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Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They’re Doing Busywork

Politico 14 Jun 2018

border with Mexico ... “Until we can have a wall and proper security, we’re going to be guarding our border with the military.” ... Here, in this dilapidated former mining town on the Mexican border, that vague directive has been translated — at least officially — to orders to help quell the smuggling operations operating out of Aqua Pietro across the fortified fence and in what is still regarded as one of America’s most corrupt locales....

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Ceasefire violation: Congress slams BJP’s ‘failed Pak policy’; BSF calls firing along IB a ‘betrayal’

Indian Express 14 Jun 2018

In a fresh incident of ceasefire violation, four Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel lost their lives while three others were injured on Tuesday night. An Assistant Commandant was among those killed in the unprovoked firing by Pakistan from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Chamliyal area of Samba district....

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New Mexico governor supports family separation policy

Winston-Salem Journal 14 Jun 2018

(AP) — New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez supports the federal government's decision to separate children from parents who cross the border illegally, she said in an interview during a visit to the border ... The Republican is a staunch supporter of tougher border enforcement ... The number of arrests of people crossing the border illegally has increased....

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Pro-EU MPs: amendment on border truly significant

Belfast Telegraph 14 Jun 2018

The Government has been forced to deny that a measure it quietly adopted on the Irish border this week effectively kills off the chances of a 'no deal' Brexit and locks the UK into a tight customs arrangement with the EU ... It has simply accepted a plan passed by the Lords that enshrines in law the commitment to have no infrastructure at the Irish border ... to avoid any border to Northern Ireland"....

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Trump Ordered Troops to the Border, But They're Doing Busywork

Democratic Underground 14 Jun 2018

Watching the border ... Border Patrol in the months since their initial deployment, but all with one thing in common. Theyre as far away from the border as possible ... https.//www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/14/trump-ordered-troops-to-the-border-but-theyre-doing-busywork-218821....

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Are you a border agent who strips migrant children from their parents? No Holy Communion ...

Democratic Underground 14 Jun 2018

Are you a border agent who strips migrant children from their parents? No Holy Communion for you. http.//www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-enter-the-fray-are-you-a-border-agent-who-strips-1528930352-htmlstory.html. http.//www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ol-enter-the-fray-are-you-a-border-agent-who-strips-1528930352-htmlstory.html ......

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UN calls for international inquiry into human rights violations in Kashmir

CNN 14 Jun 2018

In its first-ever report on the human rights situation in Kashmir, which for decades has been divided between India and Pakistan, the UN details what it described as "human rights violations and abuses on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC)," the de facto border between the nuclear-armed neighbors ... Borders and bloodshed ... Borders and bloodshed ... Borders and bloodshed ... Borders and bloodshed ... Borders and bloodshed ... Borders and bloodshed....

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BSF, Pakistan Rangers hold flag meeting

Sify 14 Jun 2018

India's Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers held a flag meeting to maintain peace and tranquility on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official statement said on Thursday. The meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the Octroi border outpost....

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Iranian border guards killed 16 kulbar in 2018: Report

Kurdistan Media 14 Jun 2018

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Since the beginning of 2018, Iranian guards killed 16 kulbar (Kurdish border couriers) on the border between Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat) and the Kurdistan Region, a Kurdish MP in the Iranian Parliament revealed. Jalal Mahmood Zada, an Iranian Kurdish MP from Mahabad city, said Iranian border guards had killed 16 kulbar ......

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Crosscutters aiming to play exciting ball in 2018 as season-opener looms

The Milton Standard Journal 14 Jun 2018

WILLIAMSPORT — As the longest tenured, and winningest manager in Williamsport Crosscutters history, Pat Borders is set to open his fourth season at the helm of the team, which will have its season opener Friday versus the State College Spikes at 7.05 p.m.. But what exactly does keep Borders, at 55 years of age, coming back to Williamsport? ... He’s got a very special talent,” said Borders....

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Four BSF men killed in Pakistani firing on J&K; border

Deccan Chronicle 14 Jun 2018

Four Border Security Force (BSF) personal including an officer were killed and three others wounded in Pakistani firing and mortar shelling along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Wednesday. With these killings, the BSF has lost as many as eleven of its men in cross-border firing in J&K, so far, this year....

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Black Woman Bus Passenger Shuts Down Racist Border Patrol Agents Illegally Demanding Documentation

Democratic Underground 14 Jun 2018

https.//newsone.com/3807917/racist-border-patrol-tiana-smalls/. How A Black Woman Shut Down Racist Border Patrol Agents ... Whether it is filming police assaulting an unarmed man, peacefully protesting by kneeling, or what a young woman did on a Greyhound bus shutting down some clearly racist border patrol agents ... When crossing the state line over to Nevada, the bus driver made an announcement, We are being boarded by Border Patrol....

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Border Patrol searches increase on Upstate NY buses; passengers end up in detention

The Post-Standard 14 Jun 2018

Border Patrol agents boarded the bus and asked the five Latino men on it for papers, Robles said through an interpreter ... Customs and Border Patrol on buses and trains. While the searches were not uncommon under President Barack Obama, the frequency has increased under the Trump administration, according to statement from Dave Long, a Customs and Border Patrol spokesman who oversees the Buffalo region....

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