Drugs smugglers stopped at the border

At the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge in Texas on May 7, CBP officers referred a 20-year-old man from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico and the silver Nissan Juke he was driving for further inspection.

During the secondary inspection, which included the assistance of a canine team, officers discovered 48 packages of alleged methamphetamine that were concealed within the vehicle. The total weight of the drugs is 92.51 pounds (41.96 kg).

CBP OFO seized the alleged methamphetamine along with the vehicle and arrested the Reynosa resident. The case remains under investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents.

Packages containing 92.51 pounds of
methamphetamine seized by CBP officers at
Hidalgo International Bridge. Courtesy of Border Patrol

And on Tuesday, May 7, in Arizona, CBP Officers at the Dennis DeConcini Crossing referred a 29-year-old Mexican national for further inspection of his Mercury SUV when he attempted to enter the U.S. from Mexico Tuesday afternoon. After a CBP narcotics detection canine alerted to a scent it is trained to detect, officers removed 80 packages from all four doors.

The packages were identified as more than 78 pounds of meth, with an estimated value of nearly $235,000. They also seized more than six pounds of heroin, worth almost $160,000 as well as more than six pounds of fentanyl, worth $84,000.

Officers seized the drugs and vehicle. The subject was arrested and then turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.

Officers removed packages
from all four doors of a
smuggling vehicle. Courtesy of Border Patrol

 

Reunification for Eligible Children

HHS Secretary Alex Azar, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the reunification efforts for children under age 5 has been completed.

“Dedicated teams at the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and Justice have worked tirelessly. Our agencies’ careful vetting procedures helped prevent the reunification of children with an alleged murderer, an adult convicted of child cruelty, and adults determined not to be the parent of the child. Trump administration does not approach this mission lightly, and we intend to continue our good faith efforts to reunify families.”

“The American people gave this administration a mandate to end the lawlessness at the border, and #President Trump is keeping his promise to do exactly that. The message has been clear all along: Do not risk your own life or the life of your child by attempting to enter the United States illegally. Apply lawfully and wait your turn.”

“The American immigration system is the most generous in the world, but we are a nation of laws and we intend to continue enforcing those laws.”

There are 103 children under age 5 covered by the court case. Of the 103 children:

• 57 children have been reunified as of 7 a.m. EST on July 12.
• 46 children were acknowledged by the court to be ineligible for reunification or determined by HHS, DHS, and DOJ to be ineligible under court-approved criteria.

Of these 46:

• 22 children have been found ineligible due to safety concerns posed by the adults in question:
• 11 adults have a serious criminal history (charges or convictions for child cruelty, kidnapping, murder, human smuggling, domestic violence, etc.).
• 7 adults were determined not to be a parent.
• 1 adult had a falsified birth certificate (parentage is being examined).
• 1 adult was alleged to have abused the child.
• 1 adult planned to house the child with an adult charged with sexually abusing a child.
• 1 adult is being treated for a communicable disease.

• 24 children are not currently eligible for reunification due to circumstances of the adults in question:
• 12 adults have been deported and are being contacted.
• 9 adults are in custody of the U.S. Marshals Service for other offenses.
• 2 adults are in custody of state jails for other offenses.
• 1 adult’s location has been unknown for over a year.

Foreign-born remittances to the country they love grows

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released in a new report that in 2014 the United States is still the largest remittance-sending country in the world, citing that in 2014 foreign-born residents, particularly from illegal immigrants, sent an estimated $54.2 billion in remittances, most of it going to Mexico. The World Bank’s Bilateral Remittance Matrix, estimates that $25 billion was sent to Mexico, $15 billion to China, and $10 billion to India as the top three beneficiaries.

This report was requested and released by U. S. Sen. David Vitter on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, to show the need to pass S. 79, The Remittance Status Verification Act, also known as the Wire Act, a bill he introduced in Jan. 2013 and re-introduced in Jan. 2015. The bill would require a fee on remittances for customers who wire money to another country but cannot prove that they are in the United States legally, with the charged fee, estimated to be $1 billion would go to improving border security.

It would seem that there is a gross under-reporting of foreign-born residents income, particularly from illegal immigrants. It also shows how allowing the breaking of one law leads to the breaking of other laws. The so-called poor, under-serviced, in the shadows immigrant that get free education, free lunches, free medical care and other free benefits, that are paid for by the hard working United States taxpayer, seem to be doing better than the average United States citizens. Maybe this is why our legislators don't care to pass this kind of legislation – their money talks louder than ours.

“The Obama administration has shown a complete lack of both competence and interest when it comes to securing our borders and enforcing our immigration laws. And that’s costing us a lot of money. Billions, in fact,” Vitter said. “The GAO reports I have requested and made public today help us determine how massive the remittances problem is with illegal immigrants sending billions out of the U.S. – money they likely haven’t paid income taxes on. What my legislation would do is basically improve on our border security while making illegal immigrants pay for it.”

