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In the News (Mon 13 Oct 08)

  
  Friends of the Border Patrol - A 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
United States Border Patrol agents are not happy with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) since he voted for the Amnesty Bill (S. And they're not being quiet about their collective anger over the senator's actions and remarks.
The Border Patrol is an outstanding organization, and their agents are the best of the best, but their duties have been changed from what they use to be.
The facts are that over 75 border area residents/ranchers welcome volunteers of Friends of the Border Patrol onto their property to help them with the negative effects of illegal aliens and drug runners traversing their property on a regular basis.
www.friendsoftheborderpatrol.com /501Guest.html   (4119 words)

  
 United States Border Patrol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Border Patrol was founded on May 28, 1924 as an agency of the United States Department of Labor.
The priority mission of the Patrol, as a result of the 9/11 attacks and its merging into DHS, is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States of America.
The Border Patrol personnel are deployed primarily at the U.S.-Mexico border, where they are assigned to control drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol   (2585 words)

  
 Daily Titan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Throughout the siege, two factors have remained consistent: The United States Border Patrol’s valiant effort to protect the sovereignty of the nation, and the illegal immigrants’; desperate desire to seek economic relief in the north.
Jon Eads, a senior patrol agent with the Border Patrol, said that after Gatekeeper was implemented, crime in the area was dramatically reduced.
Behind the fence, south of the border, is a dilapidated neighborhood called “La Libertad.” Piles of rubble lie next to houses with roofs made of fl plastic sheeting anchored down with tires in an effort to keep out the rain.
dailytitan.fullerton.edu /issues/spring04/extra/border3.html   (1315 words)

  
 Immigrant deaths along the United States Border.
The United States Mexico barrier is actually several separation barriers designed to prevent illegal immigration into the United States from the territory of adjacent Mexico.
Some United States/Mexico border scholars have claimed that these operations are just a public relations ploy used to convince U.S. citizens that the border is "secure", while the economy benefits from the continuing flow of cheap labor across the border.
The barrier is located in the urban sections of the border, the areas that have been the location of the greatest number of illegal crossings in the past.
www.visa2003.com /world-immigration/us-border.htm   (1020 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
In 1932 the patrol was placed under the authority of two directors, one in charge of the Mexican border office at El Paso, the other in charge of the Canadian border office at Detroit.
In 1958 the El Paso office of the border patrol established a Fraudulent Document Center that was afterward moved to Yuma.
The border patrol of the 1990s carries out its functions with a variety of devices, including helicopters, blimps, airplanes, radar, floodlights, motion detectors, cameras, informants, dogs, various vehicles, and fences and walls.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/UU/ncujh.html   (1584 words)

  
 US Border Patrol The Wall
It is not a border or "border town" problem, because the problem exists in the Mexican enclaves in America as well as in Mexico itself.
In addition, the largest immigrant group of all the immigrant groups in the United States are Mexicans under the age of four.
The United States of America has had to set up a second "border." When you move northwards from the Mexican border on any road or highway, the US Border Patrol will be there to check to see if you are an illegal alien.
www.usborderpatrol.com /borderframe1301.htm   (4083 words)

  
 US Border Patrol: Pros & Cons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The official mission of the United States Border patrol is to protect the boundaries of the United States by preventing illegal entry, and by detecting, interdicting, and apprehending illegal aliens, smugglers, and contraband.
The Border Patrol's efforts may be sufficient but many people believe that there are many problems in the methods of the Border Patrol.
In an overview of the supporters argument, they believe that new improvements in the Border Patrol have indeed decreased the amount of illegal immigrants and should be allowed continuing funding to further decrease the amount of illegal immigrants entering the country.
www.studyworld.com /newsite/ReportEssay/SocialIssues/general\US_Border_Patrol__Pros_&_Cons-42547.htm   (694 words)

  
 Friends of the Border Patrol   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Border Patrol Agents are asked to relocate with the lowest funded relocation package in government service, placing the financial security of your family at risk, despite the fact relocations are premised solely on agency needs.
Finally, and perhaps most extraordinarily, it is my professional opinion that most Border Patrol Agents will face significant pay cuts prior to or during the pay for performance transition; either through the loss of premium pay, locality pay, or a pay for performance structure which amounts to an unfunded mandate.
On the Border Patrol; during my tenure with this agency, I watched the Border Patrol mature into something it should not be: one of the most inefficient and misleading agencies in the history of government.
www.friendsoftheborderpatrol.com /DassaroLetter.html   (2078 words)

  
 Border Patrol rejects construction of walls
The Border Patrol Chief Associate, Kevin Stevens, stated in his testimony that the more than 1,800 National Guard agents that were assigned at the border until July 18 have contributed to the arrest of 1,200 undocumented immigrants in the last weeks.
However, he stated that the enforcement of immigration laws at the entry ports "remains the responsibility of the Border Patrol agents".
Washington, DC, July 22, 2006 (Notimex).- The United States Border Patrol National Council, the union representing these agents, expressed their opposition to the construction of a wall with Mexico.
quepasa.com /english/news/immigration/Border.wall.necessary/497790.html   (500 words)

