Free Talk Live - border

How to get through a checkpoint in under 30 seconds

phonon — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:40:49 +0000

A man shows us all the quickest way to get through a border checkpoint.

U.S. Grows An Industrial Complex Along The Border : NPR

roryn3kids — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:37:24 +0000

In today's dollars, the bill for U.S. immigration enforcement since 1986 comes to $219 billion — roughly the cost of the space shuttle program. About 80,000 government workers depend on immigration enforcement. Despite a drop in illegal immigration, the border industrial complex is here to stay

DEA stealing the use of a truck and getting their informant killed

geogavino — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:40:04 +0000

The DEA employed an informant, the driver, and the truck of his employer to pose as a marijuana trafficker to catch other traffickers. The employer, who owns the truck, didn't know. Driver gets killed, truck shot up. Out of control DEA. Seriously. For pot.

Mother of 19-year-old killed by Border Patrol sues

danielfv — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:43:32 +0000

The mother of a 19-year-old man fatally shot in the back by a U.S. Border Patrol agent has sued the federal government and the agent himself, claiming it was "an appalling use of excessive force" because her son was unarmed, had his back to the agent and posed no threat.

Strip-searched woman sues U.S. border guards

T-man — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 20:49:31 +0000

Canadian woman sues US border guard over strip search at Detroit crossing. After finding a few raspberries border guards sent a woman to secondary inspection where she was stripped and had her nipples and genital area closely inspected while another guard watched. The woman was suspected of living in the US illegally.

Mexican gangs using catapults to hurl pot into US

themummas — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:51:00 +0000

This is exactly why we can't and shouldn't bother to secure the border. Nothing will stop motivated businessmen from moving their product.

Homeland Security-Wasted $500M on Nuke Precautions for Border

masshole — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:13:41 +0000

The Department of Homeland Security has wasted up to nearly a half billion dollars in taxpayer money and time on its current plans to develop technology at the nation's borders to detect nuclear material being smuggled into the country, according to two recent GAO reports cited by a Republican senator on Thursday.

U.S. drones to watch entire Mexico border starting Sept 1

Renniks — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:21:20 +0000

The U.S. government will have unmanned surveillance aircraft monitoring the whole southwest border with Mexico from September 1, as it ramps up border security in this election year, a top official said on Monday.