Bush Commutes Sentences of Border Patrol Agents (Updated)

Fox News just announced that President George W. Bush has commuted the sentences of — but not pardoned — two unjustly-convicted U.S. Border Patrol agents, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.According to an Associated Press report citing a senior administration official, Bush...

A Case Of Injustice For Compean And Ramos

The Associated Press recently reported that President George W. Bush granted pardons to 14 individuals and commuted the prison sentences of two others convicted of misdeeds ranging from drug offenses to tax...

Homeland Security Assuming Broad Powers, Turning Vast Swaths of U.S. into “...

Barry Steinhardt,Director, ACLU Technology & Liberty ProgramThursday, Oct 23, 2008You’re driving along a remote, dusty road, when suddenly you come upon a border patrol checkpoint. There, agents demand to see your identity papers, and search your car. You are taken...

Z Portal: Strip Searching Your Car

Backscatter, the technology behind those x-ray-vision airport scanners, is getting rolled out along the US-Mexican border... yes indeed, US Customs will be strip-searching your car.This is meant to make me feel...

The U.S.-Mexico Pipeline

BorderReporter.com A quietly released narco-intelligence report shows some hard truths about the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, I’m starting to think we should dump the noun “border.”  Border implies...

BORDER PATROL TO USE PAINTBALL GUNS ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS

BORDERREPORTER.COMWho didn’t see this coming? Claiming that attacks against agents have increased to terrifying levels, the U.S. Border Patrol plans to arm its agents with paintball guns and shoot the got-aways who perpetrate the attacks. Ostensibly, the paintball shots...

Mexican Military Assisting Illegal's To Cross U. S. Border

Author unknown Some people were confused a few weeks ago by a youtube video that someone posted with a recent date in the title. Several websites posted the story as it had just happened, but it really occurred a year ago. Despite that, and since...

Indigenous Border Summit Live Online Broadcast, Nov 7-10

Good News! The 2nd Indigenous Border Summit of the Americas, which starts tomorrow and will run until Saturday November 10, will once again be broadcast live on the internet!Organized by Tohono O'odham Mike...

ILLEGAL BORDER TRAFFIC DOWN?

The Deming Headlight reports today that illegal immigration through the Deming, which "used to be the second highest corridor in the nation," is down sixrty to seventy percent. The Border Patrol here bases that claim on their assertion that "apprehensions" are down,...

Mexicans protest Bush's visit

Dozens of people gathered and marched together in the Mexican city of Merida, to protest President George Bush's arrival.  This latest incident illustrates the rather delicate  and sometimes touchy...

The Untold Story of Border Patrol Agent Gary Brugman and the Pattern of Malic...

Exclusive at American Freedom Riders.com.! I have been anxiously awaiting this! I have just now received the link via e-mail. Thanks Cactus Wren for giving me first crack at this story!*Please everyone spread this...

Passed my Terrorism Quotient: Got a 65

"The data -- which includes all the information you give to an airline such as medical conditions, frequent flier number, special meal requests, home and email addresses, payment information and your travel...

“Bats” About Border Security Fences :: MAXINE

Where are the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals when we “need” them? – busy wearing chicken suits outside of fast food restaurants or buying stock so that they can attend company stockholder...

Congress Keeps Wary Eye On Complex Procurement

$2 Billion of taxpayers' money to help secure 7,500 miles of the borders of the United States.

One agent for every 10 miles of border with Mexico

"By golly, Mr. President, I need to remind you that you told the nation on May 15 that you were sending the National Guard to the border. We simply couldn't find 'em, and we sure went lookin'. Now the National Guard tells us they're not actually on the border but...

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