BORDER
NEWS WATCH SPECIAL EDITIONS - 11/2018
11/2/2018 BORDER NEWS
WATCH SPECIAL EDITION
Opinion Polls
POLL: Lop-sided majorities in
31 Toss Up districts want caravans kept out & legal immigration numbers
reduced
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US Congress
How Can
Congress Address the Current Border Crisis ?
Oklahoma's
Inhofe Announces Plan For Funding U.S.-Mexico Border Wall __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
DHS
DHS: 300 in Migrant Caravans
Are Known Convicts, Gang Members
DHS: We Can
Confirm There Are Criminals, Gang Members in the Illegal Caravan
DHS Agents in
Riot Gear Close U.S.-Mexico Border for Caravan That’s 1,500 Miles Away
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Border
Patrol
BORDER
PATROL WARNS TEXAS LANDOWNERS ABOUT ‘POSSIBLE ARMED CIVILIANS’ IN AREA DUE TO
CARAVAN: REPORT
Border Patrol ‘Career Day’
Triggers False Claims of Student Roundups
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HSI
Feds say
Nogales trucking companies illegally hired Mexican drivers
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Border Patrol Agent Misconduct
Border agent
helped smuggle 90 pounds of cocaine while on duty, feds say
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Immigration
Central
American Immigrant Population Increased Nearly 28-Fold since 1970: Poverty and
welfare use double that of native-born Americans
Immigration Continues to
Surge
Border surge
highest since 2011, each illegal immigrant costs $70,000, 7x deportation price
TOTAL
IMMIGRATION TO U.S. RECENTLY TIED ALL-TIME RECORD
Study: 2016 Immigration Tied
Previous Record High
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Illegal Immigration Policy
President Will Deny
Asylum-Seekers Who Cross Border Illegally
Undocumented
immigrants say a better life – not children's citizenship – the main reason
they come to Texas
There is no
such thing as 'open borders'
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lllegal Immigration
Arizona border: See map of
southern U.S. border apprehensions by sector
The crisis of the illegal
immigrant in America
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Refugee
Resettlement
Where are newly
arrived, unaccompanied minors housed in Arizona? No one will say
Resettle with
Caution: National Security Concerns
Resettle with
Caution: State and Local Obstacles
Resettle with Caution: Hidden
Costs to Social Programs
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Central
American Migrant
3 Crime Factors Driving
Northern Triangle Migrants Out
Caravan Map Update 11/1/2018
Migrant Caravan
Central American migrant
caravan's tactics changing?
“Elaborately Planned” Caravan
Brings Human Traffickers & Violent Gangbangers to Guatemala
Evidence piles up about
caravan's criminals, terrorists, and human shields
Central American Caravan
Poses Serious Public Health Threat; TB, Dengue, Chikungunya
President Will Deny
Asylum-Seekers Who Cross Border Illegally
'Todos, todos, todos': Migrants
consider crossing river to Mexico in bid to reach U.S.
Mexico Warns of
Molotov Cocktail Threat amid Second Migrant Caravan
DHS: We Can
Confirm There Are Criminals, Gang Members in the Illegal Caravan
Mexican
Ambassador to U.S.: Some in Migrant Caravan ‘Very Violent'
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US Military
Trump says
border troops could hit 15K, surprising Pentagon
This federal law limits what
US troops deployed at the border can do
Thousands of US troops sent
to tighten security at Mexico border
5,200 Troops Heading to
Border With Concertina Wire, Barriers
Excerpt from
D Brief November 2, 2018:
"Question: Is shooting migrants who toss rocks legal? Maybe, if it's
a big enough rock. But the claim would need to pass a pretty high bar,
including "there [being] a reasonable belief that the subject of such
force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to a
person," according to Defense Department regulations (PDF, pg. 83). See
also CBP regs (PDF) requiring
belief that the rock "poses an imminent danger of serious physical injury
or death." That "or" does quite a bit of work."
US Military Operational Law
Handbook
CBP Use of Force, Policy and
Procedures Handbook
Davis-Monthan,
Fort Huachuca will house troops being sent to border
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Refugees/Asylum/Migrant Children
Where are newly
arrived, unaccompanied minors housed in Arizona? No one will say
Asylum seekers turned away
from border bridges ahead of caravan
Despite
stricter U.S. immigration rules, more asylum-seekers flow across border
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Colorado
Colorado Murder Suspect
Arrested While Driving for Mexican Cartel Hit Squad
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Birthright
Citizenship
The 'Right' to Birthright
Citizenship
Trump Admin. Considering
Executive Action to End Birthright Citizenship
Here's how Pres. Trump can
end Birthright Citizenship...
What SCOTUS Should Consider About Birthright Citizenship
Kick-Starting
the Birthright-Citizenship Debate
9 Things to
Know About Birthright Citizenship
Trump targets
U.S. birthright citizenship as elections loom
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Cartels
Idaho Drug Trafficking
Suspect Identified as Previously Deportee, Say Feds
Cartel-Linked Police
Commander Killed in Southern Mexico Ambush
WATCH: Mexican
Cartel Films Cop’s Interrogation Before Killing Him
Humboldt County, CA: Largest
Heroin Bust in Recent History Thanks to Mexican Cartels
Mty: Sicarios
record themselves shooting targets in a drive by
GRO: 4 killed while identifying
a murder victim in Iguala SEMEFO
office
Even With ‘El Chapo’ Away, Sinaloa Cartel Remains Mexico’s Top Crime
Group
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GOM
Texcoco Video: Gun Fight Between
Federal Police and Bad Guys
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Politics
Trump Baits the
Press on Asylum No-Shows
Migrant
caravan: Trump announces stones thrown will be treated as firearms while
travelling immigrants head to US border
Trump press
conference: President announces 'violence' from caravan will be met with
radical military response
AP FACT CHECK:
Trump's hype on migrants, illegal immigration
Trump kicks off
rally blitz with grievances, immigrant fears
Donald Trump
suggests 15,000 troops could be sent to US-Mexico border to counter migrant
caravans
'MAKING AMERICA
SAFE AGAIN!': Trump Savages Democrats In Video On Illegal Immigration
Trump Connects
the Dots on Dangers of Illegal Immigration
Watch:
President Trump Readies Plan to End Birthright Citizenship Via Executive Action
Ducey’s border security whopper
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Selected Incidents
Border Patrol
agents seize meth hidden in gas tank
Douglas CBP Officers Stop Mexican Teen’s Smuggling Attempt
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Books
Double Wide
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Insight Crime News
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From ICE Acting
Director Homan:
Excerpt from: https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/blame-congress-rapid-rise-illegal-border-crossings
REFORM THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT (TVPRA) -- Commonly referred to as the William Wilberforce Act, TVPRA prohibits Border Patrol from quickly removing unaccompanied children from non-contiguous countries who attempt to cross the border illegally. UACs from Mexico and Canada can be quickly returned once Border Patrol is able to determine that they're not victims of human trafficking. But for minors from countries outside of Mexico and Canada, minors must be turned over to Health and Human Services, allowing them to stay in the country indefinitely.
