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NEW! 2015 Texas DPS Gang Threat Assessment
NEW! Texas DPS Border Security Dashboard
NEW! The Law Against Hiring or Harboring Illegals
DPS Summary of Significant Border Incidents
2014 Texas DPS Human Trafficking Threat Assessment
2014 Texas DPS Gang Threat Assessment
Estimated cost for K-12 education of UAC (illegals) - from Fairus.org
2012 – 2016 Border Patrol National Strategy The Mission: Protect America
Houston HIDTA 2012 Threat Assessment
Unauthorized Immigrant Population: national and State Trends, 2010
A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border
CRS Report for Congress Mexico’s Drug Cartels
Archived News Articles From April 2012
9 suspected illegal immigrants die in Texas wreck
Homeland Security announces its latest alien forgive and forget program: Guzzardi
Author of Alabama immigration law offers revisions to sections put on hold by courts
Obama Admin. Quietly Passes New Immigration Rule
Larson wants Mexico to reimburse Texas for illegal immigrants
Kyle police halt smuggling of dozen illegal immigrants
Archived News Articles From March 2012
Starr County mayors upset over lack of funding
Rise In Local, Federal Perks For Illegal Immigrants
Nation’s Toughest Immigration Law Stays Put For Now
31 charged as part of decade-long human smuggling organization
Archived News Articles From February 2012
Georgia, Alabama illegal immigration laws headed to appeals court Thursday
West Texas County Commissioner arrested on Drug, Money Laundering Charges
Border Spillover Violence is a National Reality
Car Jack used to Breach Border Fence
One person killed in Thursday rollover after Border Patrol pursued vehicle
Hezbollah Eyeing Southern Border
Mexican Firefight Ends on US Side
Illegal Aliens are Leaving Arizona
San Diego Restaurant Owner Fined
Archived News Articles From January 2012
Car Jack used to Breach Border Fence
Challenging US Census Policy of Counting Illegal Aliens When Apportioning Seats in Congress
Border Patrol to toughen policy
Laredo trial offers window into Zetas
Federal immigration chief: Cook County jail policy may be illegal
Can rank and file ICE officers save the counry from Obama’s lawlessness?
SAPD busts alleged human smuggling operation
Illegal Immigrant Caught Collecting Unemployment In Connecticut
Archived News Articles From December 2011
Illegal Immigrant Slated for Deportation Went On To Kill
Businesses must check for illegal immigrants (S.C.)
Seven Texas Syndicate members denied bond
New Nexus Of Narcoterrorism Hezbollah And Venezuela
“Sanctuary City” status taken to new heights in Los Angeles
New Alabama Immigration Law Driving Down Unemployment?
Border Patrol agent fires round…
Obama-Holder crusade against Sheriff Joe intensifies
Illegal alien charged in middle school shooting
Occupy Immigration: OWS Rally Aims to Recruit Immigrants
US proposes unmanned border crossing with Mexico
Middle Eatern Terrorists Plan U.S. Attack From Mexico
Armored boats added to DPS arsenal
Drug, Human Smuggling, Cartel Shootouts With Police Escalate In Rio Grande Valley
Are Obama deportations truly aimed at ‘criminals’?
Archived News Articles From November 2011
Dr. Mike Vickers on NBC Nightly News
Patrolling ‘smugglers’ alley’ by air along the Rio Grande
Along Mexican border, US ranchers say they live in fear
Civil rights commission to review Ga. immigration law
Armed illegals stalked Border Patrol
Zetas blamed for shootout in Houston
Eagle Pass Becoming Amunition Hotspot
Los Zetas Cell taken down in Chicago
Battle for the Border: Drug Cartels Operating out of Dallas
Battle for the Border: A Look Inside a Federal Vault
Undocumented students grateful to Perry for defending in=state tuition law
Deportations Under New U.S. Policy Are Inconsistent
Texas Border Volunteers: The new breed of “Minute Men”
Border Battle: Drugs and bodies piling up on ranch
Obama rolls back immigration enforcement, again
Rape suspect flagged as illegal immigrant was released weeks before Dallas Murder
Mexican gunmen flee into Starr County
SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near Escobares
Napolitano subpoenaed for illegals data
Archived News Articles From October 2011
Sheriff Says Shooting of Deputy an Example of Spillover Violence
Smugglers Using ‘Cloned’ Vehicles To Move Drugs
Border Patrol Agent gets two years in prison for handcuffing drug smuggler
Mexican president says criminal alien deportations fuels violence
Out of Control (Brooks County)
Narco-Terrorism’s Threat to the Southern U.S. Border
Cartel connection reveals why La Familia targeted Austin
First Illegal Alien Arrested Under Alabama Immigration Law is From YEMEN
Archived News Articles From September 2011
Governor reappoints Falfurrias Veterinarian to state animal health commission
Mexican Army in armed standoff IN AMERICA!
