http://dir.salon.com/topics/border_patrol/?source=rss&aim=border_patrol en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT By Alex Koppelman Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/04/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/04/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss How the anti-immigration right -- and Lou Dobbs -- turned two rogue Border Patrol agents into heroes and got Congress on their side. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/19/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/19/ramos_compean/index.html?source=rss Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who shot an unarmed drug suspect as he fled back to Mexico, then became heroes on the right, will be released from prison. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/14/nfl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/02/14/nfl/index.html?source=rss Did concerns about future expansion in Latin America lead the NFL to refuse to run a recruitment ad for the Border Patrol during the Super Bowl? By Jim Nintzel Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/02/az_immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/10/02/az_immigration/index.html?source=rss Democrats are poised to pick up a U.S. House seat in Arizona. Can Republican Randy Graf stop them by exploiting voters' fears of illegal immigrants? By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/18/immigration_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/18/immigration_bush/index.html?source=rss Bush's immigration speech was a desperate attempt to keep his delicate coalition together -- but all it did was accelerate its shattering. By Page Rockwell Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/10/immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/10/immigration/index.html?source=rss More single Mexican women are seeking illegal entrance into the U.S., and taking huge risks along the way. By Eilene Zimmerman Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/12/border_wall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/12/border_wall/index.html?source=rss Homeland Security is using newfound power to wall off Tijuana from San Diego. Critics warn it will destroy protected lands and lead to the death of immigrants. By Christopher Ketcham Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/11/minuteman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/11/minuteman/index.html?source=rss Enraged by illegal immigration and traumatized by 9/11, Chris Simcox convinced hundreds of volunteers to join his Minuteman Project. Their goal: Seal the border and restore their American dream. By Page Rockwell Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/29/arnie_border/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/29/arnie_border/index.html?source=rss The California governor salutes the April deployment of border vigilantes in Arizona. By Page Rockwell Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/08/minuteman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/08/minuteman/index.html?source=rss Arizona's Minuteman Project rustles up some more publicity -- this time with a special kind of photo shoot for detainees. By Page Rockwell Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/05/border/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/04/05/border/index.html?source=rss Arizona's "Minuteman" group of border vigilantes is small potatoes, but has cooked up some big hype. By Julian Borger Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/05/canada_drugs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/05/canada_drugs/index.html?source=rss Homeland Security diverts some attention from terrorists to stop the more than 2 million pounds of marijuana that enters the U.S. from Canada each year. By Julia Scott Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/23/borders/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/23/borders/index.html?source=rss As Bush meets with Vicente Fox and Paul Martin, is the illegal-immigration issue about to boil over? By Sally Denton Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/19/immigration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/02/19/immigration/index.html?source=rss The real beneficiaries of Bush's proposed new immigration laws are not the immigrants, but the corporations that exploit them. By Max Blumenthal Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/22/vigilante/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/22/vigilante/index.html?source=rss Arizona militia members, a Colorado Republican and a national group with white supremacist ties have made a remote stretch of the Mexico border a flash point for anti-immigrant hostility. By James Reel Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/15/desert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/07/15/desert/index.html?source=rss Mexican migrants are dying at record rates as they try to cross treacherous desert into Arizona. Critics blame the U.S. government -- and they're preparing to sue. By Gregory Rodriguez Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/24/laredo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/24/laredo/index.html?source=rss Along the Texas-Mexico border, Latinos dress like George Washington and forge a new American identity. By Charles Taylor Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/tayl/1998/06/30/30tayl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/tayl/1998/06/30/30tayl/index.html?source=rss Jack Nicholson is at his best playing a burned-out border patrol officer in a small Texas town.