Read U.S. tightens grip on remote Mexico border areas, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by Reuters. “(Reuters) – U.S. authorities have upgraded six miles of border fencing in a remote Arizona ranching town with a taller barrier that will be tougher to breach, in the latest effort to tighten their grip on… [Read more…]
Read Shelter marks 30 years of helping deportees, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by the Nogales International: “For the past 30 years, the San Juan Bosco shelter in Nogales, Sonora has welcomed deported migrants with nowhere else to go. The shelter opened its doors on Jan. 31, 1982 and hasn’t closed them… [Read more…]
Read Volunteers pick up after locals, migrants, written by the Chronicle’s Curt Prendergast and published by the Nogales International: “Bright-blue trash bags dotted the Santa Cruz River on Saturday morning as more than 120 volunteers cleaned up the river south of Rio Rico. The cleanup was organized by Friends of the Santa Cruz River (FOSCR)… [Read more…]
By Curt Prendergast – Nogales, AZ — It looks like President Obama didn’t have to pull an all-nighter to get his message on immigration ready for the State of the Union address. Here are his comments on immigration in Tuesday’s State of the Union address: “Let’s also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hard-working students… [Read more…]
The Tucson Sector of U.S. Border Patrol issued the following press release on October 3, 2011: *** TUCSON, Ariz. – Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector, a component of the Joint Field Command-Arizona, recovered the remains of one individual and rescued 27 illegal immigrants, all of whom had been abandoned by their smugglers… [Read more…]
The Tucson Sector of U.S. Border Patrol issued the following press release on October 3, 2011: *** TUCSON, Ariz. – Seven individuals with extensive criminal histories involving gang affiliations and federal convictions were apprehended over the weekend by the Tucson Sector Border Patrol, a component of the Customs and Border Protection’s Joint Field Command-Arizona. Yesterday,… [Read more…]
February 16, 2012 by cachocurt
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