gunbattle

CAIRO (AP) — Smugglers have killed six Egyptian army border guards, including an officer, in a gunbattle in the remote southwest, the military announced on Sunday. The official Facebook page of Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, a military spokesman, said smugglers

Smugglers Kill 6 Soldiers in Egypt Gunbattle

Arizona Singer of Cartel Songs Murdered in Mexico

33-year-old Tomas Eduardo Tovar, a performer from the U.S. known for singing about the drug trade, was shot in Mexico on May 29. According to the AFP, Tovar was a singer of “narco-corridos,” a music genre dedicated to glorifying the drug trade and narcotics trafficking.

Arizona Singer of Cartel Songs Murdered in Mexico

Meet the Marine Jailed in Mexico

On March 31 a US Marine was imprisoned in Mexico for allegedly bringing guns across the border. According to Fox News, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, 25, a veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan, missed an exit while driving to meet

Meet the Marine Jailed in Mexico

Texas Man Accused of Smuggling Dead Hummingbirds

HOUSTON, Texas–53-year-old Carlos Delgado Rodriguez of Dallas, Texas is accused of transporting approximately 60 dead hummingbirds from Mexico to the U.S. He apparently smuggled the birds with the intent of selling them.  An indictment obtained by Breitbart Texas states that there are five

Texas Man Accused of Smuggling Dead Hummingbirds

3 Texas Residents Charged with Drug Dealing Via UPS

Three individuals, including a father and his daughter, were arrested on May 2 for allegedly smuggling marijuana through the United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), according to local reports. All three recently plead not guilty.  The Monitor reported that the defendants are 44-year-old Mario Enrique

3 Texas Residents Charged with Drug Dealing Via UPS

Border Patrol Saves Life of Baby

A baby from El Salvador was rescued by U.S. Border Patrol agents on May 1, according to a recent report by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Agents allegedly discovered the child among a group of thirteen illegal immigrants staying

Border Patrol Saves Life of Baby

Book Review: Border Patrol Nation, by Todd Miller

It’s hard not to assume what ideological track a book is going to take when it repeatedly uses the terms “militarization” and “social control” in its first chapters when referring to the U.S. Border Patrol. And indeed, author Todd Miller

Book Review: Border Patrol Nation, by Todd Miller

Organizers for South Texas Human Smuggling Ring Convicted

37-year-old Julio Vargas Hernandez and 31-year-old Gustavo Morales Manriquez each pled guilty–facing life in prison–to kidnapping men from South America and holding them hostage. Reports allege that the two men held victims hostage by gunpoint and then trapped them in a

Organizers for South Texas Human Smuggling Ring Convicted

'Border Insecurity': The 'Open' Canadian Border

So much of the American border security discussion is dominated by issues in the south, leaving the debate over threats of drug smuggling and terrorist entry from Canada for another day. In Sylvia Longmire’s latest excerpt, America’s “open border” with

'Border Insecurity': The 'Open' Canadian Border

Texas-Based Gulf Cartel Operative Gets Life Sentence

38-year-old Daniel Nuñez, also known as “El Comandante,” was sentenced to life in prison for drug conspiracy and money laundering.  Nuñez had strong ties to the notorious Gulf Cartel.  The Gulf Cartel reportedly arranged the transporting of drugs from Mexico to

Texas-Based Gulf Cartel Operative Gets Life Sentence

55 Crips Members Charged in Cross-Border Crime Crackdown

Fifty-five West Coast Crip gang members were tracked down and arrested in a coordinated 500-officer, cross-country raid late last week, and face charges for crimes ranging from murder and narcotics trafficking to prostitution and child sex trafficking, the San Diego

55 Crips Members Charged in Cross-Border Crime Crackdown