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The Indefensible Job of Policing the Border

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December 26, 2023

Against the Wall, a former border officer’s memoir, argues that when it comes to protecting the border, cruelty is the point.

A US border patrol agent on patrol near La Joya, Tex., 2013.

(Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)

In the summer of 2021, I sat in on a presentation given by two members of the US Border Patrol’s Missing Migrants Program—a small initiative of the

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Checking in! Huge group of well-dressed CHINESE migrants with smart luggage wait to be processed after illegally crossing border from Mexico into California

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A group of smartly-dressed Chinese migrants with pristine luggage were photographed being apprehended in California after illegally crossing the southern border.

The migrants, reported to be mostly Chinese nationals fleeing authoritarian leader Xi Jinping, were lined up neatly dressed and with proper luggage as they were processed following their illegal crossing, NewsNation reported. 

They were lined up near the San Diego County town of Jacumba Hot Springs as the county debates approving millions more in emergency funding to help

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The Long, Bloody History of the Israel-Gaza “Border”

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November 29, 2023

The current conflict has its roots in the 75-year struggle over the constantly shifting physical boundaries between Israel and the Palestinians whose land it has occupied.

Gaza, 1949. A family who owned their own farm near Haifa and fled when the British mandate ended and it became certain Israel would control the town. They became refugees in a camp near Gaza, their only possession a padded blanket. (AP Photo)

When Hamas attacked southern

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Mein Hund hat mir das Leben gerettet … indem er ständig an meinem Hintern geschnüffelt hat: Großmutter, 51, dankt Border Collie Brian, dass er die Ärzte auf ihren Analkrebs aufmerksam gemacht hat

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Eine Großmutter behauptet, ihr quälendes Hündchen habe ihr das Leben gerettet – indem es ständig an ihrem Hintern geschnüffelt habe.

Bei Lindsey Thwaites aus Chapeltown in South Yorkshire wurde schließlich Analkrebs diagnostiziert.

Sie hatte Angst, ein medizinisches Gutachten einzuholen, weil ihr zweijähriger Border Collie Brian „mich nicht in Ruhe lassen wollte“.

Frau Thwaites, 51, leidet seit ihrer Geburt in den 1990er-Jahren unter Hämorrhoiden, im Mai begannen jedoch Schmerzen und leichte Blutungen.

Lindsey Thwaites, 51, machte schmerzhafte Hämorrhoiden für ihre Beschwerden

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Der Held Border Collie rettet einem 17-jährigen Jungen das Leben, der einen Schlaganfall erlitt, nachdem er seine Eltern mitten in der Nacht geweckt und an der Tür ihres Sohnes gekratzt hatte

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Ein Familienhund wird als Held gefeiert, weil er einem 17-jährigen Jungen aus Texas, der einen Schlaganfall erlitt, das Leben gerettet hat.

Amanda und Daines Tanner wurden am frühen Morgen eines Samstags im August um 5 Uhr morgens von einem einjährigen Border Collie namens Axel geweckt und zum Schlafzimmer ihres Sohnes Gabriel geführt, wo sie ihn undeutlich vorfanden.

Gabriel wurde in die Notaufnahme gebracht, bevor schwere Hirnschäden auftraten, und unterzieht sich nun einer Physio- und Sprachtherapie.

Amanda sagte gegenüber DailyMail.com, dass

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‘We are now in a double battle’: Netanyahu joins soldiers on the Lebanese border as they ‘hold off’ Hezbollah from opening a second front – and warns Iran-backed terrorists against ‘biggest mistake of their lives’ if they enter war with Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hezbollah against opening a second war front against Israel or risk provoking a massive retaliation that would bring ‘unimaginable devastation upon Lebanon’.

The Prime Minister said he could not tell his soldiers ‘right now if Hezbollah will decide to enter the war fully’ but said the fight with Hamas was ‘do or die’ for Israel. 

The stark message comes as fears are mounting that the Israel-Hamas war could provoke an all-out battle in the Middle East,

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Get to the border NOW! US Embassy tells foreign nationals to get to the Rafah crossing on Gaza-Egypt border to leave as Israeli tanks are lined up and ready to plough into besieged Palestinian enclave after Hamas attacks

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The US Embassy has told foreign nationals to make their way to the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border to evacuate as Israeli tanks prepare to plough into the besieged Palestinian enclave. 

The Israeli military on Friday punished Gaza with more airstrikes in retaliation to the despicable terror attacks launched by Hamas on October 7. Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers are readying themselves for battle as an invasion appears imminent.

In an urgent security alert this morning, the US

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Gaza ‘will soon be a tent city’ says Israeli official as IDF launches 250 airstrikes in one hour into ‘Nest of Terror’ and ‘infantry, artillery and 300,000 reservists’ mass on the border ‘ready to execute’ ground offensive

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Gaza will become a ‘tent city’, an Israeli defense official has vowed, promising to raze every building to the ground in revenge for Hamas’ terror attacks at the weekend as the military forms up on the border ahead of an expected invasion.

In the early hours of Wednesday, Israeli forces conducted 250 airstrikes in just one hour across northern and eastern parts of the Gaza strip to pave the way for a massive ground operation. 

Now, Israeli Defence Forces (IDF)

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Government’s secret UFO dump: Border security quietly releases tranche of 10 videos of mysterious ‘craft’ whizzing around US skies – as ex-intelligence officer says they are a THREAT

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A tranche of UFO videos — including never-before-seen footage — has been quietly released by federal law enforcement.

US Customs and Border Protection, the agency responsible for keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the country, uploaded 10 videos that appear to show craft moving in strange ways in our skies.

The videos were released on August 9 without warning, a press release or much in the way of context, only to be discovered by UFO enthusiasts and online sleuths

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Der Gewerkschaftsführer der Border Patrol sagt, dass der gemeldete Plan von Biden, Migranten in Texas zu halten, den Agenten nicht helfen wird: „Mehr Rhetorik“

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Der Vorsitzende der Border Patrol-Gewerkschaft sagte am Samstag gegenüber Fox News Digital, dass ein gemeldeter Plan der Biden-Regierung, Migranten zu zwingen, in Texas zu bleiben, während sie für ihre Asylanhörungen bearbeitet werden, nichts zur Sicherung der Grenze oder zur Unterstützung von Agenten beitragen werde.

„Es wird der Grenzsicherheit in keiner Weise helfen, denn es bedeutet, dass es weiterhin zu Fängen und Freilassungen kommen wird“, sagte Brandon Judd, Präsident des National Border Patrol Council, gegenüber Fox News Digital. Er deutete an,

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