REFORM THE ASYLUM PROCESS -- Under existing law, anyone apprehended at the border who makes a credible fear claim that passes the initial screening is released. Since 2008, there's been a 1700% spike in the number of credible fear claims made at the Southern border, and 80% pass the credible fear screening. However, only 20% of those who pass the credible fear screening are granted asylum by a federal judge.
MANDATE E-VERIFY -- Foreign nationals cross the border illegally because they can obtain jobs in the U.S. Homan said requiring all employers to use E-Verify would discourage most illegal immigration to the United States and dramatically reduce the number of illegal border crossings.
END SANCTUARY CITIES -- At last count, more than 300 sanctuary jurisdictions exist across the country, including California which recently passed legislation making it a sanctuary state. Jurisdictions that protect illegal aliens from removal encourages illegal border crossings because illegal aliens know they have hundreds of safe-havens to choose from once they get here.
TERMINATE FLORES AGREEMENT -- The spike in the apprehension of family units is a result of the Flores Agreement, which restricts the period of time that Border Patrol can detain family units. The Flores Agreement encourages illegal border crossers to cross with children, knowing that Border Patrol has to release them after a certain period of time. If BP were able to hold family units until their court date, family units would be less likely to cross the border illegally.
All of Homan's policy recommendations are included in Rep. Bob Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, but not surprisingly, none are part of the ongoing DACA amnesty negotiations between House Republicans.
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Opinion
ICE and Ignorance
Each year we make
the journey from Arizona to our lake cabin in the north woods of
Wisconsin. During the last trip I was shaken from my boredom by flashing
red lights in my rear view mirror. The look on my wife’s face was a reminder
this wasn’t a new experience. As the officer approached, I kept my hands on the
steering wheel until he asked for my license and insurance card. Before
he went to his car, I motioned toward my handgun mounted partly hidden but
within reach. He smiled, nodded his head, returned to his car and soon returned
with my documents but no speeding ticket. While thanking him for his
service as a law officer I was stunned by him thanking me for “carrying.” His
words were spoken as he walked away. As close as I recall he said, “We’re
going to need you as much as you’ll need us.” Additional words weren’t
needed; I’d heard them before. Our nation is rapidly approaching the precipice
of a monumental conflict between two factions of its citizens. The
balance of this column is one of many reasons the Sheriff and I agreed a symbolic
match has been lit by the leftist.
In my last column,
“Can we survive the divide” I wrote about the rise of Progressive politics from
raw Communism as promoted by Saul Alinsky’s and his
book “Rules for Radicals.” Progressivism / Socialism is the genesis of
today’s Leftist activities. The failing of Hillary Clinton’s guaranteed
presidency destroyed the leftist plans and threw them into an uncontrollable
rage against anything pro President Trump. There is even a name for this,
“Trump Derangement Syndrome”, Childlike they could not accept defeat and began
attacking the President and anything Conservative.
ICE is a powerful
protector and defender of our nation, however, it not as well known as other
branches of government. It was carefully assembled after the 911 tragedy
to better protect us from expected terrorist attacks. Their activities have
been expanded greatly where needed. With a decade of involvement in the
Nogales Border Patrol Station as a member of the Citizen’s Advisory Board, I
know the incredible importance of the ICE agency. Following is a very recent
update of various types of duties and successes ICE performs to protect our
nation.
If ICE had not
been active, 981,000 pounds of the deadliest drugs would still be on our
streets. If ICE had not been charged with checking visas, over 800,000
individuals would not have been refused entry and stopped at our border. The
protection of our citizens and country must come first. 900 children
would still be in the hands of sex traffickers if ICE hadn’t searched and found
them. 2,000 sex predators would be on our streets. More than 10,000 children
would still be in the hands of foreign criminal organizations or still locked
in semi-trailers or automobile trunks desperately trying to survive. Without ICE
and DNA technology, 900 of 2,500 children would still be with an adult,
possibly an unknown adult, posing as a parent. There are many other ICE
challenges such as apprehending illegal aliens who have somehow made it past
the limits of the Border Patrol Agents.
If those wishing
to come to our country, why would they not go directly to a port of
entry? Many are U.S. Citizens who have gone to Mexico, where they
committed crimes, and are trying to return back to the USA, their homeland,
In a year’s tally
it is not unusual for more than seventy different countries to be represented
by ICE apprehensions of their citizens crossing illegally. Russians, Chinese,
Iranians and Syrians are just a few.
The MS-13 criminal
gang members from El Salvador cross our borders to start deadly gangs. These
bloodthirsty criminals literally butcher innocent citizens, especially young
children for no apparent reason. Select ICE agents are assigned to these
killers.
Criminals
regularly attempt to cross with children posing as family members. Later
it’s found that the children have been forced to swallow balloons containing
drugs, and will often turn them into child prostitutes.
One of the most
common reasons for crossing our border are pregnant women who are near the time
for birth so their children will become American citizens under the 14th
amendment to the Constitution. Of course that permits them to claim benefits
from our country. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the
deadliest drug lord in history is now in our maximum security prison. No more
than a few years earlier his wife flew to California, gave birth to twins and
returned to her home in Mexico. We must attempt to understand why two of
El Chapo’s children were born and became citizens
because of our misinterpretation of an amendment to our Constitution. The
added amendment was primarily included for freed slaves to be included as U.S.
Citizens.
Those who are
uninformed are certain President Trump created the separation of children from
their parents by himself. Actually the President followed the law.
President Clinton happily signed the law sent to him from Congress in 1996.
That law separates children from parents who had entered the country
illegally. President Bush used the law as well. President Obama followed
suit enforcing the same law throughout his terms in office. Of course
thousands of illegal aliens came across during those years.
