The Senate on Friday approved and sent to President Bush a bill calling for construction of a 700-mile wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, voting overwhelmingly for a project that became the centerpiece of efforts to improve border security and stem illegal immigration. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Check out the clever footware discovered by the US Border Patrol. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

What have those loose cannons in the Border Patrol done now? picked by Hoosker 3 years ago

We must have a really great country if people are killing themselves just to get in. America, F-Yeah! picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

U.S. Border Patrol agent Reynaldo Zuniga was arrested last month lugging a bag of cocaine up from the Rio Grande, one of a growing number of law enforcement officers accused of taking bribes from drug gangs. picked by deEPCHIll 1 year ago

President Bush this morning signed into law a bill authorizing the federal government to install fencing, cameras, motion sensors and other types of barriers to stem illegal immigration along 700 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Egyptian security forces have begun shutting down the border with the Gaza Strip two days after it was blown open by armed Gaza militants. Hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into Egypt to buy food and other supplies, but border guards are now trying to shut down the flow of people.
Update to this story picked by juaner899 2 years ago

The checkpoint in this video was nearly 50 miles north of the Mexican border, so it would have been utterly pointless in stopping illegal immigration. The real purpose of these checkpoints is to condition Americans to get used to the police state. picked by jLoSsDh 2 years ago

A robot, almost the size of a briefcase, has been introduced by the United Kingdom border agency to nab illegal immigrants trying to cross into the country. picked by icepigs 1 year ago

He says we should be building bridges, not fences. He also said the way to stop illegal immigration is to build economic growth and opportunities in Mexico. picked by coldbladed 2 years ago

Three Mexican minors detained in California on suspicion of smuggling drugs stole a U.S. Border Patrol car while still wearing handcuffs and drove it back across the border to Mexico. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Attention Mexican smugglers - it's real easy to cross the border in Souther California through the Imperial Dunes. picked by suebe 2 years ago

At least 12 Turkish soldiers have been killed following an ambush by Kurdish rebels near the Iraqi border - with 32 rebels also killed, officials say. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Police in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they have arrested six men for stealing pieces of the U.S. border fence to sell as scrap metal. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Thanks to increased check points, more soldiers and federal police patrolling the border the number of illegal immigrants have greatly declined.

Oh, I'm sorry did I mention that the huge crackdown is in Mexico? No, if it was done here in the US that would be racist. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution contains a border-related exception to unreasonable search and seizure laws, permitting searches at border checkpoints that wouldn't be permitted elsewhere. But federal statute 8 CFR 287.1 (a)(1-3) defines the border zone for enforcement purposes as encompassing an area within 100 miles of the actual border, with the possibility of extending it further unde... read full post picked by nickcobb 3 months ago

The campus College Republican chapter at the University of Iowa has canceled a planned event similar to the game Capture the Flag where two teams representing illegal immigrants and the U.S. Border Patrol compete to cross a dividing line representing the U.S.-Mexico border. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

Attraction in Mexico where people can pay to "cross the border". There are actors and fake immigration people with paintball guns that shoot you if you don't make it. picked by Ankabout 3 years ago

Savvy criminals are using some of the country's most credible logos, including FedEx, Wal-Mart, DirecTV and the U.S. Border Patrol, to create fake trucks to smuggle drugs, money and illegal aliens across the border, according to a report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. picked by FreeMind 2 years ago