CBP Officers in Southern California Assist 967 Travelers in Medical Distress…
January 31, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to ports of entry along the California border with Mexico provided medical assistance to 967 travelers in distress that entered a port of entry from Mexico, in fiscal year 2018.
CBP officers responded to a variety of medical emergencies at the ports of entry. These included: more than six CPR events; the delivery of five babies; assisting multiple heart attack and stroke victims; and aided several who had been shot or stabbed while in Mexico. The travelers varied in age from newborns to an 85-year-old. Most travelers were simply entering the United States, but some were violators of U.S. laws that required medical care during their detention with CBP.
20 Accused of Selling Birthright Citizenship to Pregnant Foreigners…
January 31, 2019
A total of 20 individuals were arrested by federal authorities on Thursday after being accused of operating “birth tourism” businesses which essentially sold birthright American citizenship to pregnant Chinese women looking to permanently stay in the United States.
CBP Officers Seize Largest Amount of Fentanyl in CBP History…
January 31, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Commercial Facility seized nearly $4.6 million in fentanyl and methamphetamine totaling close to 650 pounds on Saturday from a Mexican national when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port of Nogales. The seizure is the largest seizure of fentanyl in CBP history. The methamphetamine seizure represents the third largest at an Arizona port.
CBP Officers discovered more than 400 packages of drugs concealed within a special floor compartment of a trailer that was laden with cucumbers, driven by a 26-year-old truck driver. Following an alert by a CBP narcotics detection canine, CBP officers seized nearly 254 pounds of fentanyl with a value of approximately $3.5 million and almost 395 pounds of methamphetamine valued at $1.1 million.
Trump Won’t Accept Trade Deal Unless China Opens Market To Manufacturers, Bankers And Farmers…
January 31, 2019
After affirming earlier that a trade deal won't be struck this week because there won't be a "final deal" until Trump and President Xi can meet face to face (the WSJ reported that Trump will travel to China next month for the meeting), Trump followed up by insisting that a final deal will require China to open up its markets not only to US financial services firms, but to US "manufacturing, farmers and other US businesses and industries."
ICE, CBP operation nets over $24 million in fake sports-related merchandise…
January 31, 2019
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced today that collaborative enforcement efforts led by its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) component and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulted in the seizure of nearly 285,000 counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2 million, and related investigations led to 28 arrests with 21 convictions
Washington state sheriffs boycott new gun control laws…
January 31, 2019
A growing number of rural sheriffs in Washington state are refusing to enforce a sweeping new gun initiative that places stiff requirements on residents buying and owning semiautomatic rifles.
“I think it’s a bad law, and I think it violates people’s rights,” Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer told the Yakima Herald-Republic in an interview Monday. “This law will do nothing to stop crime or do anything to make our communities safer. But what it will do is make criminals out of our honest citizens.”
Scientists might have finally figured out how LSD works – the discovery could play a major role in future research on psychiatric disorders…
January 31, 2019
TL;DR: by disabling information filters in the brain.
CBP drill closes Otay Mesa Port of Entry for several minutes…
January 31, 2019
The Otay Mesa Port of Entry was closed for roughly 15 minutes Wednesday night as Customs and Border Protection officers conducted a large-scale readiness exercise.
Officers were in full tactical gear during the exercise. During the training, they deployed flash bangs and smoke bombs while marching towards the Mexican side of the border.
POTUS Interview: Speaker Ryan Lied on Border Wall Funding Promise to Get Omnibus Signed…
January 31, 2019
Trump is surrounded by vipers. We tried to drain the swamp but the swamp is highly venomous and will strike from under foot. This is a good lesson for all great men to acquiesce to.
South Dakota Becomes Latest State to Pass Constitutional Carry…
January 31, 2019
Gov. Kristi Noem says she will sign into law a measure allowing people to carry concealed pistols without a permit in South Dakota.