Obama administration appeals Alabama immigration law
Public Safety Commission discusses Border Security report
U.S. Generals Release Border Security Report
Who Benefited from Job Growth In Texas?
Agents Seize More than Two Tons of Marijuana and Arrest Violent Felon
Suspect links meth found in falfurrias to Gulf Cartel’s No. 2 leader
Border Patrol finds rocket launcher, grenade launcher, explosives near Rio Grande
Border Group: Obama Amnesty “Contempt for Law”
Illegal immigrant sues Nebraska to get Medicaid for her unborn baby
Illegal Immigrants Fight To Keep Driver’s License
Immigration Offenses Make Latinos New Majority in Federal Prisons
Mexican military flies over South Texas
Border Incursions: Possible Security Threat To The Nation
Undocumented workers got billions from IRS in tax credits
Labor Dept Promises Fair Wages to Illegal Aliens
Archived News Articles From August 2011
Texas DPS targets drug traffickers on the border
CBP U.S. Border Patrol Agents Seize More than 6 Tons of Marijuana
Alabama awaits ruling on immigration law
Obama to deport illegals by ‘priority’
Several arrested in immigration protests
Immigrants Plead For End To Fingerprint Sharing
Controversial Developments in Murder of Border Agent
Arizona appeals immigration law case to Supreme Court
Illegal immigration debate continues to heat up in Springfield
Obama and illegal aliens: DHS sued for status reports on arrests
Falfurrias Woman is Killed After Car Crashes Through Bedroom
Archived News Articles From July 2011
‘Spillover’ Violence From Mexico
Honduran Gangs Receive U.S. Weapons
Arizona Law denies recognition to Mexican counselar ID cards
Sheriff Dept Makes a Large Weapons Seizure
Archived News Articles from June 2011
…Mexican Cartel operations in Harris Co.
Judge blocks key parts of Georgia immigration law
Hispanics flee from new Alabama immigration law
Virginia Official Prepares to Sue Feds Over Illegal Immigrant Files
2 More Illegal Immigrants Found Dead in Brooks County
“A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels.”
Fugitive Wanted in Sweden Captured in Phoenix
Immigration bill to track education spending
Roadway firefight kills 1 east of Edinburg; gunmen sought
Agents arrest man who claims ties to Gulf Cartel, La Familia since he was 15
Border issues not confined to border
Border Patrol agent dragged in Brownsville smuggling incident
The Harmful Effect of Unskilled Immigrants on American Workers
Archived News Articles from May 2011
Border Pictures Worth 1,000 Words
Illegal Immigrant Arrested in Death of Texas Police Officer
Arizona Man Looks to Law in Bid to Retrieve Ranch
You pay nearly $1B a year to house illegal immigrant prisoners
Mexican authorities find 513 illegal immigrants in 2 tractor-trailers
Border Patrol Agents Rescue 12 Illegal Aliens from Extreme Conditions
Border Patrol agents involved in a shootout near Mission
Terrorist Group Setting Up Operations Near Border
Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Law Authorizing Security Fence
Four illegal aliens arrested after allegedly robbing, killing man in Texas
Archived News Articles from April 2011
Ariz. amendment clears ranchers from illegal immigrant suit
Brutal Mexican drug gang crosses into U.S.
Border Patrol: 28 illegal immigrants rescued since Thursday
Castro Helps Obama Fashion New Immigration Amnesty Proposal
Appeals Court Rules Against Arizona Law
Mexican cartels corrupting more US border officials?
DPS choppers help put the dog in the fight against smugglers
Alabama House passes Arizona-style immigration law
CIS report: Welfare Use by Immigrant Households
Federal Judge rules against ACLU, denies illegal aliens bail…press ignores
Cartels threaten to kill Texas Rangers, ICE agents
Federal Agents Told to Reduce Border Arrests
Negative effects of government funding of illegal immigrants
Archived News Articles from March 2011
Napolitano: Security Along U.S.-Mexico Border ‘Better Now Than It Has Ever Been’
DOJ Memo Confirms Terrorists Have Crossed the Border
Illegal immigrants in Marine Uniforms arrested
New Mexico Passes . . . Bill To Ban Driver’s Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants
Utah Passes Arizona-Style Immigration Law
Firm’s owner gets 10 months for hiring illegal immigrants
Sanctuary city bill clears committee
TBV Member Jim Gibson on Pay Attention Radio
Archived News Articles from February 2011
Illegal document mill busted in Va.