I had the
opportunity to visit one of the centers when a great number of children from
numerous countries reunited with parents. ICE and the Border Patrol worked as
expeditiously as possible to aid and attend to everyone’s needs. Contrary
to the leftist’s propaganda, “cages” is a terrible stretch of the imagination.
Large areas were divided by link fences very much like those used around tennis
courts. They were separated from other groups for obvious reasons. In one
particular case TV’s were brought in and wired so everyone could watch with
some enjoyment. I was told the TV’s in most cases were brought from the
agents homes.
Looking back to
the previous terms of Clinton, Bush and Obama where was the gnashing of teeth,
where were the hateful chants and more specific, where were the moronic threats
from leftist politicians who would threaten to abolish ICE? Of course
none of that occurred until President Trump came to office.
When I see
children and childlike adults carrying ABOLISH ICE placards during a
protest it causes me to wonder if the ability to read or think somehow avoided
them. Personally I can’t imagine anyone waving a placard that displays so
clearly one’s ignorance.
President Reagan
had a similar opinion of childish liberals. “The trouble with our Liberal
friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that
isn’t so.”
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Mexico
Here’s How Mexico Treats Illegal Immigrants
Authored by: Matt Palumbo
While combating illegal immigration has long been a bipartisan issue, the so-called anti-Trump “resistance” has decided that guilt tripping anyone who supports a sensible immigration policy is a viable political strategy. We’ve all heard the arguments; that opposing illegal immigration is preventing people from “just looking for a better life,” or over the past few months, is “separating families.” And of course there’s the most common insult, that enforcing immigration laws is “racist.”
But are America’s immigration laws, or our treatment of illegal immigrants uniquely awful?
To answer that question, let’s examine the situation in another nation: Mexico.
Mexico Rejects More Asylum Requests than the U.S.
Speaking of the rise in asylum request rejections under Trump, a writer at the American-Statesman noted a “dramatic” change. They write, “Immigration judges, who are employed by the Justice Department and not the judicial branch like other federal judges, rejected 61.8 percent of asylum cases decided in 2017, the highest denial rate since 2005.”
Meanwhile in Mexico, nearly 90 percent of asylum requests are denied (and the figures are similarly high for other Latin American countries, such as El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala).
Mexico Regulates Immigration Based on Race
I only bring this up, because for all the rhetoric about Trump’s supposed racism or disdain for certain immigrants, there is one country that does regulate their immigration flows by race, and that’s the country Trump is most accused of being racist against.
In Article 37 of Mexico’s General Law of Population, we learn that their Department of the Interior shall be able to deny foreigners entry into Mexico, if, among other reasons, they may disrupt the “domestic demographic equilibrium.” Additionally, Article 37 also states that immigrants can be removed if they’re detrimental to “economic or national interests.”
Mexico Deports More Central American Illegal Immigrants than the United States
In July 2014, former Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto and former president of Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina, announced the start of a migration security project called Plan Frontera Sur (Southern Border Plan). The U.S. has committed at least $100 million towards this plan to help aid Mexican border security, because it’s mutually beneficial. Both Mexico and the U.S. want to keep out Central American illegal immigrants (and they have to pass through Mexico to reach the U.S.)..
Since Plan Frontera Sur, Mexico has deported more central American illegal immigrants than we have in the U.S. Even CNN had to acknowledge that:
According to statistics from the US and Mexican governments compiled by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, Mexico in 2015 apprehended tens of thousands more Central Americans in its country than the US did at its border, and in 2015 and 2016 it deported roughly twice as many Central Americans as the US did.Since migrant children are the hot-button topic in the American immigration debate currently; In 2014 there were 18,169 migrant children were deported from Mexico, and 8,350 deported to Central America the year before. From January 2015 to July 2016, 39,751 unaccompanied minors were put in the custody of Mexican authorities.
A report this year from Amnesty International concluded that “Mexican migration authorities are routinely turning back thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to their countries without considering the risk to their life and security upon return, in many cases violating international and domestic law by doing so.”
Mexico Has Their Own Southern Border – and Invisible Wall
For us much as Donald Trump is criticized by the political class in Mexico for wanting to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border, as previously mentioned, Mexico has accepted our help in enforcing their immigration laws on their own southern border with Guatemala. While they don’t have a literal border fence, they do have checkpoints, patrols, raids, etc. According to NPR:
Rather than amassing troops on its
border with Guatemala, Mexico stations migration agents, local and federal police,
soldiers and marines to create a kind of containment zone in Chiapas state.
With roving checkpoints and raids, Mexican migration agents have formed a
formidable deportation force.
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14 killed in shooting attacks in
Mexican border city
Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64717234.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_cam____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In Homan's conversation with CIS's Jessica
Vaughan, he identified five actions that Congress can take to end the surge
of illegal border crossings.
