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Number of Sanctuary Cities Nears 500

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

Nearly 500 jurisdictions are now sanctuary cities, according to a group that’s tracked the issue for more than a decade, and who said there’s been a massive surge in the number of places trying to thwart federal immigration agents since…

Limited Resources Restrict Border Security Efforts

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

Several federal agencies who guard the U.S.-Mexico border said their work sometimes seems not to be enough. Drug cartels work to get their product across the border. Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard and Homeland Security Investigations work to stop them.…

Customs Agents Ignore Judge, Enforce Trump’s Travel Ban: ACLU

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Mountain★Republic

The ACLU is getting “multiple reports” that federal customs agents are siding with President Trump — and willfully ignoring a Brooklyn federal judge’s demand that travelers from seven Muslim countries not be deported from the nation’s airports. Source: Customs Agents…