Case details South Texas smuggling network, possible Zeta plot to attack deputies
Bill would force hospitals to report illegal immigrants to feds
Oklahoma Senate Panel Pushes Forward Bill Eliminating ‘Birthright Citizenship’
Arizona Senate Panel Passes Sweeping Bills Targeting Illegals, Birthright Citizenship
Border agents find unusually large group of illegal immigrants
Hezbollah Working with Cartels
Virginia County Sues DHS for Illegal Immigrant Records
Archived News Articles from January 2011
Immigrant database failed to detect suspect before rape of young girl
Controversial Muslim cleric caught being smuggled into U.S. over Mexico border
Border Patrol finds weapons cache near Rio Grande
Mexican gunman fires across border
Archived News Articles from December 2010
Texas family forced to leave ranch
Stricter rules for entry are ignored at border
4 in custody in shooting death of Border Patrol agent
DHS confirms cheaper to deport
Border Patrol resumes release . . . at Texas-Mexico border
Archived News Articles from November 2010
An educated guess on Texas students in the U.S. illegally
America’s Third War: Uncovering Border Tunnels
Narco-War on the Southern Border
Obama pressed to send Guard to border
ICE agents bust armed ‘drug convoy’ in San Benito
‘Arizona-style’ bill, other anti-illegal immigrant measures filed in Texas
Mexican violence threatens Texas’s Rio Grande Valley
America’s Third War: Texas Strikes Back
Border Patrol confiscates more than 11 tons of pot
DPS targets cartel-enlisted U.S. gangs
Archived News Articles from October 2010
Arizona cops bust illegal immigrant smuggling ring
Immigration cases being tossed by the hundreds
USCIS official’s transfer probed
Archived News Articles from September 2010
Sanders only U.S. mayor at border conference
Body found in river near Rio Grande City with no head or hands
85 Inmates Escape Mexican Prison Near Texas
Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona
Archived News Articles from August 2010
Judicial Watch Client Asks Appellate Court to Reverse SB 1070 Injunction
ICE’s Mission Melt: Agents Vote ‘No Confidence’ in Leadership
Border Patrol Asked To Stop ‘Terrorizing’ Colonia Residents
Archived News Articles from July 2010
U.S. cousulate in Ciudad Juarez to close
Obama administration considers bypassing Congress on immigration reform
Hemorrhagic variant of dengue fever rising in Mexico, moving closer to US border after floods
The Unarmed National Guard Will Guard Computers
Police: Illegal Immigrants Raped 14-Year-Old Texas Girl at July 4th Party
Terrorists: The ‘Other’ Illegal Immigrants
Reduced overtime stymies Border Patrol
Illegal Immigration a $113 Bllion a Year Drain on U.S. Taxpayers
Archived News Articles from June 2010
El Paso City Hall Struck By Bullets
MORON: Obama’s Immigration Chief Orders Release of ALL Violent Criminal Illegal Aliens
Massive bust nets suspects, drugs in 18 states
Archived News Articles from May 2010
Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border
Mayor Defends Immigration Procedure For Arrests
Investigators: Edmonds rape suspect deported nine times
Archived News Articles from April 2010
Channel 2 Investigates U.S. Border Security Part 1
Foreign ‘terrorists’ breach U.S. border
Drug war violence appears in Mexico’s northeast, near Texas Border
Sheriff To Texas Border Town: ‘Arm Yourselves‘
As agents clear out Mexican gangs, more brutal ones move in
REGION: Congress steps into border-crossing cell phone debate
Somalis with terrorist links feared headed to U.S. border
Mexicans Facing Drug War Violence Could Seek Political Asylum in U.S.
Border violence threatens Americans
Archived News Articles from March 2010
Borders Breached: Mexican helicopters fly over Texas
Texas Town on High Alert as Mexican Town Across Border Braces for Cartel Gun Battle
Eritrean man pleads guilty to alien smuggling
Arizona Rancher’s Killing Sparks Calls to Beef UP Border Security
Perry implements ‘Phase One’ of border violence plan
…cartel shooting at McAllen Walmart
U.S. downplays Mexican chopper incursion
CBP: Mexican cartels corrupting US border agents
ID Card for Workers Is at Center of Immigration Plan
3 Mexican nationals charged with running a counterfeit document mill
Accused murderer of 17-year-old boy deported to Mexico
Obama looking to give new life to immigration reform
Coke dealing gets woman 10 years
Twenty-Six MS-13 Gang Members Indicted…
Trafficking probe nets 10 Mexican migration agents
U.S. ‘surge’ targets immigrants who have criminal records
Archived News Articles from February 2010
284 arrested in ICE operation…
More than 20 immigrants held in NW Harris County
Va. man accused of helping smuggle Somalis into U.S.