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Judicial
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11/2/2018 BORDER NEWS WATCH SPECIAL EDITION
11/11/2018 BORDER NEWS
WATCH SPECIAL EDITION
Opinion Polls
POLL: Lop-sided majorities in
31 Toss Up districts want caravans kept out & legal immigration numbers
reduced
Voters Show
More Support for Troops On the Border
Mid-Term Voters Oppose Split
Congress Trading Border Wall for DACA Amnesty
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US Congress
Nearly
All NumbersUSA House Champions Win on Election Night
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The
"Wall"
Out With the
Old, in With the New Along Calexico Border
As the border
wall grows, smuggling tunnels proliferate
DHS Issues
Waiver of Environmental Laws to Expand Border Fencing
Trump’s plan to
have Jim Mattis fast-track part of the border wall
could backfire
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DOJ
DOJ Charges Hotel with
Discrimination for not Hiring Immigrant in Fraud-Infested Asylum Program
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Border
Patrol
Border Patrol
Postpones Plans To Conduct ‘Crowd Control’ Exercise on Election Day
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DEA
DEA Releases
2018 National Drug Assessment
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Judicial
9th Circuit Rules
Administration Must Continue DACA Program
DOJ Charges Hotel with
Discrimination for not Hiring Immigrant in Fraud-Infested Asylum Program
Jeff Sessions Resigns as
Attorney General __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illegal Immigration Policy
How Immigration
Policy Might Decide The Election
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lllegal Immigration
Border arrests surged to
highest levels of Trump presidency in October
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Refugee
Resettlement
Presidential
Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the
United States
Migrant Caravan Continues
Trek Toward US Border Despite Trump's Suspension of Asylum Rights
Resettle with
Caution: National Security Concerns
Resettle with
Caution: State and Local Obstacles
Resettle with Caution: Hidden
Costs to Social Programs
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Central
American Migrants/Caravans
Presidential
Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the
United States
Migrant Caravan Continues
Trek Toward US Border Despite Trump's Suspension of Asylum Rights
Myth vs. Fact: Caravan
Third
migrant caravan, turned away by Mexico, crosses anyway at shallow part of river
Mexico Says Nearly 3,000
Migrants Have Abandoned The 'Migrant Caravan'
Trump to Caravan: Rocks Will
Be Considered A Firearm, "I Hope" Military Won't Shoot
President Trump pledges
large-scale detention of migrants, ban on asylum claims
Trump Addresses Illegal
Immigration Crisis: "We Will Not Allow Our Generosity To Be Abused"
Did Trump Say U.S. Troops
Would Shoot Migrants? Not Exactly
Central American Caravan
Poses Serious Public Health Threat; TB, Dengue, Chikungunya
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US Military
U.S. officials: Arizona
border ports need razor wire to prevent migrant rush
Migrant Caravan Continues
Trek Toward US Border Despite Trump's Suspension of Asylum Rights
CBP Readies for Troops, Migrant
Caravan
Exclusive: Pentagon balked at
U.S. border troops building detention facilities - officials
A look at the troops being
sent to US-Mexico border
US Army report says only
around 20 per cent of migrants in caravan will reach US as Trump predicts
‘invasion’
US Army Threat Assessment
Contradicts Trump's Caravan Claims
Here are the rules of
engagement for troops deploying to the Mexican border
Troop deployment creates
tense atmosphere on US border
Excerpt from
D Brief November 2, 2018:
"Question: Is shooting migrants who toss rocks legal? Maybe, if it's
a big enough rock. But the claim would need to pass a pretty high bar,
including "there [being] a reasonable belief that the subject of such
force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to a
person," according to Defense Department regulations (PDF, pg. 83). See
also CBP regs (PDF) requiring
belief that the rock "poses an imminent danger of serious physical injury
or death." That "or" does quite a bit of work."
US Military Operational Law
Handbook
CBP Use of Force, Policy and
Procedures Handbook
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Refugees/Asylum/Migrant Children
Trump keeps spotlight on
immigration, but punts on asylum changes
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Tucson Drug Smuggling
Deadly fentanyl
disguised as 'black tar heroin' showing up on Tucson streets
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Birthright
Citizenship
Can birthright citizenship be
taken away?
Commentary:
There is no test to becoming American
The 'Right' to Birthright
Citizenship
Trump Admin. Considering
Executive Action to End Birthright Citizenship
Here's how Pres. Trump can
end Birthright Citizenship...
What SCOTUS Should Consider About Birthright Citizenship
Kick-Starting
the Birthright-Citizenship Debate
9 Things to
Know About Birthright Citizenship
Trump targets U.S.
birthright citizenship as elections loom
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Cartels
Narco-Terrorism to Worsen under Mexico’s New
Leftist President, State Dept. Warns
Narco-Terrorism to Worsen under Mexico’s New
Leftist President, State Dept. Warns; Amnesty for Drug Traffickers
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GOM
Mexico Gave the Migrant
Caravan a Warm Welcome. It Wasn't Always this Way
Narco-Terrorism to Worsen under Mexico’s New
Leftist President, State Dept. Warns
Narco-Terrorism to Worsen under Mexico’s New
Leftist President, State Dept. Warns; Amnesty for Drug Traffickers
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Politics
What Are the President’s
Emergency Immigration Powers?
Presidential
Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the
United States
President Will Deny
Asylum-Seekers Who Cross Border Illegally
President Limits Asylum
Protections for Illegal Border Crossers
Trump Move to
Limit Asylum Draws Court Challenge
Nearly All NumbersUSA House Champions Win on Election Night
More Gang of 8 Senators Lose;
Mixed Results in House
URGENT: Join the Fight to Keep Immigrants Off
Welfare
Dems: 'Trump's Refusal To Admit Caravan Into
Country Is An Egregious Act Of Voter Suppression'
Being in favor
of legal immigration means being opposed to illegal immigration
Trump announces
plan to block some migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border,
offers few details
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Selected Incidents
450 Central
American Migrants Apprehended at AZ Border in 48 Hours
Illegal
immigrant released by 'sanctuary' charged with triple murder: ICE
40 Mexicans
linked to human smuggling ring arrested at Imperial Beach apartments, Border
Patrol says
Nogales CBP Officers Seize $812K In Hard Drugs
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Books
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Insight Crime News
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From ICE Acting
Director Homan:
Excerpt from: https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/blame-congress-rapid-rise-illegal-border-crossings
REFORM THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT (TVPRA) -- Commonly referred to as the William Wilberforce Act, TVPRA prohibits Border Patrol from quickly removing unaccompanied children from non-contiguous countries who attempt to cross the border illegally. UACs from Mexico and Canada can be quickly returned once Border Patrol is able to determine that they're not victims of human trafficking. But for minors from countries outside of Mexico and Canada, minors must be turned over to Health and Human Services, allowing them to stay in the country indefinitely.
REFORM THE ASYLUM PROCESS -- Under existing law, anyone apprehended at the border who makes a credible fear claim that passes the initial screening is released. Since 2008, there's been a 1700% spike in the number of credible fear claims made at the Southern border, and 80% pass the credible fear screening. However, only 20% of those who pass the credible fear screening are granted asylum by a federal judge.
MANDATE E-VERIFY -- Foreign nationals cross the border illegally because they can obtain jobs in the U.S. Homan said requiring all employers to use E-Verify would discourage most illegal immigration to the United States and dramatically reduce the number of illegal border crossings.
END SANCTUARY CITIES -- At last count, more than 300 sanctuary jurisdictions exist across the country, including California which recently passed legislation making it a sanctuary state. Jurisdictions that protect illegal aliens from removal encourages illegal border crossings because illegal aliens know they have hundreds of safe-havens to choose from once they get here.
TERMINATE FLORES AGREEMENT -- The spike in the apprehension of family units is a result of the Flores Agreement, which restricts the period of time that Border Patrol can detain family units. The Flores Agreement encourages illegal border crossers to cross with children, knowing that Border Patrol has to release them after a certain period of time. If BP were able to hold family units until their court date, family units would be less likely to cross the border illegally.
