US Border Patrol

Want To Reduce Illegal Immigration? Stop Looking At The Border

| Andrew Becker | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: US Border Patrol, US Guest Worker Program, Bracero Program, US Undocumented Immigration, US Illegal Immigration, US Immigration Policy, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Andrew Becker U.S. policies and laws aimed at improving the nation's immigration system have ...

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Arizona Restaurant Offers 'Border Patrol Burrito'

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.24.2012

Read More: Video, Influx of Border Patrol Agents, Arizona Border Patrol, Tachos Tacos, Border Patrol Burrito, US-Mexico Border, US Border Patrol, Arizona Tachos Tacos, Latino Voices News

Tacho's Tacos in Arizona added a new item to its menu to better accommodate the majority of its clientele: the border patrol burrito. Situated four...

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Border Patrol Station To Open In New Mexico's Lawless, Unguarded Bootheel

AP | By RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Video, Immigration, Drugs, US-Mexico Border, New Mexico, US Border Patrol, Illegal Immigration, Latino Voices News

ANIMAS, N.M. -- The U.S. Border Patrol Friday announced it is building an outpost in New Mexico's Bootheel, one of the last unguarded regions between ...

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Border Patrol To Toughen Policy

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, San Diego, U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Mexico, Undocumented Immigration, Borders, Immigrants, U.S. Border Patrol, Border Patrol, Undocumented, Latino Voices News

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment. The age...

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Horses Are Not Going to Keep Drugs Out Of U.S.

Tony Newman | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Drugs, USA Today, Drug Policy Alliance, War on Drugs, Mexico Drug War, Marijuana, Drug War, U.S. Border Patrol, Horses Border Patrol, Border Patrol, Politics News
Tony Newman

No disrespect to the horses efforts, but it's is time for the U.S. and Mexico to find an exit strategy from this unwinnable war.

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Cross-Border 'Fire Fight' Erupts During Drug Bust By U.S. Agents

AP | PAUL J. WEBER | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a t...

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Firm Packed With Ex-Customs and Border Officials Lands Contract

G.W. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Government Contractors, Immigration, U.S. Border Patrol, Border Security, Homeland Security, Government Corruption, Politics News
G.W. Schulz

The U.S. Border Patrol's announcement that it was seeking to hire a contractor for "strategic consulting" services first raised eyebrows in July. Perhaps it wasn't much of a surprise that the contract went to a firm loaded with former government insiders.

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No Federal Help in Arizona, Gov. Brewer? That's a Laugh

Bill Mann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tucson, Green Valley, U.S. Border Patrol, Minutemen, Gov. Jan Brewer, Arivaca, Arizona Immigration, Immigration, Arizona, Politics News
Bill Mann

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in signing last week's bill that makes potential criminals out of people with a swarthy complexion, said indignantly that citizens of her state "have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act."

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US-Mexico Border Arrests Drop To 1970s Levels As Economy Suffers

Los Angeles Times | Richard Marosi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Immigrants, US-Mexico Border, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Mexico Border, Border Patrol, US Border Patrol, World News

Arrests of illegal immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border have fallen to levels unseen since the 1970s as the ailing U.S. economy and enhanced enforceme...

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