  
 MurthyDotCom : Border Patrol Apprehensions Down Significantly
The United States Border Patrol released figures on September 16, 2002 pertaining to the apprehension of individuals attempting to enter the U.S. without documentation.
Specifically, the Border Patrol apprehended 799,281 undocumented individuals during the first ten months of FY2002.
On a related note, the Border Patrol is also involved with the detection and seizure of illegal drugs coming into the U.S. The Border Patrol seized over 1.3 billion dollars worth of illegal drugs during the first 10 months of FY2002.
www.murthy.com /news/ukborder.html   (230 words)

  
 U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Border Security   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Border Patrol Agents patrol nearly 6,000 miles of international land border with Canada and Mexico and nearly 2,000 miles of coastal border.
The CBP Border Patrol is the mobile uniformed law enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The U.S. Border Patrol has 20 sectors responsible for detecting, interdicting and apprehending those who attempt to illegally enter or smuggle people, including terrorists, or contraband, including weapons of mass destruction, across U.S. borders between official ports of entry.
www.usborderpatrol.gov   (336 words)

  
 ESRI News - Fall 2001 ArcNews -- U.S. Border Patrol Maximizes Enforcement with GIS
The San Diego (California) Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol--which is responsible for 60 miles of tough terrain, 900 seismic sensors, and more than 2,000 agents--has some of the most diversified working conditions of any sector within the patrol.
The team, made up of Border Patrol agents and enforcement officers, has the responsibility of incorporating and maintaining the most up-to-date technological implementations.
Dan Isenberg, Border Patrol agent and the GIS lead, says, "With the evolution of the real-time ICAD system, agents have situational awareness prior to their deployment into the field.
www.esri.com /news/arcnews/fall01articles/usborderpatrol.html   (1001 words)

  
 United States–Mexico border - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the exception of a small number of minor Rio Grande border disputes, since settled, the current course of the border was finalized by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the 1853 Gadsden Purchase.
Whether the border between Mexico and the breakaway Republic of Texas followed the Rio Grande or the Nueces River further north was an issue never settled during the existence of that Republic, and the uncertainty was one of the direct causes of the 1846–48 Mexican-American War.
Border Patrol activity is concentrated around big border cities such as San Diego and El Paso which do have extensive border fencing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States-Mexican_Border   (1743 words)

  
 History of Deming's Border Patrol
The Deming Station was formed in 1927 with the assignment of two Inspectors to patrol the border by automobile and horseback.
In early 1941, the Border Patrol Station was relocated 32 miles South of Deming at Columbus, New Mexico which is 3 miles North of the border.
This unit is actively pursuing the prosecution (and Removal) of Criminal Aliens from the United States and has broken previous station records due to the increased traffic of alien smugglers.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/7070/history.htm   (1168 words)

  
 Border Patrol getting entrants' calls for help | www.azstarnet.com ®
Border Patrol agents are seeing an unforeseen consequence to a U.S. government plan that was intended to help illegal entrants but instead lulls them into a false sense of security, said the commander of the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector rescue unit.
The plan, part of the Border Safety Initiative, was to distribute the Border Patrol's help line number, 1-877-USBP-HELP, on public service announcements in Mexico.
Miguel gives only his first name to the dispatcher, then is put on hold and transferred to the Border Patrol.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/border/84263.php   (555 words)

  
 Border Patrol paper
Seems like a simple job, the only thing the Border Patrol has to do is drive around in trucks, along with the aid of flying helicopters and large stadium floodlights, they capture whoever is trying to cross, put them on a bus and send them packing home.
When the Border Patrol agents find them, if they ever find the bodies, they must clean it up, maybe investigate but most likely it will be a short investigation because the gangs have probably run back in Mexico.
A Border Patrol officer (Keitel) approaches the new guy, Charlie Smith (Nicholson), about a deal in which he is involved in and wants Smith to join in.
www.msu.edu /user/florese2/borderpatrol.html   (1987 words)

  
 US Border Patrol's newest tool: a drone | csmonitor.com
With the numbers illegally crossing the US border with Mexico remaining high, estimated at 1 million people each year, the Border Patrol has increasingly turned to technology to help secure the 2,000-mile stretch.
The UAV will be operated by a Border Patrol agent acting as the pilot, who sits in a cockpit-like control station at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. The aircraft is flown by remote control and equipped with an electro-optic sensor that can send back images, day or night.
When an illegal entry is spotted, a Border Patrol agent sitting next to the pilot can then relay the information to other agents in the field.
www.csmonitor.com /2005/1207/p02s01-usmi.htm   (772 words)