All of Homan's policy recommendations are included in Rep. Bob Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, but not surprisingly, none are part of the ongoing DACA amnesty negotiations between House Republicans.
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Opinion
ICE and Ignorance
Each year we make
the journey from Arizona to our lake cabin in the north woods of
Wisconsin. During the last trip I was shaken from my boredom by flashing
red lights in my rear view mirror. The look on my wife’s face was a reminder
this wasn’t a new experience. As the officer approached, I kept my hands on the
steering wheel until he asked for my license and insurance card. Before
he went to his car, I motioned toward my handgun mounted partly hidden but
within reach. He smiled, nodded his head, returned to his car and soon returned
with my documents but no speeding ticket. While thanking him for his
service as a law officer I was stunned by him thanking me for “carrying.” His
words were spoken as he walked away. As close as I recall he said, “We’re
going to need you as much as you’ll need us.” Additional words weren’t
needed; I’d heard them before. Our nation is rapidly approaching the precipice
of a monumental conflict between two factions of its citizens. The
balance of this column is one of many reasons the Sheriff and I agreed a
symbolic match has been lit by the leftist.
In my last column,
“Can we survive the divide” I wrote about the rise of Progressive politics from
raw Communism as promoted by Saul Alinsky’s and his
book “Rules for Radicals.” Progressivism / Socialism is the genesis of
today’s Leftist activities. The failing of Hillary Clinton’s guaranteed
presidency destroyed the leftist plans and threw them into an uncontrollable
rage against anything pro President Trump. There is even a name for this,
“Trump Derangement Syndrome”, Childlike they could not accept defeat and began
attacking the President and anything Conservative.
ICE is a powerful
protector and defender of our nation, however, it not as well known as other
branches of government. It was carefully assembled after the 911 tragedy
to better protect us from expected terrorist attacks. Their activities have
been expanded greatly where needed. With a decade of involvement in the
Nogales Border Patrol Station as a member of the Citizen’s Advisory Board, I
know the incredible importance of the ICE agency. Following is a very recent
update of various types of duties and successes ICE performs to protect our
nation.
If ICE had not
been active, 981,000 pounds of the deadliest drugs would still be on our
streets. If ICE had not been charged with checking visas, over 800,000
individuals would not have been refused entry and stopped at our border. The
protection of our citizens and country must come first. 900 children
would still be in the hands of sex traffickers if ICE hadn’t searched and found
them. 2,000 sex predators would be on our streets. More than 10,000 children
would still be in the hands of foreign criminal organizations or still locked
in semi-trailers or automobile trunks desperately trying to survive. Without
ICE and DNA technology, 900 of 2,500 children would still be with an adult,
possibly an unknown adult, posing as a parent. There are many other ICE
challenges such as apprehending illegal aliens who have somehow made it past
the limits of the Border Patrol Agents.
If those wishing
to come to our country, why would they not go directly to a port of
entry? Many are U.S. Citizens who have gone to Mexico, where they
committed crimes, and are trying to return back to the USA, their homeland,
In a year’s tally
it is not unusual for more than seventy different countries to be represented
by ICE apprehensions of their citizens crossing illegally. Russians, Chinese,
Iranians and Syrians are just a few.
The MS-13 criminal
gang members from El Salvador cross our borders to start deadly gangs. These
bloodthirsty criminals literally butcher innocent citizens, especially young
children for no apparent reason. Select ICE agents are assigned to these
killers.
Criminals
regularly attempt to cross with children posing as family members. Later
it’s found that the children have been forced to swallow balloons containing
drugs, and will often turn them into child prostitutes.
One of the most
common reasons for crossing our border are pregnant women who are near the time
for birth so their children will become American citizens under the 14th
amendment to the Constitution. Of course that permits them to claim benefits
from our country. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the
deadliest drug lord in history is now in our maximum security prison. No more
than a few years earlier his wife flew to California, gave birth to twins and
returned to her home in Mexico. We must attempt to understand why two of
El Chapo’s children were born and became citizens
because of our misinterpretation of an amendment to our Constitution. The
added amendment was primarily included for freed slaves to be included as U.S.
Citizens.
Those who are
uninformed are certain President Trump created the separation of children from
their parents by himself. Actually the President followed the law.
President Clinton happily signed the law sent to him from Congress in 1996.
That law separates children from parents who had entered the country
illegally. President Bush used the law as well. President Obama followed
suit enforcing the same law throughout his terms in office. Of course thousands
of illegal aliens came across during those years.
I had the
opportunity to visit one of the centers when a great number of children from
numerous countries reunited with parents. ICE and the Border Patrol worked as
expeditiously as possible to aid and attend to everyone’s needs. Contrary
to the leftist’s propaganda, “cages” is a terrible stretch of the imagination.
Large areas were divided by link fences very much like those used around tennis
courts. They were separated from other groups for obvious reasons. In one
particular case TV’s were brought in and wired so everyone could watch with
some enjoyment. I was told the TV’s in most cases were brought from the
agents homes.
Looking back to
the previous terms of Clinton, Bush and Obama where was the gnashing of teeth,
where were the hateful chants and more specific, where were the moronic threats
from leftist politicians who would threaten to abolish ICE? Of course
none of that occurred until President Trump came to office.
When I see
children and childlike adults carrying ABOLISH ICE placards during a
protest it causes me to wonder if the ability to read or think somehow avoided
them. Personally I can’t imagine anyone waving a placard that displays so
clearly one’s ignorance.
President Reagan
had a similar opinion of childish liberals. “The trouble with our Liberal
friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that
isn’t so.”
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mexico
Here’s How Mexico Treats Illegal Immigrants
Authored by: Matt Palumbo
While combating illegal immigration has long been a bipartisan issue, the so-called anti-Trump “resistance” has decided that guilt tripping anyone who supports a sensible immigration policy is a viable political strategy. We’ve all heard the arguments; that opposing illegal immigration is preventing people from “just looking for a better life,” or over the past few months, is “separating families.” And of course there’s the most common insult, that enforcing immigration laws is “racist.”
But are America’s immigration laws, or our treatment of illegal immigrants uniquely awful?
To answer that question, let’s examine the situation in another nation: Mexico.
Mexico Rejects More Asylum Requests than the U.S.
