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Calexico residents question need for secondary border wall, calling it ‘laughable’
former Calexico mayor. “Most of the drugs smuggled into this country are smuggled through ports of entry and not over the border fence itself — especially with fentanyl, a secondary border ...
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Larger facility to be built at Calexico Port of Entry to increase efficiency
The final phase of a $200 million expansion to the Calexico West Land Port of Entry is moving ahead after the city approved ...
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Wind Gusts Blew Over Part of Trump's Border Wall as the Concrete Was Drying — and Twitter Has Thoughts
Two sections of President Donald Trump‘s controversial border wall, which has stirred fierce debate since he started campaigning on its construction, on Wednesday tipped over in Calexico ...
Homeland Security Today15d
DHS Issues Waiver to Expedite New Border Wall Construction in California
Secretary Kristi Noem has issued the Department’s first waiver for the border wall under the new administration, enabling the immediate construction of approximately 2.5 miles of new barrier in ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
The Raging Controversy at the Border Began With This Incident 100 Years Ago
Following Nogales’ lead, officials in Calexico, California, erected a fence that ran two miles along the boundary line there. By the 1920s, fences were a fixture in most border towns.
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Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts
which Congress exempted from border wall construction in 2018. The firm’s work has come under scrutiny previously: A section of fencing built by the company in Calexico, California, blew over in ...
Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in one California county. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
Contrary to its public narrative, the agency cast a wide net in its California immigration raid, setting the stage for a ...
2 charged with smuggling .50-caliber sniper rifles to Mexico
A federal grand jury has charged two men who allegedly tried to smuggle five high-caliber snipper rifles to Mexico last month ...
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Border Patrol chief offered misleading details on Kern County raid
It was quiet on the border. A Border Patrol agent named James Lee was parked in the shade next to a 30-foot fence in Calexico. The windows of his SUV were rolled up, the engine making that noise ...
Fox 5 San Diego1mon
Over 1,300 pounds of meth seized last week at US-Mexico border
CALEXICO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI ... The first drug bust occurred on the morning of March 12, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Friday. CBP officers inspected a red ...
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Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in one California county. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
It was quiet on the border. A Border Patrol agent named James Lee was parked in the shade next to a 30-foot fence in Calexico. The windows of his SUV were rolled up, the engine making that noise ...
The Bakersfield Californian17d
Border Patrol said it targeted known criminals in Kern County. But it had no record on 77 of 78 arrestees
It was quiet on the border. A Border Patrol agent named James Lee was parked in the shade next to a 30-foot fence in Calexico. The windows of his SUV were rolled up, the engine making that noise ...