Congressman Gabe Vasquez responded Monday to reports that the Border Patrol questioned a local high school swim team on their way to a competition last week.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/article_b36c909a-f2fd-11ef-b938-afb335281b84.html

A small group of highly educated vegan computer experts are under investigation for six homicides around the US. Here’s what we know about the “Zizians” from @USAToday
https://flip.it/3pIbD0
#Zizians #Cult #Crime #Murder #BorderPatrol

The leader of the “Zizian” group tied to a Vermont border agent murder and several other killings across the country has been arrested in Maryland, police say. Read more from @AssociatedPress
https://flip.it/AAEeVs
#Zizians #Murder #BorderPatrol #Police #Maryland #Vermont

Went through my first #BorderPatrol #checkpoint here in #NewMexico. They are diverting all northbound #I25 traffic off the Interstate for a Border Patrol inspection. Every vehicle. There's no getting around it. Looked like the setup has been there at least for a couple of weeks? Maybe months. And they're totally racist as fuck too going about it. Elmer Fudd took one look at me and waved me through. Guess I was the right shade of white.

A gun used in the killing of a border patrol agent in Vermont this month has been tied to a double murder in Pennsylvania, federal prosecutors say. The alleged assailant in Vermont, a woman from Washington state, was in a car with an armed German national during the encounter. @NBCNews has more.
https://flip.it/17EJG7
#Vermont #Germany #Washington #BorderPatrol #Murder #Crime

#bakersfield #kerncounty #orange #ice #borderpatrol #undocumentedimmigrants #raids

“Acres of orange fields sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal agents detaining laborers spread on local Facebook groups.

The Border Patrol conducted unannounced raids throughout Bakersfield on Tuesday, descending on businesses where day laborers and field workers gather. Agents in unmarked SUVs rounded up people in vans outside a Home Depot and gas station that serves a breakfast popular with field workers. “

https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/surprising-immigration-raid-kern-county-foreshadows-what-awaits-farmworkers-and-businesses#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe're%20in%20the%20middle,didn't%20show%20up.%E2%80%9D

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Homeland Security, will face her first hearing tomorrow.

The department she would lead protects the nation from hazards like natural disasters, border threats, and cyberattacks while enforcing #immigration laws and screening millions of airline passengers daily. A cybersecurity expert explains: https://buff.ly/4hcu4n6 #FEMA #BorderPatrol #politics

#Trump note:

if you live in #Northeast #USA like i do (#NewEngland, #NewYork, #NewJersey, #Pennsylvania, etc)

that square in east central New York is roughly the area around #SaratogaSprings #NY

it's nice. also rather pricey

a geographical artifact of the #USA #BorderPatrol's 100 mile zone in which it operates

for the rest of the Northeast, #US #Customs and #Border Protection has the #legal ability to suspend some of your #FourthAmendment #rights without a #warrant

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone

Donald Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, despite its likely legal failure, could still serve as a political strategy to appear tough on immigration while highlighting systemic obstacles to comprehensive reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/20/world/ending-us-birthright-citizenship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #immigrants #migrants #mexicoborder #donaldtrump #borderpatrol

"Many Americans continue to be astonished and offended that they might be punished for killing a migrant on the border."

S.C. Cornell for The New York Review of Books: https://www.nybooks.com/online/2024/11/16/death-in-nogales/

As the #BorderPatrol marks its 100th anniversary, the agency faces scrutiny over its methods and treatment of migrants. Incidents like the 2022 #HudspethCounty killing highlight ongoing issues of violence and accountability within the agency, prompting calls for significant reform.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/border-patrol-turns-100-anniversary-cb-hudspeth/

#NoRepublicansEverAgain #GOP #BorderPatrol #Immigration

Border Patrol Supports ‘Strong’ Immigration Deal. Republicans Don’t Care https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/border-patrol-supports-immigration-reform-bill-republicans-1234962111/

“The feds are staging a civil war, and Texas should stand their ground,” a GOP Congressman tweeted after the Supreme Court ruled for the Biden Administration.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5d9agn/texas-vowing-resistance-supreme-court-ruling-razor-wire-us-mexico-border?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #texas #immigration #borderpatrol #shelbypark #texasnationalguard #Farright #extremism #civilwar #supremecourt #BidenAdministration #gregabbott #kenpaxton

In response to Texas’ illegal nullification scheme, #BorderPatrol started to cut down the state’s razor wire. #Texas responded by suing the Department of Homeland Security for trespassing on the state’s property. A district court rejected the claim, but the 5th Circuit embraced it in a defiant opinion by Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a trump appointee. (Judge Don Willett, another #trump appointee, joined in full; Judge Catharina Haynes, a less extreme George W. Bush appointee, declined to sign on.)

Suggestion to #PresidentBiden in re: #Texas #NationalGuard blocking #borderpatrol
"Whenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, assemblages, or rebellion make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any state or territory, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any state. " (Wikipedia)
Then, try them in military court.

The DOJ filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging Texas’ actions, which included erecting new razor wire and fencing.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aky3w/texas-national-guard-seizes-eagle-pass?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#News #texas #eaglepass #gregabbott #immigration #borderpatrol #texasnationalguard