‘Significant’ Mexican drug lord in U.S. court
ICE arrests 104 people during operation targeting illicit transportation businesses
Agent’s suspected killer had escaped Border Patrol
Archived News Articles from January 2010
Haitians in country illegally can stay
Once-Deported Illegal Alien Kills Female Deputy
AZ border agent kills suspected illegal immigrant
Three held in Palmview home invasion
South Texan may be the next drug king
Archived News Articles from December 2009
ICE issues new procedures for asylum seekers as part of ongoing detention reform initiatives
Lawsuit challenges in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
Archived News Articles from November 2009
Pickups stolen here used for immigrant smuggling, authorities say
Getting back to U.S. tougher for deportees
Mexico’s Zetas gang buys businesses along border in move to increase legitimacy
Texas Border Volunteers – Standing Watch
Teen pleads guilty in killing of agent
Maine Town is Riven by Housing Dispute
Hundreds in Dallas County deported before their trials
Perry: Obama punishes Texas with border program
Houston sheriffs round up thousands of illegals
East African, Asian immigrants caught near Brownsville
Archived News Articles from October 2009
Zetas terrorizing Mexican border cities
HDP won’t screen for immigration
91 from Dallas-Fort Worth area arrested in ICE crackdown on gangs
Texas man accused of leaving 2 children in field
Border Patrol agents arrest 19-year-old wanted for murder
Archived News Articles from September 2009
Perry’s latest border security plan draws local criticism
3 men indicted for harboring and holding aliens hostage
Archived News Articles from August 2009
New York City murder suspect caught near Falfurrias checkpoint
Valley called ‘front line’ against human trafficking
Archived News Articles from July 2009
Man possibly linked in border agent’s killing had been deported
Mexican brothels coming to a neighborhood near you
3 plead guilty to alien smuggling
New Curbs Set on Arrests of Illegal Immigrants
Archived News Articles from June 2009
Lou Dobbs: Amnesty Bill Provisions
Job Program Sparks Controversy
San Francisco D.A.’s program trained illegal immigrants for jobs they couldn’t legally hold
Welasco man kidnapped from front yard
Highlighting Recent FBI Gang Investigations
Abuse of Trust: The Case of the Crooked Border Official
Archived News Articles from May 2009
10 mayors, other Mexico officials detained
EXCLUSIVE: Cartels use kids to breach U.S. border
Man dies from heat, four rescued by Border Patrol in past week
Archived News Articles from April 2009
Exclusive: Legal Aliens with Swine Flu May Not Enter U.S. – But What About Illegal Aliens?
Swine flu, Mexico Lung Illness Heighten Pandemic Risk (Update2)
Three arrested in connection with kidnapping, sexual assault of STC student
Illegal immigrant gets 15 years for molesting 13-year-old
Austin-based U.S. attorney resigns
Archived News Articles from March 2009
Obama to boost U.S.-Mexico border security, but won’t send troops yet
Arizona Court Upholds Right of Border Area Citizens to Protect Themselves
Archived News Articles from February 2009
Fox News: Texas Went on the Alert for the First Time…
16 illegals sue rancher who catches them on his land
Archived News Articles from January 2009
Another immigrant chase ends in Palmview
Bush cuts sentences of Ramos, Compean
DPS sued over tighter rule for immigrant drivers
‘Attempted hit’ put on Ramos family
Sri Lankan nationals detained at McAllen airport
Brownsville woman faces fifth charge for transporting undocumented immigrants
Mukasey: Aliens Have No Right toEffective Assistance of Counsel
Kidnappings in Mexico Send Shivers Across Border
Mexico’s drug violence expected to intensify in ’09
Archived News Articles from December 2008
Exclusive: Five-Year Terror Report Exposes Holes in Border Security
Smuggling of Chinese into Texas is on the rise
Jefferson Transit mulls policy in case Border Patrol boards its busses
In Mexico, Assassins of Increasing Skill
Mexico to return man sought in killing
Texas’ new guidelines for immigrant licenses under fire
Cops: Suspected Illegals Plotted Kidnap of Texas Corn Dog Scion
Archived News Articles from November 2008
Archived News Articles from October 2008
Archived News Articles from September 2008
Archived News Articles from July 2008
Archived News Articles from June 2008
Mexico’s legislators: fortify Mexican Identity in the U.S.
“Operation Streamline” to jail illegal immigrants
U.S., Mexico launch unprecedented effort to disrupt cross-border weapons smuggling
Several human remains of illegal immigrants found in Brooks County
Live Oak authorities look for immigrants
Archived News Articles from May 2008
A New Argument About Immigration
Archived News Articles from April 2008
S.F. topped border counties for crime grant
Archived News Articles from February 2008
Archived News Articles from November 2006