The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has spent millions in the past year to contract a firm to hire thousands of Border Patrol and other agents, but the process has come up extremely short, according to a report from the DHS Office of the Inspector General (IG). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contracted Accenture in […]
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El Chapo Trial Sheds Light on Mexico Drug Threat
From In Homeland Security Nearly three years after his most recent arrest in Mexico, the trial of the Sinaloa cartel’s notorious former boss is set to begin in a Brooklyn federal courthouse. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán served as the head of one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels for decades—a reign during which he was arrested, […]
WSJ: 5,000 U.S. Troops Headed to Southern Border
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that 5,000 troops will deploy to the border in anticipation of the “caravan” of asylum seekers heading through Mexico on its way to the U.S. border. Just last week, it was announced that about 800 troops were heading to the border. “The U.S. and federal law-enforcement officials said troops […]
Hungary Faces Sanctions from EU for Refugee Policy
From First Things To visit the tomb of Servant of God József Cardinal Mindszenty, in Esztergom, Hungary, is, in a sense, to venerate the suffering of the Hungarian people throughout the twentieth century. The fight for freedom and human dignity against both the Nazis and the communists is personified in the cardinal. Mindszenty was Primate […]
Troops Heading to Border to Stem Illegal Surge
Officials told CNN that President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy 800 U.S. troops to the country’s southern border in response to the Central American “caravan” of thousands trekking through Mexico to the U.S. border. “The troops will not engage in lethal operations to stop the migrants,” noted a CNN report from Barbara Starr. “Instead […]