Category: Border Issues
By Michel Marizco, For the Nogales InternationalReporting from Sasabe, Sonora - Law enforcement agencies from both sides of the border say a gun battle rivaling one that took place last week could be about to hit the mountain towns west of Nogales, Son…
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By admin on Jul 9, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
By JB MillerAnother undocumented immigrant has been shot in Santa Cruz County.Read the entire story in the Nogales International
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By admin on Jul 9, 2010 | In Access, River Crossings, Bridges, Border Issues | Send feedback »
Sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting of an undocumented immigrant near Rio Rico, as well as the discovery of human remains in the same area. On Friday morning, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a "concerned ci…
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By admin on Jun 15, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
Operation Streamline continues to prosecute illegal immigrants in the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector, but one border expert does not believe the program is effective. During a teleconference hosted by the Immigration Policy Center last week, Aarti Kohli…
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By admin on Jun 13, 2010 | In Politics, Police Response, Border Issues | Send feedback »
Federal statistics may show a drop in violence for big cities in border states, but they don't reflect the reality of rural areas along the border, local experts say. Federal statistics, an FBI report and an in-house Customs and Border Protection repor…
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By admin on Jun 13, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing off over illegal immigration, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told President Barack Obama that Americans "want our border secured" and called Thursday for completion of a separating fence. Obama underscored his objections that…
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By admin on Jun 13, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
Sahuarita Police Chief John Harris said he will enforce Arizona's new immigration law but said "the added responsibilities will stretch our resources when they are already stretched to the max." Harris was among a group of police chiefs who took their…
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By admin on Jun 13, 2010 | In Politics, Police Response, Border Issues | Send feedback »
U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords toured the Border Patrol's new interim checkpoint on Interstate 19 on Wednesday, calling the facility a "big step forward." Rep. Gabrielle Giffords visits the interim checkpoint on Interstate 19. Photo by Brittany Walz/Gr…
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By admin on Apr 15, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
An upgraded immigration and drug-smuggling checkpoint operated by the U.S. Border Patrol is scheduled to open Monday on northbound Interstate 19 just north of the Chavez Siding interchange in Tubac. The checkpoint consists of a large covered area and th…
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By admin on Apr 4, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
New fencing east and west of town is helping to reduce illegal border activity in the local area, Nogales' top Border Patrol agent said, but it's also exposing an older stretch of barrier in the downtown area as a weak link in the agency's line of defens…
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By admin on Mar 12, 2010 | In Border Issues | Send feedback »
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