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Pentagon: Several thousand more troops to the Mexico border
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 5 years ago
“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
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 5 years ago
“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'
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 5 years ago
“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
Via: 1stwarrior • Other • 50 Comments • 5 years ago
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
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 61 Comments • 5 years ago
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
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 13 Comments • 5 years ago
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...
Remember the Bear River Massacre, Climax of the American Holocaust
Via: 1stwarrior • Op/Ed • 9 Comments • 5 years ago
“On the way to Auschwitz the road’s pathway led straight through the heart of the Indies and of North and South America. —David E. Stannard,...”
Since 2005, the United Nations and its member states have honored Jan. 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The purpose of this day is twofold, says the United States Holocaust Museum on its website: “to serve as a date for the official commemoration of the victims of the Nazi regime”...
People in Mexico Hurl Rocks at Border Patrol Agents After Illegal Crossing
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“A group of individuals in Mexico hurled rocks and insults at U.S. Border Patrol Agents as they apprehended migrants after an illegal crossing.”
ROMA, Texas – A group of individuals in Mexico hurled rocks and insults at U.S. Border Patrol Agents as they apprehended migrants after an illegal crossing. The incident took place on the banks of the Rio Grande, not far from downtown Roma. The rock-throwing and insults were captured in a live...
Disease at border puts migrants at risk: 'There’s a crisis here'
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 176 Comments • 5 years ago • LOCKED
“There is a health crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border that was deliberately covered up during a visit by members of Congress, according to the head of...”
ANIMAS, N.M. — There is a health crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border that was deliberately covered up during a visit by members of Congress, according to the head of a sanitation company supplying outposts there. Tricia Elbrock, the owner of Elbrock Water Systems in Animas, N.M., supplies portable...
More than 10,000 Central Americans bound for US request Mexican visas
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 15 Comments • 5 years ago
“Mexico said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have requested visas to cross its southern border as it seeks to grant legal documents to...”
MEXICO CITY - Mexico said Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have requested visas to cross its southern border as it seeks to grant legal documents to members of a rapidly growing U.S.-bound migrant caravan from Central America. If the migrants travel together, the convoy could exceed the...