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Friday, September 23, 2011

Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 9.23.2011

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On the Border and the Texas DREAM Act
Pajamas Media
And it's insulting for folks who aren't living in the reality of modern Texas to pick at the state's DREAM Act from afar as if it's a monstrous betrayal. The 1200 mile Texas-Mexico border runs through some wild, rugged country. ...
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In debate, Perry defends stance on immigration, border security
MiamiHerald.com
Romney also hit Perry anew over his past criticisms of Social Security, while other rivals jumped on the Texas governor for opposing a fence along the US-Mexico border, as well as his order that young women be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted ...
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US Border Patrol Weekly Blotter September 15 - September 21, 2011
Right Side News
Laredo Sector – Border Patrol agents seized 1499 pounds of marijuana, a pickup truck, and arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Laredo, Texas. Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near San Miguel, Arizona. ...
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El Paso immigrant advocacy group opens NM office
Houston Chronicle
ANTHONY, NM (AP) — An El Paso, Texas-based immigrant advocacy group is set to open a New Mexico office. Cristina Parker, media coordinator for the group, said the Border Network has been active in southern New Mexico for around a decade but didn't ...
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The demonstrated danger of cross-border trucking
SignOnSanDiego.com
Nor has DOT been forthcoming about the inability of Mexican law enforcement to guarantee the safety of their trucks and drivers. Texas inspectors found 1.2 million safety violations in trucks coming from Mexico between 2007 and 2011. ...
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Perry's Immigration Stance Challenged By Romney & Bachman During GOP Debate
Latin America News Dispatch
After the debate , Perry defended his state's version of the so-called DREAM Act and said that it was appropriate for a state that shares a long border with Mexico. “If you say that we should not educate children who have come into our state for no ...
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Latin America News Dispatch
Bc-Tx--Texas News Digest,
WSLS
TEXAS-SUPERCOMPUTER The University of Texas will use a $50 million federal grant from the National Science Foundation to build a supercomputer. BORDER-GUNS SEIZED Customs officers have seized 30 assault rifles bound for Mexico in a car driven by an ...
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Man shot fleeing US-Mexico border crossing
The Associated Press
The afternoon shooting prompted US Customs and Border Protection to temporarily suspend pedestrian travel into the United States from Mexico at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, US Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Angelica De Cima said. ...
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Ex-FEMA chief decries 'porous' Mexican border
Washington Times
By Jerry Seper Joe M. Allbaugh, the outspoken former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), says the US government needs to do a better job of securing the US-Mexico border against illegal immigration and to step up its efforts to ...
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Washington Times
Nazarenes from USA-Mexico border region meet to talk about immigration and the ...
NCN News
–Hebrews 13:2 Church of the Nazarene leaders and lay people from both sides of the US-Mexico border region met September 14-15 in Tecate, Mexico, for a conference entitled “Extranjeros en este Mundo/Strangers in this World.” The focus? ...
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Increase In 'Narco-Tunnels' Found On Arizona Border
Fox News
"We've had all sorts of discoveries, ... tunnels that begin in one house or business on the Mexican side and end inside a house or establishment in the United States," he said. Kelly said that these tunnels are particularly sophisticated, ...
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Fox News
Mexican Government Under Assault From Drug Cartels, Washington Yawns
OilPrice.com
But it's worth remembering that the US-Mexican border, all 1969 miles of it, is the only place in the world where the Third World washes up against the First. One can make a case for the divided Korean peninsula being a similar case, ...
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Border Patrol agent still awaits transfer
Peninsula Daily
By Paul Gottlieb PORT ANGELES — Border Patrol Agent Christian Sanchez, who created a national stir by criticizing the agency that employs him, is still waiting on his request to be transferred from Port Angeles back to the US-Mexico border, ...
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People Near Border Say They Welcome 18-Foot Fence
KFOX El Paso
He lives in building that served as a Fort Bliss barracks from 1880-1893. Salazar's home is less than 50 feet from the US-Mexico border. “The history of this area already exists,” Salazar said. “The issue now is security for us and the tourists. ...
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Customs seize 30 assault rifles bound for Mexico
Reuters
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - US customs agents in Texas seized 30 high-powered assault rifles when they searched a car heading into Mexico in what they said was the largest gun seizure at the state's border this year. Agents at the Del Rio port of entry ...
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Mexican Immigrant Hops US School Bus at Border, Faces Immigration Violations
Hispanically Speaking News
A young Mexican man is facing a number of immigration violations after grabbing a ride with a public school bus in Deming, New Mexico near the US-Mexico border. A spokesman for the El Paso Sector of the US Border Patrol stated that on the morning of ...
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US Weapons of Choice: Disregard for human life on the border
The NarcoSphere
The photos show three of the weapons that the US allowed to "walk" to Mexico's drug cartels. SASABE, Ariz. -- A systematic disregard for human life of those living on the border of the United States and Mexico is revealed in the US diplomatic cables, ...
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