Speaking of the rise in asylum request rejections under Trump, a writer at the American-Statesman noted a “dramatic” change. They write, “Immigration judges, who are employed by the Justice Department and not the judicial branch like other federal judges, rejected 61.8 percent of asylum cases decided in 2017, the highest denial rate since 2005.”
Meanwhile in Mexico, nearly 90 percent of asylum requests are denied (and the figures are similarly high for other Latin American countries, such as El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala).
Mexico Regulates Immigration Based on Race
I only bring this up, because for all the rhetoric about Trump’s supposed racism or disdain for certain immigrants, there is one country that does regulate their immigration flows by race, and that’s the country Trump is most accused of being racist against.
In Article 37 of Mexico’s General Law of Population, we learn that their Department of the Interior shall be able to deny foreigners entry into Mexico, if, among other reasons, they may disrupt the “domestic demographic equilibrium.” Additionally, Article 37 also states that immigrants can be removed if they’re detrimental to “economic or national interests.”
Mexico Deports More Central American Illegal Immigrants than the United States
In July 2014, former Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto and former president of Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina, announced the start of a migration security project called Plan Frontera Sur (Southern Border Plan). The U.S. has committed at least $100 million towards this plan to help aid Mexican border security, because it’s mutually beneficial. Both Mexico and the U.S. want to keep out Central American illegal immigrants (and they have to pass through Mexico to reach the U.S.)..
Since Plan Frontera Sur, Mexico has deported more central American illegal immigrants than we have in the U.S. Even CNN had to acknowledge that:
According to statistics from the US and Mexican governments compiled by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, Mexico in 2015 apprehended tens of thousands more Central Americans in its country than the US did at its border, and in 2015 and 2016 it deported roughly twice as many Central Americans as the US did.Since migrant children are the hot-button topic in the American immigration debate currently; In 2014 there were 18,169 migrant children were deported from Mexico, and 8,350 deported to Central America the year before. From January 2015 to July 2016, 39,751 unaccompanied minors were put in the custody of Mexican authorities.
A report this year from Amnesty International concluded that “Mexican migration authorities are routinely turning back thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to their countries without considering the risk to their life and security upon return, in many cases violating international and domestic law by doing so.”
Mexico Has Their Own Southern Border – and Invisible Wall
For us much as Donald Trump is criticized by the political class in Mexico for wanting to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border, as previously mentioned, Mexico has accepted our help in enforcing their immigration laws on their own southern border with Guatemala. While they don’t have a literal border fence, they do have checkpoints, patrols, raids, etc. According to NPR:
Rather than amassing troops on its
border with Guatemala, Mexico stations migration agents, local and federal
police, soldiers and marines to create a kind of containment zone in Chiapas
state. With roving checkpoints and raids, Mexican migration agents have formed
a formidable deportation force.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14 killed in shooting attacks in
Mexican border city
Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64717234.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_cam____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In Homan's conversation with CIS's Jessica
Vaughan, he identified five actions that Congress can take to end the surge
of illegal border crossings.
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The Current "Wall" Images
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BOOK by Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton: Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies
Judicial
Watch: Open Records Laws and Resources
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leo Banks is a Tucson-based reporter who covers border-related issues.
New Book
Double
Wide
A novel by Leo
W Banks
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11/16/2018 BORDER NEWS
WATCH SPECIAL EDITION
Opinions
National Exit Poll
Shows Continued Public Support for Immigration Enforcement
Reader Opinion: Immigration and open borders
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US Congress
Justice Reform Bill Would Allow Criminal Aliens to
Roam Free
The First Step Act — the Zombie Bill that Refuses to Die __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The
"Wall"
As border wall goes up in Texas, some landowners put
up a fight, others welcome it
Sen. James Inhofe: A border wall can be built for $25
billion – here’s how to get the money
Trump administration greenlights
$324M border wall in Arizona
Two border wall projects set for southern Texas __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Border
Patrol
San Diego Border Patrol monitoring migrant caravan
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DoS
US Issues New Travel Warning for 5 States in Mexico
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Arizona
Trump administration greenlights
$324M border wall in Arizona
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Immigration
Immigration: Myths and Facts
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Illegal Immigration Policy
President Trump's immigration agenda is pro-Hispanic
Across US, tax dollars being poured into 'legal
defense fund for illegals'
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lllegal Immigration
Hundreds
of migrants die trying to cross into US from Mexico
650 Central Americans Apprehended near Arizona Border
in Two Days ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Judiciary
Jeff Sessions's Impact on
Immigration as Attorney General
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Central
American Migrants
Surge Continues in Arizona as Caravan Arrives at
California Border
Migrant Caravan in Mexico Changes Course, but Dangers
Still Lurk
New questions about caravan as migrants arrive in Tijuana
22 Buses with 900 Caravan Migrants Nears U.S. Border
650
Illegal Aliens Surrender In Yuma Sector, Arizona Ports Conduct Readiness
Exercises
The
first waves of the migrant caravan have arrived at U.S.-Mexico border;
thousands more expected in coming days
What
You Need to Know About the Migrant Caravan’s Arrival to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Migrant
caravan, Tijuana residents clash at U.S. border fence: 'You're not welcome
First of Caravan Migrants Reach SW Border
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
US Military
Troops on the southern border
Arizona
Residents, Officials Skeptical As Border Troops Move In
Mattis Defends Mexico Border Deployment in First
Troop Visit
Mexican Drug Reforms Might Push Trump to Keep U.S. Troops
at the Southern Border
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Refugees/Asylum/Migrant Children
Trump
signs immigration order to curb asylum claims
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Checkpoint
Border Checkpoint Crusader
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Marijuana
Marijuana Seizures Plummet in US and Mexico. Will
Illegal Profits Follow?
