Texas - US and Mexico Border News - 10.19.2011

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Texas

Tough-guy actor Steven Seagal sworn in as deputy sheriff to patrol Texas and ... NEWS.com.au The West Texas town is only a two-and-a-half hour drive from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The law department is responsible for patrolling a 158km stretch of the Texas-Mexico border. The sheriff's office said the actor, who called the department to inquire ... See all stories on this topic »

First Cash Reports Third Quarter EPS of $0.59, Up 37%; Raises 2011 Earnings ... MarketWatch (press release) On a regional basis, trends in cross-border traffic patterns along the Texas/Mexico border indicated a net migration of customer demand from the Company's large base of stores in Northern Mexico into its significant store base in South Texas. ... See all stories on this topic »

East Texas woman jailed for child smuggling in Valley KGBT-TV by Action 4 News Staff A Nacogdoches woman is behind bars after she allegedly tried to smuggle a Mexican girl into the United States. US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested the 25-year-old woman at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International ... See all stories on this topic »

Republicans' border talk poses risk with Latinos Reuters Texas Governor Rick Perry said he would use predator drones along the Mexican border, and advocated sending additional troops to patrol the frontier. Perry also blasted former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for using a lawncare company that hired ... See all stories on this topic »

A stark choice most families never face San Antonio Express By O. Ricardo Pimentel/o.ricardo.pimentel@express-news.net ALONG THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER — Angela is all smiles and bright eyes, alternately bold and shy — not unlike other tweens, but with important differences. She plows ahead in English, ... See all stories on this topic »

Gorbachev to Mexico: Learn from Violence Fox News In most of the slayings, the victims were young women from poor families who moved to the border city from all over Mexico to work in the many assembly plants, known as "maquiladoras," built there to take advantage of the North American Free Trade ... See all stories on this topic » Fox News

The GOP Debate Took a Wrong Turn on Immigration The Atlantic That is to say, the possible frontrunner in the Republican field thinks it is in his strategic interests to maintain ambiguity about whether or not he would electrify a fence along the Mexican border, one that would inevitably shock some Mexicans to ... See all stories on this topic » The Atlantic

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United States

Republican presidential candidates joust over virtues of a fence along US ... Washington Post LAS VEGAS — Republican presidential candidates are debating the merits of a fence along every inch of the United States' border with Mexico, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry saying it isn't the best way to fight illegal immigration. Rep. ... See all stories on this topic »

US Republicans' border talk poses risk with Latinos Reuters Texas Governor Rick Perry said he would use predator drones along the Mexican border, and advocated sending additional troops to patrol the frontier. Perry also blasted former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for using a lawncare company that hired ... See all stories on this topic »

Mexican army rescues 61 kidnap victims near U.S. border Examiner.com A Mexican army official announced on Monday that soldiers successfully rescued 61 men who were being held prisoner by drug cartel members near the border with the US. None of the prisoners were hurt during the rescue operation, according to a Law ... See all stories on this topic »

First Mexican Cargo Trucks Set To Reach US Fronteras: The Changing America Desk “We're really, really happy with this news,” Pérez said by phone from his office in Monterrey, Mexico. “We can actually give door-to-door service to our clients.” Previously, all Mexican trucks had to stop after crossing the US border and transfer the ... See all stories on this topic »

Bouncing across the border: The deportees that return U.S. Catholic magazine (blog) By Father Tom Joyce CMF The best evidence that unauthorized entry at the US-Mexico border seems to indicate such crossings have declined drastically. Apprehensions by border patrol have declined from 1.6 million a decade ago to about 360000 in 2010. ... See all stories on this topic »

Debate Bickering: GOP Candidates Butt Heads on Immigration, Border Security ABC News (blog) Ron Paul of Texas, Perry was the only GOP candidate on stage who opposes a fence along the entire 2000-mile US-Mexico border. “You know, for someone that's been in the United States Congress, to lecture me on the issues that are going on, ... See all stories on this topic »

Border crossing is Mexico's problem Yuma Sun The border crossing is a Mexican problem and I'm sure that Mexico has the ways and means to fix the problem. Instead of trying to spend, spend, spend on a Mexican problem, Grijalva should be focusing on completing the wall along the US/Mexico border to ... See all stories on this topic »

Senate backs measure to avoid another gun scandal fox4kc.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday passed a measure aimed at avoiding another botched operation to track guns smuggled from the United States, many of which ended up at crime scenes on both sides of the Mexico-US border. ... See all stories on this topic »

State Says Mexican Drug Cartels Akin to Terrorists The New American Cartels such as Los Zetas and Sinaloa use terror to ensure [that] their business — drugs and money — move[s] freely throughout Mexico and across the US border. The barbarism — al Qaeda has nothing on these Mexican cartels. ... See all stories on this topic »

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