“Border security” on The Daily Caller

For 10 years, thousands of American troops have fought against terrorism and for the liberation of Iraq. Many have sacrificed their lives on the altar of freedom on behalf of people in a land halfway around the world, leaving their families with the memory of their fallen heroes. Meanwhile, American taxpayers have spent billions of dollars on the military equipment used during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, the U.S. is withdrawing from Iraq and thousands of our desert warriors will soon be enthusiastically welcomed home. (more)

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. deported nearly 400,000 illegal immigrants last year, and an increasing number of them were convicted criminals, according to figures set for release Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. (more)

Our nation could use an immigration strategy that actually secures our border, uses our brains and shows the world we have hearts. (more)

South of the border, drug cartels and gangs are revisiting the ancient Mayan art of beheading. It is likely that the recent uptick in Mexican beheadings is largely the work of Los Zetas, a brutal Mexican drug cartel that thrives on terrorizing, kidnapping, torturing, maiming and decapitating its victims. (more)

Has the killing of Osama bin Laden transformed President Obama from a beleaguered Oval Office occupant into a true commander-in-chief? The chattering classes of morning TV certainly think so. Some even suggest that his prowess as the cool, supremely in-control orchestrator of an American military triumph gives Barack Obama the cache that may get him re-elected in 2012. (more)

A freshman GOP congressman on the House Homeland Security Committee is telling President Obama he’s “game” for building an alligator-filled moat along the U.S.-Mexico border to counter illegal immigration. (more)

President Obama, in a major speech on immigration in the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas today, lambasted Republicans for refusing to join him and Democrats in a major push on comprehensive immigration reform, including a sweeping legalization program that Republicans have denounced for years as an unconscionable “amnesty.” (more)

President Obama comes to Texas today, primarily to raise money for his reelection campaign, a full 79 weeks before Election Day. (more)

Twenty-four hours after a gunman killed two Americans waiting at a border crossing, House committee members grilled officials Tuesday on how to curb trafficking of drugs, money and guns across U.S. borders. (more)

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says the U.S.-Mexico border is safe and border cities have some of the lowest crime rates in the nation. Former El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) director Phil Jordan told The Daily Caller that Napolitano is right when it comes to low crime rates in border cities, but that’s only part of the story. (more)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Republicans gathering in South Florida to improve the party’s outreach to Hispanic voters will tackle trade, education — and the elephant in the room, immigration — at a conference organized by the new Hispanic Action Network. (more)

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Teams of border officers combed through the Arizona desert about 10 miles north of Mexico on Thursday in search of the lone outstanding suspect in the fatal shooting of a Border Patrol agent. (more)

You can hardly read the newspaper these days without tripping across some reference to the dangerous nexus between terrorism and Somalia.  American youth of Somali descent are being recruited to engage in jihad abroad.  Al Shabaab, the most deadly Somali terrorist group, has entered into a strategic alliance with Al Qaida.  Perhaps most terrifying of all, there are repeated reports of Somali extremists crossing our southern border and making their way into the United States. (more)

The Southwest Border Security Bill President Obama signed on Friday pledges $600 million in additional funding for 1,500 new agents and new unmanned surveillance drones along the U.S. border with Mexico. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Determined to show a commitment to stopping the flow of illegal immigrants, the Senate convened a special session Thursday and passed a $600 million bill to put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border. (more)

Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry, donning a tan suit and cowboy boots, welcomed President Obama to the Lone Star State today with a hearty handshake on a Texas tarmac. But that’s not all the Republican had for the president. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the surface, a judge’s decision to block tough provisions of Arizona’s immigration law was a defeat for the state’s Republican governor and a win for the Democratic Obama administration. But neither party is sure it will play out that way politically, either this fall or beyond. (more)

LAS VEGAS, NV — It is well known that you should never stand between a blogger and a free lunch, but at NetRoots Nation, all rules get thrown out the window if you’re doing it for a cause. (more)