Agents make cocaine bust in San Luis
FROM STAFF REPORTS

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz., Monday made their fourth largest cocaine seizure since Oct. 15.

At about 9 a.m. agents found half a million dollars worth of cocaine hidden inside a 1999 Chevrolet "Chevy," which is a small car made in Mexico, according to CBP public affairs officer Brian Levin.

The vehicle was driven by a 37-year-old woman from Mexicali, according to a CBP release. The 60 pounds of cocaine were inside a hidden compartment near the engine.

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Man charged with 14 felonies in gun case
BY JEFFREY GAUTREAUX, SUN STAFF WRITER

A man was formally charged with 14 felonies Tuesday for almost $20,000 in alleged straw gun purchases made in Yuma.

The complaint alleges that Garate purchased four assault rifles and 13 semi-automatic handguns from Sprague's Sports, 345 W. 32nd St., to be given to people not allowed to possess firearms. Court records say the purchases were made between Sept. 22 and Thursday with the knowledge that they would be exported to Mexico, and that Garate was paid $100 for each firearm he bought.

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Tancredo: 51 Terrorist Suspects Crossed Border Illegally

Joint Terrorism Taskforces Report 51 Persons Arrested on Terrorism-Related Charges in Last Year

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) today revealed figures which show that since October, 2004, 51 persons who have crossed into the U.S. illegally were arrested on suspicion of terrorism. The figures, part of a Department of Homeland Security response to a inquiry by the Congressman, document the national security risk our porous borders pose on the eve of Congress’ first attempt to rewrite immigration law in nearly a decade.

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National Policy Institute Calls for Mass Deportation of Illegals

(McLean, VA) The National Policy Institute, a McLean, Virginia think tank, has called for the deportation of illegals in the U.S. A recently issued NPI paper has crunched the numbers and the Institute concludes that deporting illegal aliens would save Americans billions in annual taxes as well as increase the average income of native-born U.S. workers.

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Programs urged by Bush not in border bill

Consensus absent on guest workers

Billy House
Republic Washington Bureau
Dec. 14, 2005 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - As the U.S. House moves toward an anticipated vote Thursday on legislation to tighten control of the nation's borders, any plan to expand guest-worker programs for undocumented foreigners is notably absent.

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Research center for international transportation to open in El Paso

Tammy Fonce-Olivas
El Paso Times

A unique center researching how to move people and products across international borders in a safer, smarter and faster fashion will soon open in El Paso, state Sen. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, announced Tuesday.

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U.S. border patrol trains Mexican officials on search and rescue

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MONTERREY, Mexico – A U.S. Border Patrol search and rescue team will teach officials at Mexico's southern border how to assist migrants who find themselves in danger after sneaking into the country from Central America, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

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ICE Arrests Several Child Sex Predators In Metro Region

Arrests Part Of Nationwide Initiative

Over the past three days, agents with the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested eight sex offenders in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

The arrests are part of Operation Predator, a nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from criminal alien sex offenders, child sex tourists, Internet child pornographers, human traffickers, and other predatory criminals.

All of the people arrested during the sting operation are foreign nationals who have previously been convicted of sex crimes against children.

The arrested criminal aliens are citizens or nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico.