Illegals get more violent at the border

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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/7/assaults-ice-border-patrol-surge/

Assaults on ICE, Border Patrol surge as illegal immigrants get more violent

Assaults on ICE agents reached a decade high in 2017, and assaults on Border Patrol agents have also surged in recent years, according to new government numbers that seem to back up agents’ claims that illegal immigrants are increasingly looking to fight rather than flee.

The new numbers, reported by Homeland Security’s inspector general, could even be underselling the problem, investigators said, because the government doesn’t do a good job of tracking incidents, and agents and officers don’t always report them properly.

But the report does signal renewed danger particularly on the southwest border, where agents say a surge in illegal immigration in recent years generally correlates with growing violence.

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It's ok stop hiding under your bed frightened of the others.

I guarantee you will die of heart disease, cancer or a stroke like everyone else...

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The US/Mexico border areas have gotten a lot more dangerous over the years... even popular tourist stops are no longer the safe havens they used to be.

When I lived in California trips across the border were a fun party time back in the 70's/80's with very little to concern yourself with. In the early 2000's living in Texas we used to take trips to Laredo and things had changed considerably by the very visible presence of armed police, soldiers and federal police. It was really clear you did not want to venture anywhere beyond the main tourist area.

Last year a trip to Cabo San Lucas convinced us we're done with visiting Mexico... We had just returned from a fishing charter and were walking through a shopping mall near the harbor... something went down and 3 truck loads of federal police in full military gear, body armor and automatic weapons stormed the mall and ran us all out of there. Never knew why they were there or what went down... but that capped it for me and my wife. Plenty of other tropical destinations where the only real danger is some drunk asshole in a bar...

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/dnc-chair-tom-perez-says-democrats-have-stepped-latino-voter-n923081

The party said engaging the Puerto Rican diaspora and those who relocated from the island to Florida, Pennsylvania and other places following Hurricane Maria has been a priority.

The party purchased about 300,000 cell phone numbers of Puerto Ricans who relocated to Florida and about 25,000 Puerto Ricans and Dominicans in Pennsylvania for voter outreach and mobilization.

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https://www.cnn.com/2016/07/06/us/declassified-ana-montes-american-spy-profile/index.html

The most dangerous U.S. spy you've never heard of

(CNN)She put American combat troops in harm's way, betrayed her own people and handed over so many secrets that experts say the U.S. may never know the full extent of the damage.

Ana Montes was the Queen of Cuba, an American who from 1985 to the September 11, 2001 attacks handed over U.S. military secrets to Havana while working as a top analyst for the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency.

But despite her crimes, Montes remains largely unknown.

You might not think Cuba could do much harm to a superpower like the U.S., said retired DIA official Chris Simmons, appearing on CNN's "Declassified."

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