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El
Chapo
‘El Chapo’ Defense Puts
Spotlight on Alleged Mexico Corruption
El Chapo Trial Thursday
highlights
El Chapo Trial: "Blood
thirsty Chapo even killed family" here is the backstory
El Chapo Trial: Jesus
"El Rey" Zambada, brother of El Mayo,
testifies as a cooperative witness
El Chapo Trial Day 2- EPN and Fox were on the payroll"
El Chapo's defense:
"Mayo Zambada is the real leader of Sinaloa
Cartel"
‘El Chapo’ Defense Puts Spotlight
on Alleged Mexico Corruption
Emma arrives at Brooklyn courthouse as the trial of El
Chapo begins
Chapo's beauty queen wife living lavishly - away from the
courtroom
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Cartels
Wells Fargo Banker Worked in Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering
Scheme, Say Feds
The Wounded of the Narco-Warriors
A narcomessage to A.G.
candidate in Obregón Sonora signed by CJNG
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GOM
Majority of Businesses Hurt by Crime in Mexico: Report
National guard, fighting corruption
among key elements of new security plan
Mexico Supreme Court overturns security
law
Mexico president-elect will continue to
lean on military
Mexican Drug Reforms Might Push Trump to
Keep U.S. Troops at the Southern Border
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Politics
President Limits Asylum Protections for Illegal Border
Crossers
President Trump Continues to Call for an Increase in
Foreign Workers
Nielsen Isn’t the Problem With Trump’s Immigration
Policies
Remember the caravan? After vote, focus on migrants fades
Kamala Harris compares ICE to KKK,
gets slammed for 'disgusting,' 'horrifying' remarks __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Selected Incidents
Men tried to smuggle Mexicans into North Dakota at
Canadian border, agents say
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From ICE Acting
Director Homan:
Excerpt from: https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/blame-congress-rapid-rise-illegal-border-crossings
REFORM THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT (TVPRA) -- Commonly referred to as the William Wilberforce Act, TVPRA prohibits Border Patrol from quickly removing unaccompanied children from non-contiguous countries who attempt to cross the border illegally. UACs from Mexico and Canada can be quickly returned once Border Patrol is able to determine that they're not victims of human trafficking. But for minors from countries outside of Mexico and Canada, minors must be turned over to Health and Human Services, allowing them to stay in the country indefinitely.
REFORM THE ASYLUM PROCESS -- Under existing law, anyone apprehended at the border who makes a credible fear claim that passes the initial screening is released. Since 2008, there's been a 1700% spike in the number of credible fear claims made at the Southern border, and 80% pass the credible fear screening. However, only 20% of those who pass the credible fear screening are granted asylum by a federal judge.
MANDATE E-VERIFY -- Foreign nationals cross the border illegally because they can obtain jobs in the U.S. Homan said requiring all employers to use E-Verify would discourage most illegal immigration to the United States and dramatically reduce the number of illegal border crossings.
END SANCTUARY CITIES -- At last count, more than 300 sanctuary jurisdictions exist across the country, including California which recently passed legislation making it a sanctuary state. Jurisdictions that protect illegal aliens from removal encourages illegal border crossings because illegal aliens know they have hundreds of safe-havens to choose from once they get here.
TERMINATE FLORES AGREEMENT -- The spike in the apprehension of family units is a result of the Flores Agreement, which restricts the period of time that Border Patrol can detain family units. The Flores Agreement encourages illegal border crossers to cross with children, knowing that Border Patrol has to release them after a certain period of time. If BP were able to hold family units until their court date, family units would be less likely to cross the border illegally.
All of Homan's policy recommendations are included in Rep. Bob Goodlatte's H.R. 4760, the Securing America's Future Act, but not surprisingly, none are part of the ongoing DACA amnesty negotiations between House Republicans.
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Opinion
ICE and Ignorance
Each year we make
the journey from Arizona to our lake cabin in the north woods of
Wisconsin. During the last trip I was shaken from my boredom by flashing
red lights in my rear view mirror. The look on my wife’s face was a reminder
this wasn’t a new experience. As the officer approached, I kept my hands on the
steering wheel until he asked for my license and insurance card. Before
he went to his car, I motioned toward my handgun mounted partly hidden but
within reach. He smiled, nodded his head, returned to his car and soon returned
with my documents but no speeding ticket. While thanking him for his
service as a law officer I was stunned by him thanking me for “carrying.” His
words were spoken as he walked away. As close as I recall he said, “We’re
going to need you as much as you’ll need us.” Additional words weren’t
needed; I’d heard them before. Our nation is rapidly approaching the precipice
of a monumental conflict between two factions of its citizens. The
balance of this column is one of many reasons the Sheriff and I agreed a
symbolic match has been lit by the leftist.
In my last column,
“Can we survive the divide” I wrote about the rise of Progressive politics from
raw Communism as promoted by Saul Alinsky’s and his
book “Rules for Radicals.” Progressivism / Socialism is the genesis of
today’s Leftist activities. The failing of Hillary Clinton’s guaranteed
presidency destroyed the leftist plans and threw them into an uncontrollable
rage against anything pro President Trump. There is even a name for this,
“Trump Derangement Syndrome”, Childlike they could not accept defeat and began
attacking the President and anything Conservative.
ICE is a powerful
protector and defender of our nation, however, it not as well known as other
branches of government. It was carefully assembled after the 911 tragedy
to better protect us from expected terrorist attacks. Their activities have
been expanded greatly where needed. With a decade of involvement in the
Nogales Border Patrol Station as a member of the Citizen’s Advisory Board, I
know the incredible importance of the ICE agency. Following is a very recent
update of various types of duties and successes ICE performs to protect our
nation.
If ICE had not
been active, 981,000 pounds of the deadliest drugs would still be on our
streets. If ICE had not been charged with checking visas, over 800,000
individuals would not have been refused entry and stopped at our border. The
protection of our citizens and country must come first. 900 children
would still be in the hands of sex traffickers if ICE hadn’t searched and found
them. 2,000 sex predators would be on our streets. More than 10,000 children
would still be in the hands of foreign criminal organizations or still locked
in semi-trailers or automobile trunks desperately trying to survive. Without
ICE and DNA technology, 900 of 2,500 children would still be with an adult,
possibly an unknown adult, posing as a parent. There are many other ICE
challenges such as apprehending illegal aliens who have somehow made it past
the limits of the Border Patrol Agents.
If those wishing
to come to our country, why would they not go directly to a port of
entry? Many are U.S. Citizens who have gone to Mexico, where they
committed crimes, and are trying to return back to the USA, their homeland,
In a year’s tally
it is not unusual for more than seventy different countries to be represented
by ICE apprehensions of their citizens crossing illegally. Russians, Chinese,
Iranians and Syrians are just a few.
The MS-13 criminal
gang members from El Salvador cross our borders to start deadly gangs. These
bloodthirsty criminals literally butcher innocent citizens, especially young
children for no apparent reason. Select ICE agents are assigned to these
killers.
