US delays oil-and-gas lease sale near sacred tribal land

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - U.S. land managers no longer plan to move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. They say they need to gather more information before they put the parcels up for bidding.    The...

Federal Prosecutors Unseal Indictments Naming 19 People Linked to Chinese ‘Birth Tourism’ Schemes

SANTA ANA, California – Following the arrests this morning of three defendants who allegedly operated “birth tourism” outfits that catered to Chinese clients, federal authorities today unsealed indictments that charge a total of 19 people linked to three schemes that operated across Southern...

Sen. Murkowski keeps promise to Heidi Heitkamp, reintroduces Savanna’s Act

“Savanna’s Act, legislation to improve interactions between federal, regional and tribal authorities to benefit #MMIW”

Keeping her promise to Senator Heidi Heitkamp, the former North Dakota Senator that was not re-elected in 2018, Senator Lisa Murkowski, the Republican senator from Alaska, has kept her promise to Heitkamp by re-introducing legislation known as Savanna’s Act, after the bill was stalled in...

REP. HAALAND ELECTED TO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS ON HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

WASHINGTON – After being appointed to the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources last week, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), who is a tribal citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, was elected the vice chair of the full committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. In...

Pentagon: Several thousand more troops to the Mexico border

“Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the U.S. will be sending “several thousand” more American troops to the southern border to provide...”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan says the U.S. will be sending “several thousand” more American troops to the southern border to provide additional support to Homeland Security. He says the troops will mainly be used to install additional wire barriers and provide...

U.S. tracking three migrant caravans, one with 12,000 people

“The U.S. government is tracking three separate migrant caravans, one of them estimated to be more than 12,000 people in size, heading north toward...”

The U.S. government is tracking three separate migrant caravans, one of them estimated to be more than 12,000 people in size, heading north toward the U.S., a top Pentagon official said Tuesday. Defense Undersecretary for Policy John Rood told Congress that those caravans are one reason why the...

Cartels deliberately distract Border Patrol agents by using sick migrants, large groups as 'cover'

“Drugs sneaked in while agents deal with illegal immigrants”

The number of illegal immigrants who showed up at the U.S. border in need of medical attention has soared in recent weeks, even as the number of large groups has also surged. Both trends are proving to be serious impediments to Border Patrol agents, who say they’re being taken offline watch...

Just an average day of facing down Illegal Aliens on my property

1/26/19 like any other normal day, I walked outside around 4:45pm to go feed the horses and as soon as I step one foot out the front door I hear just nonstop yelling. I look across the drive and just on the other side of our rock wall there are 4 men in hoodies, 2 w hoods up and 1 with a ballcap...

Hundreds of migrants cross Arizona border after 'several busloads' dropped off in Mexico

In the early morning hours Thursday, several busloads of migrants were dropped off on Highway 2 in Mexico, just south of the Arizona border. "They walked about 100 yards, climbed under and over the vehicle barrier that is the only infrastructure in that area and agents were called in to...

Army of strangers show up to honor Air Force veteran at his funeral

In Killeen, Texas, more than 1,000 strangers showed up from miles around to say farewell to an Air Force veteran they never met. Joseph Walker, 72, died alone, but people were determined he would not be laid to rest alone. "Today we are not strangers. Today we are family. I don't have a whole...