The Republican governor tweeted Wednesday that the legislation would further protect the "Second Amendment rights of law-abiding South Dakotans." Noem plans to sign the bill on Thursday.
Graham: We’re Getting Trump’s Ninth Circuit Nominees Confirmed…
January 31, 2019
Yesterday President Trump nominated three judges, Daniel Bress, Daniel Collins and Kenneth Kiyul to serve on the infamously leftist Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham backed the President's nominees and vowed to get them confirmed.
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The left is starting to panic about the nominations, given they will flip the most liberal court in the country.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will issue Executive Order eliminating Common Core from Florida Schools…
January 31, 2019
"When you complained about Common Core, I hear you. I told you I would do something about, and today we're acting to bring those promises into reality," said Gov. DeSantis.
Florida, you dodged one hell of a bullet. You almost had a criminal 0bama approved socialist. So happy for your state!
Venezuela Central Bank Begins Shipping 18 Tons Of Gold To UAE…
January 31, 2019
Venezuela will sell 15 tonnes of gold from central bank vaults to the United Arab Emirates in coming days in return for euros in cash, a senior official with knowledge of the plan said, as the crisis-stricken country seeks to stay solvent.
Wikileaks release: Pope’s Orders – internal communications between the Vatican and The Order of Malta…
January 31, 2019
Wikileaks releasing internal letters between the Pope and Vatican officials regarding issues related to the sovereignty of the Order of Malta. This could get very spicy.
8 individuals indicted for exploiting the US student visa system…
January 31, 2019
According to the indictments, from approximately February 2017 through January 2019, the defendants, a group of foreign citizens, conspired with each other and others to facilitate hundreds of foreign nationals in illegally remaining and working in the United States by actively recruiting them to enroll into a metro Detroit private university that, unbeknownst to the conspirators, was operated by HSI special agents as part of an undercover operation. As part of the scheme, the defendants/recruiters assisted foreign citizen “students” in fraudulently obtaining immigration documents from the school and facilitated the creation of false student records, including transcripts, for the purpose of deceiving immigration authorities. The illegal documents obtained as a result of the conspirators’ actions were based on false claims, false statements, and fraud since the purported foreign students had no intention of attending school, nor attended a single class, and were not bona fide students. All participants in the scheme knew that the school had no instructors or actual classes. The defendants intended to help shield and hide their customers/"students" from United States immigration authorities for money and collectively profited in excess of a quarter of a million dollars as a result of their scheme.
Scientists have detected an enormous cavity growing beneath Antarctica…
January 31, 2019
There is an active volcano underneath Thwaites Glacier. Nowhere in that article did it mention it. The article was written with the intention for the audience to make a connection between global warming and this melt.
https://www.livescience.com/46194-volcanoes-melt-antarctic-glaciers.html
Why must science be politicized and leave out information that is relevant in order for a politically expedient point to be made? By the way, there are active flows right now as we speak. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04421-3
Microplastics found in every marine mammal surveyed.
January 31, 2019
The research on 50 stranded creatures, including porpoises, dolphins, grey seals and a pygmy sperm whale, found an average of 5.5 particles in their guts, the most comprehensive analysis of microplastics in wild cetaceans and seals.
Democrat invites illegal immigrant fired from Trump golf club to State of the Union address…
January 31, 2019
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman said Wednesday that she extended the invitation to Victorina Morales, a Guatemala-born woman who was fired from the golf property where she worked as a housekeeper for five years.
House Dems Reject GOP Proposal to Block Raises for Federal Employees Guilty of Sexual Misconduct. Vote was chaired by Democrat Tony Cardenas, who is accused of drugging teenage girl…
January 31, 2019
Why are they still employed if they have been 'disciplined for sexual misconduct' is the bigger question.
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has recovered more than $106 billion through settlements with scores of senior princes, ministers and top businessmen…
January 31, 2019
87 people confessed to charges against them and reached secret settlements including forfeiture of real estate, companies, cash and other assets.