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CBP, ICE Release Report on 2011 Counterfeit Seizures
WASHINGTON –
Theft of American intellectual property is a serious crime, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that their vigorous, ongoing efforts to protect America from the trade in counterfeit and pirated goods during fiscal year (FY) 2011 resulted in 24,792 seizures, a 24 percent increase over 2010.
Many fake goods seriously threaten the health and safety of American consumers and our national security. With this in ....
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ICE establishes hotline for detained individuals, issues new detainer form
WASHINGTON —
As part of a broader effort to improve our immigration enforcement process and prioritize resources to focus on threats to public safety, repeat immigration law violators, recent border entrants, and immigration fugitives while continuing to strengthen oversight of the nation's immigration detention system and facilitate legal immigration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced new measures to ensure that individuals being held by state or local law enforcemen....
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Southwest Texas Junior College to Receive New Support to Help United States Achieve Goal 2025
America’s Economic Future Increasingly Depends on Graduating More Latinos from College
INDIANAPOLIS – Latinos are the fastest-growing student population in America and a new effort is now focused on leveraging the critical connection between their educational attainment and the future of our national economy. The Lumina Foundation launches a collaborative partnership designed to strengthen ventures in key metropolitan areas that show promise in improving the postsecondary attainment of Lati....
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Obama announces plan to help pay their college loans
Washington, Oct (EFE) .-
U.S. President Barack Obama announced a plan to ease the repayment of loans to pay college students to pursue their studies, they can refinance with a maximum of 10 percent of its income, and not 15 percent.
In a speech to students at the University of Colorado at Denver, the president promised to sign an executive order to advance to January 2012 start date of a law providing that measure, and is approved by Congress but their entry into force was in 2014.
The ....
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Never Take for Granted the Sacrifices of Our Veterans
Every summer, thousands of delegates to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), America’s oldest and largest organization of combat veterans, convene for their national convention. This year, San Antonio, Texas was chosen as the host city. Texas’ very own “Military City USA” is a fitting location.
For those who served in the Army or the Air Force, it is quite likely that they have spent time at one of the many military installations located in San Antonio or somewhere else in Texas. More than ....
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Security Guard Arrested for theft of over $15,000 in HEB Sting
After a month of discrepancies, HEB accounting realized that the store’s earnings were not matching up in their bank credit. An internal investigation was launched, and it was determined that the problem began at the transport of funds from HEB to the Bank. At that time HEB contacted the Eagle Pass Police Department to assist them in a sting operation to pin point the culprit pocketing funds. According to Chief Castaneda, HEB marked the bills used for deposit for about a week, and closely moni....
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CBP Officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry Seize Heroin and Cocaine Valued at $860,000
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Thursday seized a combination load of heroin and cocaine valued at $860,000. The seizure resulted in the arrest of two vehicle passengers. The seizure occurred on Mar. 10 at the Camino Real International Bridge. A CBP officer referred a 2007 Ford Focus driven by a 28-year- old U.S. citizen from Twin Falls, Texas with a 33-year- old female Mexican citizen passenger from San Antonio for a secondary examination. ....
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CBP puede tomar medidas activas en los pasos fronterizos
El asesinato de un agente del ICE y heri- das a otro en el interior de México el martes no ha hecho nada para calmar las crecientes preocupaciones por el gobierno de los EE.UU. sobre la seguridad de los agentes de su campo. Tal es la preocu- pación de que al menos una fuente se ha ajustado a esta publicación que las agen- cias gubernamentales están estudiando la adopción de medidas extremas de seguri- dad en la frontera. La fuente anónima va a decir que una posibilidad puede ser la reducción d....
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CBP may take active measures at border crossings
The killing of one ICE agent and wounding of another in the interior of Mexico on Tuesday has done nothing to quell the growing concerns by the US government over the safety of their field operatives. Such is the concern that at least one source has confirmed to this publication that governmental agencies are looking at taking extreme safety measures along the border. The anonymous source goes on to say that a possibility may be to reduce bridge traffic to one lane or close traffic alto- gethe....
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U.S. SEIZES NEARLY 11 TONS OF MARIJUANA ABOARD TRAIN FROM MEXICO;
SEVEN DEFENDANTS ARRESTED AT CH....
Homeland Security/DEA investigation yields largest marijuana seizure ever in Chicago area
CHICAGO — Federal marijuana distribution conspiracy charges were filed today against
seven defendants who were arrested yesterday during what law enforcement officials said they
believe is the largest seizure ever of marijuana in the Chicago area — conservatively estimated at
approximately 21,800 pounds, or nearly 11 tons, packed into six railroad cars from Mexico that
arrived at a warehouse in sou....
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Combs Honors Local Governments for Financial Transparency During Abilene Event
(AUSTIN) — During a visit to Abilene today, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs recognized the Wylie Independent School District, the city of Abilene and Taylor County for meeting high standards in fiscal transparency. Wylie ISD received gold status in the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle, a program that recognizes cities, counties, school districts and other local governments that have taken their first steps toward openness, shown progress or even exceeded transparency standards in providin....
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MENSAJE
SEMANAL:
Presidente Obama:
“La reforma de Wall Street le dará mayor seguridad a la....
WASHINGTON – En su mensaje semanal, el Presidente Barack Obama habló sobre las maneras en que la reforma de Wall Street mejorará comunidades comunes y corrientes en todo Estados Unidos. La medida de reforma ante el Congreso les otorgará poder y protegerá a las familias estadounidenses con las más estrictas medidas de protección al consumidor de la historia, creará condiciones equitativas para los bancos comunitarios a fin de asegurar que todos los prestamistas estén bajo estricta supervisió....
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Obama Picks Kagan
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama introduced Solicitor General Elena Kagan on Monday as his choice to become the nation’s 112th justice of the Supreme Court, hailing her as a “one of the nation’s foremost legal minds,” as he girded for a battle over whether it takes a judge to serve on the court.
At a ceremony with her at his side in the East Room of the White House, Obama called Kagan, the first woman to serve as solicitor general and as dean of the Harvard Law School, a “trailblazer” and ....
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TWO FERRY ENGINES FAILED AFTER CRASH, ENGINEER SAYS
NEW YORK – The chief engineer aboard the Staten Island ferry that rammed into a pier on Saturday told federal investigators that no engine alarms sounded before the crash, at which point two of the ferry’s four engines failed, officials said on Sunday.
The ill-fated vessel, the Andrew J. Barberi, never lost electrical power during the crash, which injured about three dozen passengers, and its crew reported no problems with the propulsion system, according to an official from the National Trans....
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ALONG GULF, MANY WARY OF PROMISES AFTER SPILL
GULFPORT, Miss. – People who live along the Gulf Coast know that a promise of money is not nearly as nice as it sounds. It means waiting and waiting, and raising a fuss, and then waiting some more, and consulting lawyers and talking to bureaucrats, and still waiting, and in some cases just giving up.
And now, after almost five years of fighting insurance companies and government agencies to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, they are contemplating the prospect of going through all of that again.....
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