http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/border/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:44:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286189/posts The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! Sundays - 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100 - Phoenix "Stupid People of America !!! If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Payin' Attention!" Call-In Number - (866) 870-5752 Don't miss Terry's July 5th show... When Terry will say ... "Geraldo says 'the immigration debate has demonized an entire race of people'. THAT'S THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK !!!!!" Plus: Can you guess WHO the most Horriblest Clown... TheterryAndersonShow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286189/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285495/posts PALOMINAS — It isn’t along a highway, but Glenn Spencer’s billboard along the American-Mexican border carries a special message to those responsible for the nation’s security: Finish the Job. The day before the Fourth of July, Spencer, who heads the private nonprofit American Border Patrol (which should not be confused with the federal U.S. Border Patrol), and a number of helpers placed 3,000 small American flags and messages on part of the 18-foot high border fence, changing a 60-foot stretch of rusty metal into colorful patches of red, white and blue. This is the second year during the national independence... Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285495/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283547/posts Israeli Border Police films itself humiliating Arabs The video isn't long, only 43 seconds in length and was most probably filmed with a mobile phone. Watch it and you'll see a scared Palestinian youth slapping himself - a sad and humiliated look in his eyes - while cameramen chuckle in the background and order him to continue slapping himself. SF Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283547/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 20:31:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283296/posts In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day? The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun. “I’ll do the talking on this one,” agent Tim Sloan, of South Carolina, told partner Brian Tumiel, of New York. Success on the front lines of a government blitz on gunrunners supplying... The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283296/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283293/posts A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's factory workers in the Los Angeles area had supplied suspect or invalid records and were not authorized to work in the United States. The findings, from a January 2008 federal investigation, may deal a blow to the corporation's image as a proponent of immigration reform. But the company said on Tuesday the potential loss of those 1,800 workers would have no significant impact on its results. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency found that some 1,600 current employees at American Apparel's Los Angeles factories appeared to... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283293/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:08:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280952/posts WASHINGTON - Spc. Moonsammy Narinesammy isn’t worried about dying in Iraq. He’s worried about spending the rest of his life in Guyana. Narinesammy, 31, who has months left on his deployment, spends all of his free time between missions trying to solve his wife’s citizenship problems. Immigration and Naturalization Services officials are finalizing deportation paperwork for Ratashwarie, while she waits nervously in New York. "I don’t know if somebody is going to knock on the door one day and haul me away while my daughter is out at school," she said. Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280952/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:09:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277966/posts WASHINGTON, June 23, 2009 – Afghan, Pakistani and coalition military operations designed to restrict militants’ movements and eliminate safe havens along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have accomplished visible gains, a senior U.S. military officer posted in Afghanistan said today. The continuation of Operation Lionheart border-interdiction operations that began last year has made “it difficult for the enemy to function,” Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference. Spiszer’s forces comprise Task Force Duke posted in Regional Command East in northeastern Afghanistan. The task force... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277966/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:37:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276706/posts Do you mind answering a few questions...? As we found out yesterday, NRA has issued a statement on the GAO Mexican "crime gun" trafficking report. Their bottom line: For American gun owners, the battle will be to make sure that politicians who see an opportunity to advance their gun ban agenda do not use Mexico as an excuse to sacrifice our Second Amendment rights. True enough. But it was the second link in this morning's email from their Institute for Legislative Action that really grinds my gears: "In Border States, BATFE Asks: 'May We See Your Guns?'" NRA-ILA has recently... gun rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276706/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:35:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276507/posts 60 Minutes just three minutes ago pushed the blatant lie of 90% of the drug cartel's machine guns come from the U.S. citizens. It is complete with pictures of M-60 belt fed GP machine guns, hand grenades, etc etc. Not a peep on the origin of the select fire weapons coming from Mexican army defectors and the huge increase of State Department approval of sales of those very same M16's to Mexico. Just the usual pack of lies, it our fault `cause American are evil enough to actually but the dope THEY smuggle into the U.S. I included the link... 60 Minutes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276507/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:45:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272356/posts The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to the Homeland Security secretary's ability to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from federal and local laws. The Supreme Court will not jump into the contentious debate over the construction of a 500 mile-long fence on the United States-Mexico border. The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's decision to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from 37 federal and local laws. A collection of environmental groups, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe... FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272356/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271345/posts A spry, 98-year-old Queens man who loved to travel and was a Meals-on-Wheels volunteer tragically died in a head-on collision with a drunk driver barreling down the wrong side of the road, police said today. Joseph Capatosto, a retired navy yard worker, was sitting in the backseat of a 2007 Toyota Matrix driven by his daughter Patricia, 62, when they were allegedly hit by Juan Collantes, who was weaving in and out of his lane on Spur Drive North in Brentwood, LI. "This guy was coming at me, never stopping. I swerved the wheel and that's all I remember," said... nypost.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271345/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 02:55:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271035/posts TUCSON, AZ - Three people have been arrested in connection with last months deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old and her father dead. One of the people arrested for the homicide is the National Executive Director of the Minuteman American Defense group (M.A.D.), a group known for patrolling the border, and is dedicated to "Defending America's Borders" according to their website - http://minutemenamericandefense.org/ Jason Eugene Bush, 38, Shawna Forde, 42 and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 43, were all taken into custody and charged in connection with the murders of 29-year-old Raul Flores and 8-year-old Brisenia Flores. Both were... KOVA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271035/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269188/posts PHOENIX — The state moved on two fronts Tuesday to prohibit politicians and appointed agency chiefs from blocking law enforcement officers from enforcing immigration laws. