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Smuggled Immigrants Raise U.S. Terrorism Fears Concern about a terrorist threat to the United States is growing among American intelligence officials due to a recent upsurge in the number of East Africans who have been caught trying to enter the US illegally.
Citing an “internal government assessment” that it had obtained, the Associated Press reported last [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 16th, 2008 | Tags: Africa, Border Patrol, Immigration, Mexico, smugglers, terrorists | Category: Africa, Border, Immigration, Mexico, Politics, aliens, smugglers, terrorists, threat | Comments (5)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BORDER WALL PLANS IGNORE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE RULES
In the recently released Rio Grande Valley Tactical Infrastructure Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the Department of Homeland Security attempts to brush aside issues of environmental justice in its plans for the border wall. Although the Rio Grande Valley’s population is over 85% minority, and [...]

Posted by nytexan November 30th, 2007 | Category: Border, Border Fence, Border Patrol, Border Wall, Environment, Immigration, Mexico, Texas | Leave a comment

Naturalization paperwork jam hits Texas hard
Backlog may keep some from casting votes for president
WASHINGTON — Millions of people who applied for naturalization and other immigration benefits to beat a midsummer fee increase are caught in a paperwork pileup that threatens the chance for some to become U.S. citizens in [...]

Posted by bosskitty November 21st, 2007 | Category: America, Border, Border Wall, Citizenship, Corruption, DHS, Democracy In Action, Eddie Lucio III, Founding Fathers, HHS, Homeland Security, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Hypocracy, Immigration, Mexican, Middle East, Narcotics, No Border Wall, Politics, Public Health, Rio Grande, Roma Texas, Tax Dollars, Texas, Texas Politics, Ugly American, aliens, arrogance, asylum, betrayal, candidates, civil liberties, consequences, contradictions, criminal, deportation, displaced persons, drug war, drugs, equality, extortion, illegal arms, immigrants, policy, poverty, prejudice, profiteers, refugees, scams, slavery, taxpayers, victims | Comments (1)

Walls are everywhere in Baghdad, put up by U.S. forces to offer a degree of security to hard-pressed residents. But do they merely perpetuate divisions? Critics argue the walls divide communities, stifle economic activity, imprison residents and only widen the sectarian rifts that remain at the root of Iraq’s political gridlock. Full Article

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Posted by bosskitty October 21st, 2007 | Category: Border, Border Wall, Bush, Contractors, Corporate Corruption, HSPD-20, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Immigration, Iraq, Legacy, Mexico, NSPD 51, Rio Grande, Tax Dollars, The Divider, War Contractors, War Cost, Waste, incompetence, national security, threat, troops | Comments (1)