Criminals
regularly attempt to cross with children posing as family members. Later
it’s found that the children have been forced to swallow balloons containing
drugs, and will often turn them into child prostitutes.
One of the most
common reasons for crossing our border are pregnant women who are near the time
for birth so their children will become American citizens under the 14th
amendment to the Constitution. Of course that permits them to claim benefits
from our country. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the
deadliest drug lord in history is now in our maximum security prison. No more
than a few years earlier his wife flew to California, gave birth to twins and
returned to her home in Mexico. We must attempt to understand why two of
El Chapo’s children were born and became citizens
because of our misinterpretation of an amendment to our Constitution. The
added amendment was primarily included for freed slaves to be included as U.S.
Citizens.
Those who are
uninformed are certain President Trump created the separation of children from
their parents by himself. Actually the President followed the law.
President Clinton happily signed the law sent to him from Congress in 1996.
That law separates children from parents who had entered the country
illegally. President Bush used the law as well. President Obama followed
suit enforcing the same law throughout his terms in office. Of course
thousands of illegal aliens came across during those years.
I had the
opportunity to visit one of the centers when a great number of children from
numerous countries reunited with parents. ICE and the Border Patrol worked as
expeditiously as possible to aid and attend to everyone’s needs. Contrary
to the leftist’s propaganda, “cages” is a terrible stretch of the imagination.
Large areas were divided by link fences very much like those used around tennis
courts. They were separated from other groups for obvious reasons. In one particular
case TV’s were brought in and wired so everyone could watch with some
enjoyment. I was told the TV’s in most cases were brought from the agents
homes.
Looking back to
the previous terms of Clinton, Bush and Obama where was the gnashing of teeth,
where were the hateful chants and more specific, where were the moronic threats
from leftist politicians who would threaten to abolish ICE? Of course
none of that occurred until President Trump came to office.
When I see
children and childlike adults carrying ABOLISH ICE placards during a
protest it causes me to wonder if the ability to read or think somehow avoided
them. Personally I can’t imagine anyone waving a placard that displays so
clearly one’s ignorance.
President Reagan
had a similar opinion of childish liberals. “The trouble with our Liberal
friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that
isn’t so.”
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mexico
Here’s How Mexico Treats Illegal Immigrants
Authored by: Matt Palumbo
While combating illegal immigration has long been a bipartisan issue, the so-called anti-Trump “resistance” has decided that guilt tripping anyone who supports a sensible immigration policy is a viable political strategy. We’ve all heard the arguments; that opposing illegal immigration is preventing people from “just looking for a better life,” or over the past few months, is “separating families.” And of course there’s the most common insult, that enforcing immigration laws is “racist.”
But are America’s immigration laws, or our treatment of illegal immigrants uniquely awful?
To answer that question, let’s examine the situation in another nation: Mexico.
Mexico Rejects More Asylum Requests than the U.S.
Speaking of the rise in asylum request rejections under Trump, a writer at the American-Statesman noted a “dramatic” change. They write, “Immigration judges, who are employed by the Justice Department and not the judicial branch like other federal judges, rejected 61.8 percent of asylum cases decided in 2017, the highest denial rate since 2005.”
Meanwhile in Mexico, nearly 90 percent of asylum requests are denied (and the figures are similarly high for other Latin American countries, such as El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala).
Mexico Regulates Immigration Based on Race
I only bring this up, because for all the rhetoric about Trump’s supposed racism or disdain for certain immigrants, there is one country that does regulate their immigration flows by race, and that’s the country Trump is most accused of being racist against.
In Article 37 of Mexico’s General Law of Population, we learn that their Department of the Interior shall be able to deny foreigners entry into Mexico, if, among other reasons, they may disrupt the “domestic demographic equilibrium.” Additionally, Article 37 also states that immigrants can be removed if they’re detrimental to “economic or national interests.”
Mexico Deports More Central American Illegal Immigrants than the United States
In July 2014, former Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto and former president of Guatemala Otto Pérez Molina, announced the start of a migration security project called Plan Frontera Sur (Southern Border Plan). The U.S. has committed at least $100 million towards this plan to help aid Mexican border security, because it’s mutually beneficial. Both Mexico and the U.S. want to keep out Central American illegal immigrants (and they have to pass through Mexico to reach the U.S.)..
Since Plan Frontera Sur, Mexico has deported more central American illegal immigrants than we have in the U.S. Even CNN had to acknowledge that:
According to statistics from the US and Mexican governments compiled by the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute, Mexico in 2015 apprehended tens of thousands more Central Americans in its country than the US did at its border, and in 2015 and 2016 it deported roughly twice as many Central Americans as the US did.Since migrant children are the hot-button topic in the American immigration debate currently; In 2014 there were 18,169 migrant children were deported from Mexico, and 8,350 deported to Central America the year before. From January 2015 to July 2016, 39,751 unaccompanied minors were put in the custody of Mexican authorities.
A report this year from Amnesty International concluded that “Mexican migration authorities are routinely turning back thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to their countries without considering the risk to their life and security upon return, in many cases violating international and domestic law by doing so.”
Mexico Has Their Own Southern Border – and Invisible Wall
For us much as Donald Trump is criticized by the political class in Mexico for wanting to beef up security on the U.S.-Mexico border, as previously mentioned, Mexico has accepted our help in enforcing their immigration laws on their own southern border with Guatemala. While they don’t have a literal border fence, they do have checkpoints, patrols, raids, etc. According to NPR:
Rather than amassing troops on its
border with Guatemala, Mexico stations migration agents, local and federal
police, soldiers and marines to create a kind of containment zone in Chiapas
state. With roving checkpoints and raids, Mexican migration agents have formed
a formidable deportation force.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
14 killed in shooting attacks in
Mexican border city
Read more at:
//economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64717234.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_cam____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________In Homan's conversation with CIS's Jessica
Vaughan, he identified five actions that Congress can take to end the surge
of illegal border crossings.
===============================================================================================================================================================================
The Current "Wall" Images
========================================================================================================================================================
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BOOK by Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton: Clean House: Exposing Our Government's Secrets and Lies
Judicial Watch: Open Records Laws and Resources
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leo Banks is a Tucson-based reporter who covers border-related issues.
New Book
Double Wide
A novel by Leo W Banks
End of
11/16/2018 BORDER NEWS WATCH SPECIAL EDITION