The United States Border Patrol USBP has a long and storied history as our nation's first line of defense against unauthorized migration. Today, the USBP's primary mission is to detect and prevent the entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and illegal aliens into the country, and to interdict drug...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Before turning to recent events and developments, there is a further point that might require reflection, and that is the vulnerability of drones to aircraft attack. For obvious reasons, drones have hitherto been regarded as 'more expendable' items than conventional aircraft. However, they have also become...
UNITED NATIONS AFP — Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari lashed out at the United States after their troops traded gunfire sparked by claims Pakistan forces shot at two US helicopters for alleged violation of airspace on the border with Afghanistan. The US military said the helicopters were within...
UNITED NATIONS AFP — Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari lashed out at the United States after their troops traded gunfire sparked by claims Pakistan forces shot at two US helicopters for alleged violation of airspace on the border with Afghanistan. The US military said the helicopters were within...
MEXICO CITY AFP — Mexican police discovered an air-conditioned drug-smuggling tunnel less than 60 meters (65 yards) from the US border in northwest Mexico, state police said. The 140-meter-long (150-yard), 1.3-meter-wide and five-meter-deep tunnel included an electric rail for container transport, ventilation and lights as well as air-conditioning,...
DUSHANBE AFP — The head of the US military's Central Command held talks in Tajikistan Thursday on securing the border with Afghanistan, which is often crossed by drug runners and militants. "We appreciate the friendship and support of the Tajik people ... We cooperate with the Tajik government...
Approved July 15 H.R. 430 / Public Law 110-262 To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, as the "Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse" H.R. 781 / Public Law 110-263 To redesignate Lock and Dam...
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security DHS last month issued Boeing [BA] a new $55.7 million task order to begin constructing surveillance and communications towers along separate stretches of the United States' Southwest Border beginning this month as part of the electronic, or...
1 -- Please give point by point your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? "Point 1: Complete the Border Fence I voted for and support and continue to staff up the Border Patrol to cover the entire southwest border. "Point...
1 -- Please give point by point your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? "Point 1: Complete the Border Fence I voted for and support and continue to staff up the Border Patrol to cover the entire southwest border. "Point...
1 -- Please give -- point by point -- your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? "Point 1: Complete the Border Fence I voted for and support and continue to staff up the Border Patrol to cover the entire southwest border. "Point...
Christian Pastor Don Swarthout has filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Bar Association seeking an investigation of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's performance during the prosecution of U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean. His complaint alleges that Sutton issued "willfully misleading" statements to the jury that convicted...
WASHINGTON -- As the expiration date of National Guard units assisting with border patrol duties gets closer, Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, wants answers from the Homeland Security Department on the status of the border fence between the United States and Mexico. Since 2006, Operation Jumpstart has put...
EL PASO, Texas -- Josefa Gonzalez Loya has sneaked across the Mexican border at least 128 times in the past eight years. And each time, the Border Patrol has been nice enough to give her a lift home. Gonzalez and a group of other women and children...
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers at Philadelphia International Airport have seized about 81 pounds of an illegal plant that has been compared to cocaine or heroin. Khat pronounced COT, a leafy plant typically found in East Africa and the Saudi Arabian Peninsula,contains an amphetamine-like stimulant. Khat is legal...
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thanks to the energetic work of Republicans and some sober-minded Democrats, the House may indeed get to vote on immigration reform legislation worthy of the name sometime soon. The bill is the SAVE Act (H.R. 4088), introduced by Rep....
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The new guys on the block, First-Light, scored a success by getting their foot in the door with the United States Customs and Border Protection guys. This will allow these officers including Border Patrol agents and canine officers to use First-Light's Liberator GP Tactical Light. The...
Byline: Jerry Seper, THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Department of Homeland Security spent $20 million on a "virtual fence" to better secure 28 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona but has no way to measure its effectiveness and never consulted with the field...
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security DHS last Thursday fully accepted the first installment of an integrated electronic border security system that includes a common operating picture for Border Patrol agents responsible for manning a 28-mile stretch of the United States border with...
Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES The story "Mexican identified as driver in agent's death" (Nation, Friday) once again points out the crisis on our southern border. Hopefully we won't have to put up with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff after this year's presidential ...
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