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Jan 03 2024
News
Border Patrol chiefs challenge Mayorkas on ‘operational control’ at border
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress first that the border was under control and then reversed himself by saying it has never been under control.
His Border Patrol chiefs suggested he got it wrong.
In closed-door testimony to the House Homeland Security Committee over the past year, the chiefs of the Border Patrol’s southwestern sectors said the border is
Washington TimesApr 26 2024
News
Saskatchewan Calls for Control of Firearms Administration
Saskatchewan is calling on the federal government to devolve all parts of the federal Firearms Act to the province of Saskatchewan—so the province could administer and regulate firearms within its borders. A private member’s motion calling on Ottawa to do that was passed unanimously in Saskatchewan’s legislature on April 25. The opposition NDP also supported the motion. “Saskatchewan is
The Epoch TimesApr 11 2024
News
Myanmar military loses control of key town on Thai border, rebels say, in major win for anti-junta resistance
Myanmar rebels fighting the junta say they have seized the last remaining military base in a key border town, dealing the latest significant blow to the country’s military rulers as they struggle to cling to power. About 200 soldiers abandoned their base in the southeastern town of Myawaddy and have been pushed to the No 2. Friendship Bridge linking Myanmar to Thailand following an attack
CNN (Online News)Apr 03 2024
News
Trent Staggs says ‘America First’ Republicans will leave Ukraine, close border — that is, if they control Congress and White House
Senate candidate Trent Staggs speaks as he meets with the Deseret News and KSL editorial boards at Triad Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 3, 2024. U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs staked out an uncompromising “America First” position on border security, Ukraine aid and federal budgets, during an extended interview with the Deseret News on Wednesday. The Riverton mayor, and former
Deseret NewsApr 20 2024
News
Waves Pest Control Launched
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - Adam Benetti, an entrepreneur with expertise in artificial intelligence and a customer-centric approach, has partnered with industry veteran Bruce Cook to launch Waves Pest Control . The company will primarily service the Charlotte and Sarasota County markets in Southwest Florida.Benetti has a track record of launching and growing service-based businesses and brings his
Daily KosJan 29 2024
Opinion
It’s Time for President Biden to Take Back Control of the Texas Border
MAGA Republican immigration policy is no longer just a series of cynical, cruel, ill-considered, half-baked, ham-fisted, pig-headed political stunts, although it remains all of those things. It is now at the center of two serious-as-a-heart-attack threats to U.S. national security—threats that are themselves each potentially more grave than the chronic problems with immigration that are their
David RothkopfApr 25 2024
News
Suspect on Mexico side of border shot at Border Patrol agent near San Elizario
A person in Mexico shot at a U.S. Border Patrol agent during a "use of force" incident near San Elizario, authorities said. The shooting happened before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the U.S.-Mexico border near the San Elizario area, a law enforcement source told the El Paso Times. The agent came "under fire from the Mexican side" of the border, authorities said. The shooting was described
Yahoo NewsJan 16 2024
News
Three migrants drowned after Texas's attempt to seize control of the border
Three migrants drowned in the Rio Grande near the Texas border on Friday night—a tragedy that federal officials say may have been prevented were it not for the state’s attempt to seize control of patrolling the border in pursuit of its anti-immigration goals. CNN reported that Mexico’s National Institute of Migration on Monday identified the migrants as Victerma de la Sancha Cerros, 33; Yorlei
Mother JonesJan 12 2024
News
State Takes Control Of Park In Eagle Pass As Border Crisis Continues
The mayor of Eagle Pass says the state took over a public park in the border city as part of its border security efforts. Mayor Rolando Salinas Jr. said on Thursday that he was told about the state's action not long before military personnel fenced off 47-acre Shelby Park, closing it to the public. A spokeswoman for Gov. Greg Abbott didn't give a particular reason why the state took over the
News Radio 1200 WOAIApr 24 2024
News
Thanks to Trump, the GOP is vulnerable on the border
Over the weekend, the House passed a measure providing billions in military aid to Ukraine – no strings attached. This is long way from where things started. House Speaker Mike Johnson had said, once upon a time, that no aid would go to Ukraine without a solution to “the border crisis.” Johnson almost got what he wanted. Indeed, he almost got what every Republican has wanted for decades,
AlterNet