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 to outlaw any policies that keep any public employee from contacting federal immigration officials to determine whether someone with whom they are dealing is in this country legally. That would include not just people stopped by police, but anyone who enters a government building applying for a benefit, service or license where being a legal resident is a condition. And to make sure SB 1162 had some real teeth,... Arizona Daily Star (Capitol Media Services) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269188/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:23:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts Rob Rossi loved baseball. Exiting the trolley near Petco Park, he admired all the new residential development around the stadium. Rob and his son Charlie took their seats and joined 42,000 happy San Diegans singing "Take me out to the ball game." Charlie cheered when the Padres scored their first run of the evening. Rob hardly noticed the small plane circling slowly overhead. On Saturday, Rob woke up with a splitting headache. His chest felt like it was on fire. Why is it so hard to breathe? And today is Charlie's Little League game! "Daddy," his son gasped from the... San Diego Daily Transcript http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267791/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267772/posts A team of Los Angeles Times reporters has been covering Mexico's drug war from both sides of the border since June, 2008 Complete seriesUse the list below to sort and view all Los Angeles Times coverage of Mexico Under Siege Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267772/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267771/posts GUWAHATI, India, June 8 (Reuters) - India will deploy thousands of additional troops and build airstrips along its remote northeastern border with China, in a sign of persisting wariness between the two countries despite growing business ties. India and China fought a brief war over their 3,500 km (2,200 mile) Himalayan border in 1962, and both sides claim the other is occupying big but largely uninhabited chunks of their territory. Although India and China have signed a treaty to maintain "peace and tranquility" along the disputed frontier and agreed to find a political solution to the row, talks have made... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267771/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:49:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267470/posts SAN DIEGO — A Mexican man is in federal custody Monday after Border Patrol agents found 73 illegal immigrants inside the semi-truck he was driving. The man stopped at the Interstate 8 checkpoint in Pine Valley Saturday about 5:45 p.m. and agents decided to inspect his truck after observing the that driver seemed nervous, Border Patrol officials said. Agents found a plastic container inside the cab which the driver said was methamphetamine. They then opened the doors of the trailer and discovered 50 men and 23 women inside, officials said. The 50-year-old truck driver was arrested and is in federal... San Diego Union Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267470/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 21:08:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266955/posts Ten people "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.DPS Officer Joy Craig said at least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling on State Route 82 about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled for an unknown reason shortly before midnight Saturday.Most of the vehicle's passengers were ejected.Authorities said all the victims are believed to be illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Equador and perhaps Mexico."There was no... KVOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266955/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 03:49:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265308/posts MEXICO CITY -- Mexican police found 11 bodies - most with their hands and feet cut off - inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora Thursday in violence attributed to drug traffickers battling for control of the region. Sonora's state prosecutors said in a statement that the bodies were discovered inside a sport utility vehicle on a road between the towns of Caborca and Sonoyta along with a threatening message. The SUV had been stolen in Arizona. Prosecutors did not reveal what the message said or the identities of the bodies. They said the killings are linked... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265308/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:49:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265453/posts "E-Verify is crucial because it gets to the source of the problem," said Cramer, who began his career as a border patrol agent in Eagle Pass, Texas, and who retired in 2002 to consult on Immigration issues. "You can put 50,000 Immigration agents on the borders and you could build a wall around the whole United States, but if there's a job waiting for them, they're coming. If you don't shut off the valve, they're coming." Despite all their speeches about fiscal responsibility, our bipartisan politicians in Washington have always found it easy to open the federal money valve. But... The Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265453/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261005/posts Officials from several area restaurants have made citizen's arrests on 27 day laborers at the Home Depot on Gale Avenue in Industry, authorities said Thursday. Officials from businesses near the Home Depot at Gale and Fullerton Road near Rowland Heights recently complained that laborers were urinating in public and harassing customers in the parking lot. San Gabriel Valley Tribuen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261005/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 02:45:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260716/posts Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement Monday designed to increase border security by allowing the RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard to team up and ride in each others' vessels during border patrols. Known as the Shiprider program, the new rules intend to improve security and eliminate jurisdictional grey areas in Canada-U.S. waterways. Without the new program, vessels must stop at the border and call upon the other country's officials for help. The Shiprider program has been used as a pilot program over the past few years to catch smugglers and criminals on joint waterways. Public Safety Minister Peter... CTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260716/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 18:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259455/posts U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there are legitimate security concerns along the Canadian border that require tough new measures, and Canadians should realize that both sides will benefit. But she would not comment on specific groups or individuals who may pose a concern, or whether suspected terrorists have been apprehended along the border without the public's knowledge. www.ctv.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259455/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 01:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257542/posts The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! Sundays - 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100 - Phoenix If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Payin' Attention!" Call-In Number - (866) 870-5752 Don't miss Terry's May 24th show with guest... JAMIEL SHAW, Sr. - Father of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr. who was murdered by an illegal alien gang member released from jail 24 hours earlier. Jamiel's Mom was serving our country in Iraq at the time.. http://web.mac.com/waltermoore/WalterMooreForMayor/Jamiels_Law.html... TheTerryAndersonShow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257542/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 00:47:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256970/posts Trucking Headlines U.S.-Mexico trucking plan may resumeBy Jill Dunn The United States may allow Mexican trucks to do business here as early as June, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reportedly said May 22. This spring, Congress ended the cross-border trucking program between the two countries. Mexico responded with 90 tariffs totaling $2.4 billion on U.S. products, casting a heavy burden on U.S. producers, LaHood said in a Bloomberg story. Candice Tolliver, the new communications director for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, did not immediately respond to questions. In recent weeks, the FMCSA began work with the U.S. Trade... e-trucker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256970/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 18:27:48 GMT