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CBP finds a truck load of cocks in Jeff Schwilks backyard?

Borderlands, News & Views on January 13th, 2010 No Comments

SAN DIEGO — Federal authorities thwarted a smuggling attempt when they discovered 50 birds. destined to be sold for cockfights. that were stuffed in nylon stockings in the back of a pickup truck headed into Mexico, officials said Wednesday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents discovered the 46 roosters and four hens during an inspection at [...]

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What has become commonplace in Arizona

Another murder of immigrant by Arizona Border Patrol

Borderlands, ICE & DHS, News & Views on January 5th, 2010 2 Comments

DOUGLAS, AZ (KOLD) – A Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man just outside Douglas Monday morning.
An illegal immigrant was throwing rocks at an agent and his K9, a Border Patrol official said.
That’s when the agent opened fire.
Cochise County Sheriffs were called in when the shooting happened in an area known as ‘D Hill.’
A man [...]

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José Cisneros 1910-2009 Immigrant Artist who tore at racism

Borderlands on November 19th, 2009 No Comments

EL PASO — The world knew José Cisneros as a great painter.
He was much more than that in El Paso, where his work turned heads and tore down barriers.
Cisneros, who died Saturday at age 99, was a gentle man and a devout Catholic who used his talent to battle racism, said Monsignor Arturo Bañuelas, pastor [...]

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The Mobile App That Helps Mexicans Get Across the Border

Borderlands on November 14th, 2009 No Comments

How cool is this!
Ricardo Dominguez is a co-founder of The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), a small group of cyber activists and artists engaged in developing the theory and practice of Electronic Civil Disobedience(ECD).
The EDT has mainly focused its electronic actions against the Mexican and U.S. governments to draw attention to the war being waged against the Zapatistas [...]