Border Patrol union criticizes agency's academy
Post Date: 2008-06-28 22:21:58 by Marine Inspector
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TUCSON - The Border Patrol agents' union is criticizing hiring and training shortcuts they say the agency is making as it seeks to double in size before President Bush leaves office. The union says the Border Patrol has dropped minimum educational requirements and is deferring background investigations for new hires, among other changes they say are hurting the agency. The National Border Patrol Council said in a report released June 24 that the patrol recently dropped educational requirements that called for applicants to have at least a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate. "This relaxation of standards is a matter of concern," the report said. ...
Mexico Plants Wall of Trees in Protest of U.S. Border Fence
Post Date: 2008-06-28 18:35:34 by out damned spot
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PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico, The first of 400,000 trees are being planted to form a ``green wall' in protest of the fence the U.S. is building along the border with Mexico. The treeline will eventually stretch for 512 kilometres along the border between the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas. Coahuila Gov. Humberto Moreira Valdes says ``our wall is of life, and it competes with shame and hate.' The U.S. government says the fence is critical to security. Critics say it fuels animosity between the two countries and raises environmental and private property concerns. The mayor of a Texas border town attended the tree planting in Piedras Negras. Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster opposes the ongoing ...
Raid at aerospace plant finds 32 undocumented workers
Post Date: 2008-06-28 17:50:09 by Itzlzha
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided an Arlington aircraft manufacturing plant Thursday and arrested 32 undocumented workers. Agents executed the search warrant at Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies, Inc., which supplies parts for both commercial and military aircraft, including the Boeing 737 and 777, according to an ICE news release. The raid was prompted by an ICE audit of AMT's employment records that led agents "to believe that a small percentage of the company's employees used counterfeit documents to secure their jobs," the news release said. There is no evidence that AMT knew that workers had used false credentials to get their jobs. All of the ...
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