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Arizona rancher says border crisis is 'still outrageous' as illegal migrant crossings surge ... A fifth-generation Arizona rancher said an influx of illegal migrants crossing his land in recent years has increased his fear that terrorists are successfully sneaking into America. ... The ongoing crisis at the southern border is breaking records as illegal migrant entries skyrocket, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The first week of December saw a record-setting 18,900 migrant apprehensions in Arizona's Tucson Sector alone, the section's Chief Border Patrol Agent John Modlin said. By comparison, that's about 2,000 more encounters than all of...

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two human smugglers who were allegedly armed with an AR-15 rifle. The agents also arrested three Mexican nationals who entered the U.S. illegally.

And now, in the very state where we passed SB 1070, which was at the time, the broadest and strictest anti illegal immigration bill in modern history, president Obama has directed that the surge of illegal, unaccompanied minor immigrants be callously and unceremoniously dumped at our border—the border that we have repeatedly asked to be reinforced and secured. more

It’s no secret that Barack Hussein Obama and the rest of the American left have been importing illegal aliens in ever increasing numbers for the purpose of supplementing the “dead voter” turnout every November. And as we all know, if illegals committed voter fraud at a 70% clip in favor of Republicans rather than Democrats, the border would be sealed tighter than a drum and states like California would be wondering what to do with their budget surplus. Last year, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a measure which authorizes the creation of a state guard, that is, a militia which...

LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) -- Border agents have arrested an unusually large group of illegal immigrants in the western Arizona desert just north of Mexico. Border Patrol Agent Eric Cantu said Wednesday that surveillance operators spotted a group of more than 100 people walking about 15 miles west of Lukeville, Ariz., Friday morning.

HERMOSILLO, Mexico - Police chased the remnants of a criminal assault force through mountains near the Arizona border on Thursday after kidnappings and gun battles in which at least 22 people died. Federal police helicopters and ground forces searched the Sierra Madre for fleeing gunmen on Thursday while state police moved in to replace terrified local officers who abandoned the town of Cananea, 20 miles south of the U.S. border. Officials said Thursday that a powerful drug cartel may have sent the assailants armed with assault rifles who arrived in 10 to 15 vehicles on Wednesday, pulled four lightly armed...

Congressman Steve King has just returned from a five-day trip to Arizona's border with Mexico. "It was a real eye-opener," King says. "One cannot get a feel for this without going down there and being in it." King has been advocating construction of a fence along the U.S./Mexico border, and King says the drug trade he witnessed just reaffirmed his belief that a fence is what it will take to stop the flood of immigrants crossing the border. "This is my second trip down to the border but this is the one that I learned the most at and the...

Tom McNamara/ KVOA Television Arizona/ August 13, 2004 The stories are compelling and the evidence is frightening, and just this week, Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo released a report showing that the problem is worse than anyone thought. Here's what the Eyewitness News 4 Investigators uncovered. "It's a Muslim prayer blanket. It was found about a mile and a half west from the Douglas port of entry in 2001." Vance says, "Other log books, diary-type things, other bits and pieces of paper with Arabic written on them found in the area over the last few years. They pay to learn Spanish...

House OKs plan to allow military to patrol borders advertisement Sergio Bustos Gannett News Service May. 20, 2004 04:18 PM WASHINGTON - U.S. soldiers may be asked to keep undocumented immigrants and potential terrorists out of the country. The House approved a defense authorization bill Thursday that includes an amendment that would let American soldiers join U.S. Border Patrol agents in guarding the borders with Canada and Mexico. The amendment, championed by Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va., passed the House late Wednesday 231-191. But the amendment stands little chance of surviving because it was not part of the Senate's defense authorization...

<p>A surge in the number of illegal immigrants apprehended at Fort Huachuca appears to have been addressed - for now - in a meeting between military officials and the U.S. Border Patrol.</p> <p>The fort's spokeswoman, Tanja Linton, said 608 undocumented immigrants have been picked up on the post this year.</p>

Grijalva invites Ashcroft to see vigilante 'justice'ARIZONA DAILY STAR; Tuesday, January 14, 2003 U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva stepped up his campaign to crack down on vigilantes Monday by inviting Attorney General John Ashcroft to come to Southern Arizona to see the threat they pose to border security. The Tucson Democrat told Ashcroft in a letter that the federal government's silence on the issue is "seen as giving official sanction to this racist movement, both by the perpetrators and victims of vigilante 'justice.' " Ashcroft's voice, Grijalva added, "is needed now to make clear that private armed groups claiming law enforcement...