Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 9.29.2011

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New Report Calls Texas-Mexico Border A 'War Zone' KSAT San Antonio SAN ANTONIO -- A new report is taking aim at the Texas-Mexico border. The study was commissioned by the Texas Department of Agriculture and calls the border more dangerous than ever. Todd Staples, Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, said Americans need ... See all stories on this topic »

Cornyn Response to Discovery of "Fast and Furious" Weapons in Texas Texas GOP Vote By John Cornyn Today, I responded to reports that firearms traced to the alleged “Fast and Furious” gun-walking operation also turned up along the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso, in addition to Phoenix. Attorney General Holder and Justice Department ... See all stories on this topic » Texas GOP Vote

Rick Perry Defends Immigration Policy, Stands By Ben Bernanke Criticism Huffington Post The Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate said it was the federal government's failure to secure the border with Mexico that prompted him to extend in-state tuition breaks to undocumented immigrants who have lived in Texas for three years or ... See all stories on this topic »

Safer Than It's Ever Been! Really! National Review Online (blog) In effect, the cartels seek to create a “sanitary zone” inside the Texas border — one county deep — that will provide sanctuary from Mexican law enforcement and, at the same time, enable the cartels to transform Texas' border counties into narcotics ... See all stories on this topic »

Attacks on Border Patrol Agents 'Relatively Stable'--at More Than 1000 Per ... CNSNews (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (CNSNews.com) - The overall number of assaults on US Border Patrol agents working to protect the largely unfenced US-Mexico border has “remained relatively stable” at more than 1000 per year over the past three years, ... See all stories on this topic »

US-Mexico governors conference languishes Boston Globe Current New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is the only US governor at the 29th meeting, which began late Wednesday and ends Thursday in the Mexican port city of Ensenada, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of San Diego. Three of Mexico's six border ... See all stories on this topic »

US eyes fencing along Canadian border CTV.ca It said US border officers control just 50 kilometres of the 6400-kilometre boundary. The Customs and Border Protection report says while fences have been a big element in deterring unauthorized crossings of the US-Mexican border, "it is unlikely that ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca

US makes deported immigrants take the long way home Los Angeles Times Officials expand a program to transfer detainees from one end of the US-Mexico border to the other, saying it's a deterrent to further crossing attempts. Critics say it leaves immigrants vulnerable to crime. Immigrants who crossed the border in Texas ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Arpaio to border committee: posse won't go to the border Cronkite News By Bastien Inzaurralde PHOENIX – Nearly 3500 volunteers in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's posse help arrest illegal immigrants and fight other crimes, but don't expect them to patrol along the US-Mexico border, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday ... See all stories on this topic »

DOJ says Mexican cartels operating in over 1000 U.S. cities Daily Caller “Mexican-based trafficking organizations control access to the US–Mexico border, the primary gateway for moving the bulk of illicit drugs into the United States,” says the report. “The organizations control, simultaneously use, or are competing for ... See all stories on this topic »

Report shows migrants mistreated Arizona Daily Wildcat In a new report, No More Deaths alleges rampant mistreatment of migrants by United States Border Patrol agents along the US-Mexico border, including the denial of basic human needs. No More Deaths, an Arizona-based activist organization whose mission ... See all stories on this topic »

ATF Fast and Furious guns turned up in El Paso Los Angeles Times Instead, more than 2000 weapons were trafficked along the US-Mexico border, and many were used in violent crimes in Mexico. In addition, two AK-47 semi-automatics involved in the program were recovered after a US Border Patrol agent was killed south of ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Bates College presentation to examine humanitarian work at US-Mexico border Lewiston Sun Journal Claudia Aburto Guzman, associate professor of Spanish at Bates, leads this Public Works in Progress presentation titled "Representations of Trails of Compassion: Volunteer Work at the US-Mexico Border." Joining her are geologist Ed McCullough and ... See all stories on this topic »

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