The presidents of the unions representing Border Patrol agents and Customs and Immigration Enforcement agents will argue that current government policies have led to the massive influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors and family units at a House Judiciary Committee
Britain on Tuesday became the latest nation to formally outlaw the herbal stimulant khat, the bushy leaf chewed by many Somalis, Yemenis, Kenyans and Ethiopians. Under a new law that came into effect on Tuesday, khat is now a “class
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government plans to turn an empty 55,000-square foot warehouse in South Texas into a processing facility for unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally, according to construction permits obtained by The Associated Press
Fernando “El Ingeniero” Sánchez Arellano, head of the once-powerful Arellano Félix Organization (a.k.a. the Tijuana cartel) has been captured, according to both US law enforcement and Mexican government sources. As of 9:00pm Pacific time on June 23, this information had not
HOUSTON, Texas–Thousands of illegal immigrants–most of whom are from Central America–continue to cross the U.S.-Mexico border each day, but there are many who never complete the dangerous journey north because they run out of money. The trip from Central America can
HOUSTON, Texas–47-year-old Gerardo Salazar, a fugitive since 2005, landed in the U.S. on Wednesday to face various charges related to an alleged sex trafficking ring that he was the head of. He is accused of smuggling minor girls into the
The United States must respect the “universal rights” of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors illegally entering the country, according to the Salvadoran ambassador to the United States. “We understand the concern of the U.S. government about the issue
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
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
Arizona Republican Rep. Dave Schweikert is calling for thousands of troops to be sent to states bordering Mexico to deal with the large influx of undocumented immigrants. “The drastic increase of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) being apprehended and detained by
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
So I called it what it is. Where is the media coverage of the possibility that these “poor” immigrant kids are probably also smuggling drugs into the country? “I find it very hard to believe that tens of thousands of
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
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) tore into DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson for his and the president’s failure to enforce U.S. immigration laws, which Sessions believes is responsible for the chaos along the border. He declared “the humanitarian disaster is caused by
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
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.
Britain’s Independent newspaper has become the latest victim of news satire after it published an article about Kinder Egg smugglers in the United States. Kinder Eggs have technically been banned in the United States on health and safety grounds since
When 43-year-old Silvester Padilla Romero from Tucson was caught at the U.S.-Mexico border with more than 545 pounds of marijuana in his truck, federal agents were quick to pass on his case. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent said that
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
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.
An Australian woman was sentenced to 23 years in prison in Cambodia for attempting to smuggle heroin from Phnom Penh into her native country. Yoshe Ann Taylor, 41, was arrested, along with French teenager Charlene Savarino, who was sentenced to
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Nogales, Arizona recently sealed a tunnel used by cartels to transport drugs and weapons from Mexico to the U.S. According to the Latin Post, it took six trucks full of cement to seal the tunnel on
HOUSTON, Texas–A pilot is accused of smuggling several bags of cocaine into the U.S. on May 26, as he flew from Colombia, South America to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Although the suspect–a 49-year-old male–is a licensed pilot, in
47-year-old Marvin Davis, a former Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper, is accused of smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico. According to a local ABC affiliate, Davis was pulled over on a Houston highway on May 22 for “illegal
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
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted an attempt to smuggle 17 Mexican nationals, who were trying to enter the U.S. illegally via a panga boat near Catalina Island, off the coast of Long Beach, California. All 17 people were
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
Court records obtained by Breitbart Texas state that Marcos Antonio Zamorano was arrested in south Texas, after police discovered a human stash house containing seven illegal immigrants. He has officially been charged with one count of human smuggling, according to a
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
A murder or assault conviction is no guarantee an immigrant will be deported or even remain in detention, an internal Department of Homeland Security document reveals. According to the document, obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies and shared with
Three men are in federal custody for allegedly holding 35 illegal immigrants against their will in a Pharr, Texas apartment on the U.S./Mexico border. The captors are accused of beating and the victims and extorting their families for money. Court
A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) spokesman informed Breitbart Texas that on May 2, agents arrested two Mexican citizens attempting to smuggle $1.9 million worth of cocaine into the U.S. Officers stopped the two male suspects, ages 22 and 21, as they
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
Israel’s jails, especially its maximum security prisons, employ cutting-edge technology to prevent contraband – drugs, cell phones and weapons – from being smuggled in. Recent reports in the Palestinian and international media, however, point to a new challenge: Palestinian women
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
Del Rio, Texas-based Border Patrol agents rescued two illegal immigrants who were attempting to illegally cross the Rio Grande River, according to a recent press release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Reports state that the two immigrants were a 33-year-old
SAN DIEGO, California–A simple fence is the only physical barrier between Mexico and the United States in the area where Border Patrol agent Robert Rosas, Jr. was brutally murdered by five illegal immigrants–the same unchanged fence that the illegals crossed
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
A human stash house containing 147 suspected illegal immigrants was busted in Alton, Texas, near the U.S./Mexico border. Daniel Tirado, a spokesman for the Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol Sector, told The McAllen Monitor that the immigrants were residents of various South
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
