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Border Patrol agents, “trapped” between two layers of border fencing could be sitting ducks for Mexican drug smugglers and coyotes, warns T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council. A 700-mile double-layer fence approved for construction along the U.S.-Mexico border, including a Brownsville-to-Laredo stretch, makes patrolling agents vulnerable to attacks. “The agents get trapped,” Bonner said, adding that the gates to exit the fence corridor are about a quarter-mile apart. “You can see where the gates are. It’s very clear. The smugglers know that there is no exit for our agents.” The agency does not keep statistics on incidents...

Video from KVOA Tucson. Puts some pictures to the BP story.

Border Patrol union says new rules 'muzzle' critics of the agency BEN FOX Associated Press TEMECULA, Calif. - New labor rules proposed by the Department of Homeland Security would muzzle internal critics of the Border Patrol by making it easier to punish and fire agents, who have often been vocal critics of management policies, union officials said. The new regulations would take effect upon their release, expected in late summer or early fall. As proposed, they would make significant changes to rules covering some 50,000 Homeland Security employees, including immigration, agricultural and customs inspectors on the border. Homeland Security...

TUCSON- Tom McNamara and the Eyewitness News 4 Investigators have spent the last three months talking to experts and eyewitnesses. 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." Larry Vance is a rancher who lives near the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona. For years, he says he's watched...

Tonight on RadioFR:8pm ET- Always Right with Chuck MuthGuest, TJ Bonner, President National Border Control Council discussing Bush's recent proposals on immigration.10pm ET- On Fire! with Tom AdkinsWednesday8pm ET- Jeff Gannon's WashingtonGuest, Rep. Pat Toomey, running against Sen. Arlen Spector for a PA senate seatThursday8pm ET Caucus for America with Rabbi Spero and Beth GilinskyGuest- Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform10pm ET- Best of RadioFR (future Thursdays at 10pm will air Jeff Gannon's Washington)