Border Patrol Using Eminent Domain Laws To Seize Land

Border Patrol Using Eminent Domain Laws To Seize Land

Mary Mata August 28, 2013

By  Michel Marizco, Fronteras TUCSON, Ariz. — The U.S. Border Patrol has decided it wants to use a slice of Tony Sedgwick’s land. Not much, a quarter of an acre. He […]

Lawsuit: Mother Murdered in Mexico After Wrongful Deportation

Mary Mata June 6, 2013

By John Michaelson, Public News Service MERCEDES, Texas – The murder of a young woman following her deportation to Mexico in 2009 has led to a civil rights lawsuit against the […]

Immigration Advocates to Obama: Suspend Some Deportations

Mary Mata May 15, 2013

By David Nakamura, Washington Post Immigration advocates called on President Obama on Monday to suspend deportations of undocumented workers who would qualify for legal status under a comprehensive immigration bill […]

Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses—We Have Private Prisons to Fill

Mary Mata May 2, 2013

By Forrest Wilder, Texas Observer When Jose Rios walked into a Bank of America branch last year, he hoped to open an account for the car repair shop he owned. He didn’t […]

Immigration plan Would Add Drones to Border Security

Mary Mata April 30, 2013

By Cathleen Chen and Kimberly Railey, Medill News Service/Miami Herald WASHINGTON — The bipartisan immigration proposal filed this month in the Senate would create a 24/7 surveillance system at U.S. borders […]

Cuidado! Border Patrol Drone, VADER, Tracking Immigrants

Mary Mata April 4, 2013

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio Click the bad guy for the story via the LA Times… Here’s a quick infographic on how the next-gen migra system works… Sleep Dealer ain’t […]

Complaint: Rampant Abuse by Border Patrol Agents

Mary Mata March 21, 2013

By John Michaelson, Public News Service AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agency (CPB) is facing a handful of lawsuits and potential lawsuits over claims of rampant misconduct […]

Citizens and Immigrants Allege Abuse by Border Patrol

Mary Mata March 15, 2013

By Ignacio Torres, NBCLatino A group of U.S. Citizens and undocumented immigrants filed a series of lawsuits on Tuesday claiming abuse by Custom and Border Protection (CBP) agents around the country. […]

Border Patrol Takes ‘No’ for an Answer at Checkpoints

Mary Mata March 11, 2013

By Cindy Casares, Texas Observer A fascinating video is circulating on the Internet featuring motorists who decline to answer questions at Border Patrol checkpoints miles from the border. Questions like, […]

Border Patrol Get Bonuses & Vacations for Increased Arrests

Mary Mata February 5, 2013

By Pilar Marrero, NewsTaco You would say that a nice incentive program is a good thing to have when you are looking to reach some goals in an organization. The […]