  
 Shots Across the Border
The patrol says the shooting was in self-defence, and that the dead man was a coyote, or people-smuggler.
At the other end of the border, in Texas, Border Patrol agents were reportedly shot at from inside Mexico.
On December 16th, the United States House of Representatives passed by 239 to 182 votes a bill sponsored by James Sensenbrenner, a Republican from Wisconsin.
www.banderasnews.com /0601/eded-mexvus.htm   (851 words)

  
 KDBC - El Paso - Home - Border Patrol: They’re Not Affiliated with Us   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Border Patrol: They’re Not Affiliated with Us The controversial Minuteman group is coming to Southern New Mexico and the U.S. Border Patrol wants to make one thing to the public perfectly clear, this group is not affiliated with them or with any official government agency.
Border Patrol agents say they won’t allow any volunteer groups to interfere in their efforts to keep the borders safe.
The official mission of the Border Patrol as part of the Department of Homeland Security is to keep the homeland safe from any terrorists activity.
www.kdbc.com /home/1621941.html?video=YHI   (310 words)

  
 VDARE.com: 10/09/03 - Border Patrol Enforces Law!…Almost; etc.
According to WOAI in San Antonio, the [Illegal] Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride actually was stopped by the Border Patrol in Sierra Blanca, TX, just as some VDARE.COM readers suggested it should be.
I would also like to know what the Border Patrol’s excuse is for bowing to political and ecclesiastical pressure.
Bishop Ochoa’s border diocese was 33.8% Catholic in 1950.
www.vdare.com /fulford/border_patrol_etc.htm   (910 words)

  
 Border "Traffic" Meets Technology
The Border Patrol's jurisdiction is divided into Regions and further subdivided into Sectors.
In the Western Region, the San Diego and El Centro Sectors are responsible for patrolling approximately 130 miles of border between the State of California and Mexico.
As part of the Border Safety Initiative, a program designed to increase migrant safety, GIS is used by the Border Patrol to concentrate resources at dangerous areas to deter crossing in these areas as well as a tool for improving response to border emergencies.
www.esri.com /news/arcuser/0401/border.html   (304 words)

  
 RLSC - US Border PAtrol
This guide was produced as a public service by the United States Border Patrol –Rangeley Station.
Anyone riding the cleared area along the border (slash) could be in violation of U.S. or Canadian law.
Border Patrol station or call our 24-hour toll-free number at 1-800-851-8727.
www.rangeleysnowmobile.com /usbp.htm   (233 words)

  
 61 :0393(72)AR - Dept. of Homeland Security, US Customs and Border Protection, US Border Patrol, El Paso, TX and AFGE, ...
Border Patrol, El Paso, 61 FLRA at 5 (internal citations omitted).
See, e.g., United States Dep't of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Serv., Wash., D.C. The Authority has identified a limited number of situations in which extraordinary circumstances have been found to exist.
The deciding official will consider only the reasons specified in the notice and the material in the investigatory and disciplinary files, and shall consider any answer of the employee and his or her representative.
www.flra.gov /decisions/v61/61-072.html   (1719 words)

  
 United States Lawsuit Attorney | Lawyer U.S. Border Patrol Agents to Receive Overtime Pay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On January 1, 2002, the court entered judgment for the plaintiffs, and directed over $6.1 million to be placed in trust for reimbursement of their wages, in a class action against the United States on behalf of more than 350 Supervisory Border Patrol Agents and Supervisory Aircraft Pilots employed by the United States Border Patrol.
In a prior ruling, the court held that (1) a Border Patrol Agent who supervised only one subordinate employee was not an 'executive employee'; (2) Supervisory Border Patrol Agents were not 'executive employees'; and (3) employees in several other positions were 'executive employees' if they supervised the required number of subordinates.
On October 18, 2002, the court approved a $12 million settlement in a class action against the state of Washington on behalf of certain of the state's part-time community and technical college instructors.
www.lawcash.com /attorney/604/united-states-lawsuit.asp   (843 words)

  
 hr252.html
WHEREAS, as mandated by this act, the small border guard in what was then the Bureau of Immigration was reorganized into the Border Patrol and the initial force of 450 officers was given the responsibility of combating illegal entries and the growing business of illegal alien smuggling; and
WHEREAS, absent the protection of United States military on United States borders, the approximately 11,500 men and women of the United States Border Patrol are charged with providing crucial support, skills, and expertise in their efforts to secure approximately 6,900 miles of American borders and 95,000 miles of shoreline; and
WHEREAS, patrol agents are the first line of defense of border violation and also possess the authority, training, and professional expertise to detect and apprehend illegal aliens in the United States interior who have successfully evaded apprehension in the immediate border area; and
www.legis.state.ga.us /legis/2005_06/fulltext/hr252.htm   (482 words)

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