kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday.
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Mexican National Indicted For Shooting At Border Patrol Two others named in indictment LAREDO - Bernardo Javier Gutierrez, 25, a Mexican national, has been indicted for assaulting a United States Border Patrol agent with a deadly weapon, illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition, and of discharging a firearm while in the commission of a violent offense, United...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Agents capture 85 illegal immigrants By Stephen Ceasar For the Arizona Daily Star U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended illegal immigrants in groups of 44, 29, and 12 over the weekend, reported that one agent was assaulted and say a fugitive wanted in connection with the death of a Border Patrol agent was reportedly sighted in Tucson. Apprehensions...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
TUCSON, Ariz.—Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday.From October 2007 through August, agents in the 260-mile Tucson sector arrested just under 300,000 illegal immigrants. That's...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Last updated October 3, 2008 7:34 p.m. PTArrests on Arizona-Mexico border drop for 2nd yearBy ARTHUR H. ROTSTEINTUCSON, Ariz. -- Arrests of people entering the United States illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both the US and Mexico, a Border Patrol spokesman said Friday.From October...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Border Patrol targeting inland transport BLAINE, Wash., Oct. 1 (UPI) — U.S. immigration authorities say they’re making more arrests by focusing on bus and train stations many miles from the nation’s borders. U.S. Border Patrol agents have the authority to search any kind of transportation within 100 miles of international borders and have...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Arrests on Arizona-Mexico border drop for 2nd yearOct 3, 2008 10:20 PM (27 mins ago) By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, AP 13 mins ago: 3 hrs ago: 876TUCSON, Ariz.) - Arrests of people entering the illegally along the busiest stretch for such crossings fell for the second year in a row, possibly reflecting economic conditions in both countries, a spokesman said Friday.From October 2007 through August, agents...
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
U.S. immigration authorities say they're making more arrests by focusing on bus and train stations many miles from the nation's borders. U.S. Border Patrol agents have the authority to search any kind of transportation within 100 miles of international borders and have launched a program targeting bus, train and ferry routes that don't include border crossings, USA...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Joining Forces Local Indian Tribe Working With Border Patrol With more than 100 miles of land to canvass, enforcing the border can be quite the challenge for Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents. They’re getting additional help, however, from an unlikely source. The Cocopah Indian tribe is working closely with the Border Patrol in an attempt to crack...
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Border Patrol’s methods criticized Emily Bazar USA TODAY Three times in the past year, Border Patrol agents have approached Silvio Torres-Saillant in the Greyhound station in Syracuse, N.Y., as he purchased tickets or waited in the terminal. Each time, they asked about his immigration status and citizenship, says the Syracuse University English professor, a...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Some believe Border Patrol agents sometimes question people based on skin color or accent.
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Standing orders for BP Agent MUST be changed NOW to include the authorization of deadly force for attacks by foreign nationals. If the Mexican government can’t control the mobs then let Smith & Wesson do it! — One Old Veteran Caught On Tape: Border patrol agents attacked with rocks Rebecca Thomas Border patrol agents in the Tucson sector said [...]
The Dustin Inman Society Blog (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
KTVK-TV — Phoenix Border stop leads to arrest of convicted murderer Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Ajo Station apprehended a vehicle carrying eleven illegal aliens on Highway 85 near Lukeville, Arizona. — Among the eleven individuals was an illegal alien who was convicted of Second Degree Murder with the use [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
During the first 11 months of the fiscal year starting October 2007, roughly 660,000 illegal immigrants were detained along the Southwest border, an 18.4 percent drop from the same period last year.
