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Immigration reform’s hidden border-crossing charge
Written by salon.com Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:15
If the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has its way, Congress may soon authorize the study of a fee to be collected at all land crossings with Canada and Mexico.
The contentious issue was buried deep within the department’s proposed 2014 budget, released last week by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. It may have gone relatively unnoticed if U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., hadn’t sounded the alarm late Friday.
Higgins, who’s a member of the House Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs and serves on the U.S.-Canada Inter-Parliamentary Group, said he would "fight to put the breaks on this shortsighted fee."
http://www.salon.com/2013/04/22/immigration_reforms_hidden_border_crossing_charge_partner/
Border Patrol reviewing rollover that killed 5
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 19:59 Written by kvoa.com Tuesday, 23 April 2013 19:57
Posted 6:08 PM 4/22/2013 :
TUCSON - Border Patrol is investigating to make sure agents followed procedures after a deadly rollover, according to Customs and Border Protection Public Affairs Manager Victor Brabble.
A Chevy Tahoe packed with 20 people rolled, killing 5, Saturday night near Interstate 10 and State Route 83.
All of the people inside were from Guatemala or Mexico, and most did not have identification, according to Arizona Department of Public Safety Media Relations Manager Bart Graves.
http://www.kvoa.com/videos/border-patrol-reviewing-rollover-that-killed-5/
Under pressure, Border Patrol now counts getaways
Written by www.whig.com Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:55
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
CAMPO, Calif. (AP) - Richard Gordon is 1 of the Border Patrol's best at spotting the smallest human traces in pursuit of
people who enter the U.S. illegally from Mexico: dusty footprints, torn cobwebs, broken twigs, overturned pebbles.
It's a skill he has sharpened over the last 16 years in the craggy, shrub-covered mountains east of San Diego and one that
is taking on new importance as gauging border security has emerged as a potential stumbling block to an overhaul of the
U.S. immigration system.
With lawmakers demanding more measures of border security and assurances that massive spending increases on enforcement
yield results, Gordon's skill, known as "sign-cutting," will likely get greater focus because it is the Border Patrol's
dominant technique to count those who escape capture.
http://www.whig.com/story/22035319/under-pressure-border-patrol-now-counts-getaways
Eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt returns to school in same shirt
Written by news.yahoo.com Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:42
The West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended and, astonishingly, arrested last week after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the National Rifle Association returned to school on Monday.
In a move The Daily Caller can only characterize as courageous, 14-year-old Jared Marcum returned to Logan Middle School in Logan County, West Va., wearing exactly the same shirt, which depicts a hunting rifle with the statement “protect your right.”
http://news.yahoo.com/eighth-grader-arrested-over-nra-shirt-returns-school-130218866.html
Woman unknowingly takes 30 pounds of pot across U.S.-Mexico border
Written by news.yahoo.com Tuesday, 23 April 2013 14:29
This is awkward. A woman who lives in Mexico and works in San Diego called the cops on herself when she apparently
unknowingly transported 30 pounds of marijuana across the border.
According to a report by NBC New York, the unnamed 33-year-old drove her car to work Friday morning, arrived early and was
sitting in her car in a parking lot around 4 a.m. when two unidentified men approached her car and began removing packages
from underneath it.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/woman-unknowingly-takes-30-pounds-pot-across-u-144432116.html
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