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Investigation of Patrol agents being punished

Senator Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee along with Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and Senators David Vitter (R-La.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), all members of the ‎Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest expressed deep concern on the fate of employees in the Department of Homeland Security that fulfilled their duties that they were sworn to uphold in regards to the immigration laws. So concerned are they that they have launched an investigation on potential workplace retaliation on employees; citing Obama's recent comment that employees will face consequences for refusing to comply with his executive actions related to the illegal aliens.

The members have sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson requesting that he provide detailed personnel disciplinary records for the past six years. They requested that Mr. Johnson provide vital data on the multiple allegations, that they have been made aware of through their investigation, concerning DHS personnel being punished just for trying to uphold U. S. laws. They request that the information they seek is delivered to their offices by the closing of business on April 13, 2015.

"On February 25, 2015, during a MSNBC/Telemundo town hall discussion at Florida International University in Miami, President Obama said: “There may be individual [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] officials or Border Patrol who aren’t paying attention to our new directives. But they’re going to be answerable to the head of the Department of Homeland Security, because he’s been very clear about what our priorities should be… If somebody is working for ICE and there is a policy and they don’t follow the policy, there are going to be consequences to it.””

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The last amnesty was supposed to be the last amnesty

According to the government released report from the Congressional Budget Office, the so-called immigration bill, if passed, would affect the salaries and benefits of American workers. But as many American workers or anyone looking for a job knows already illegal immigration has taken a heavy toll on American jobs and salaries.

Technology jobs to low skilled jobs already suffer from the illegal workers willing to work at lower wages, or under the table with the lack of any benefits. The false statement that illegal immigrants are hiding in the shadows is hard to swallow for the American citizens that have lost their jobs to the illegal worker over the last 10+ years.

The last amnesty was supposed to be the last amnesty, but due to the lack of enforcing the laws on our books and government departments turning their head on overstayed visas the count of illegals surpasses the total they would like us to believe.

The fact that illegal entry into our country is against our laws – makes every illegal immigrant a criminal. Many have been sent back and have returned over and over again – making them even bigger criminals.

And now, once again, they promise border security – when was the last time and how long have we heard that one – as a hook to get more Republicans on board to vote for their latest version of comprehensive immigration amnesty reform. And on Monday, the plan seems to of worked as the U.S. Senate passed the procedural vote on the Corker-Hoeven amendment of 67 – 27. The amendment, which was concocted behind closed doors and given just 76 hours for senators to read was basically passed without too many knowing what they voted on, again.

It would seem that most of our legislative body as forgotten that we are a Republic form of government. Obama just made the remark in connection to the Snowden case that they are making sure that “the rule of law is observed,” but yet when it comes to the illegal immigrants, it is okay for the rule of law, not to be observed. How many times do the American people have to yell “secure our borders”?

Claiming sanction in U.S.

Mexican criminals use their crime activity in U.S. as  a way to get out on Mexico probably because their life's are in danger in Mexico.

In a press release the CBP reports that at 1:40 a.m. on January 29, 2011, CBP officers screening people applying for admission into the country at the Dennis DeConcini port of entry in Nogales encountered 20-year-old Orel Vasquez, 26-year-old Christian Vasquez, and 29-year-old Juan Leon. All three men, Mexican citizens, told the officers they had warrants for their arrest and were turning themselves in. While none of the men had documents to enter the country, officers were able to run their names against the NCIC database and found that all three were wanted on homicide charges in Pima County, Arizona.

The three men were immediately taken into custody and turned over to the Nogales Police Department for further processing.

CBP can not trust anyone

On Nov. 4, a 26-year-old female Mexican citizen enrolled in the SENTRI trusted traveler program applied for entry at the designated SENTRI pedestrian lane accompanied by her three-year-old daughter. The woman presented her SENTRI card and stated she forgot her daughter’s. She was referred for a more in-depth inspection and verification of the child’s identity.

In the inspection area, the woman began raising her voice at CBP officers and refused to comply with instructions. During her inspection, she struck a CBP officer in the jaw with her elbow. The woman was then restrained and placed in a holding cell.

In addition to being charged for assaulting a CBP officer, the women will have her SENTRI program privileges revoked. Her three-year-old daughter was turned over to the custody of her grandmother.

Later that eveing a 1994 white Toyota Camry driven by a 46-year-old female Mexican citizen applied for admission into the U.S. During the primary inspection a CBP officer asked her to open the trunk of her vehicle and she said it wasn’t functional which lead the CBP officer to pull down the back seats of the vehicle revealing 30 packages of marijuana tightly packed into the trunk. The woman was placed under arrest and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for prosecution.

On Friday, Nov. 5, CBP officers at the Gateway International Bridge came in contact with a man as he drove a 2001 blue BMW Z3 into the country. The driver, identified as a 32-year-old male Mexican citizen who resides in Brownsville, Texas was referred to secondary for further inspection after a primary CBP officer noticed anomalies to the rear of the BMW. CBP officers in the secondary inspection area discovered 10 packages concealed within the sports car. CBP officers removed the packages from the vehicle which had a combined total weight of 25.7 pounds of cocaine.

The cocaine from this seizure has an estimated street value of approximately $822,400. CBP officers turned the man over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI) special agents for further investigation. CBP officers seized the narcotics and the vehicle.