AMADO — Normally four or five Border
Patrol agents staff the interior checkpoint on Arivaca Road, about 35 miles
south of Tucson.
But as many as 20 agents flanked the highway Wednesday morning,
awaiting the arrival of a group of demonstrators determined to close the
interior checkpoint — one of several such protests that took place in southern
Arizona on Wednesday.
Opponents want the checkpoints removed. Some say they are a
nuisance and threaten privacy; others say they lead to racial profiling.
The protesters arrived at 10 a.m., about 75 strong,
and successfully blocked the road for a while, pushing against the Border
Patrol agents
05/27/2015
11:58 AM EDT
TUCSON,
Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Mariposa Commercial
Facility seized nearly $996,000 in marijuana – 1,992 pounds – from a Mexican
national Saturday when he attempted to enter the United States through the Port
of...
05/27/2015
03:05 PM EDT
YUMA,
Ariz. – Several events occurred over Memorial Day weekend involving Yuma Sector
Border Patrol agents. These successes clearly demonstrate the continued effort
by Yuma’s law enforcement community to keep the Yuma County safe. Friday, a
U.S....
05/27/2015
10:53 AM EDT
LAREDO,
Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Laredo Sector significantly disrupted
criminal organization activities over the past week as they rescued an illegal
immigrant, detained subjects with criminal sexual crimes, and made
significant...
