AZ: More agents now based closer to action at remote outposts

AZ: More agents now based closer to action at remote outposts...There are seven permanent forward operating bases along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Border Patrol would not disclose the number of TEMPORARY camps..But the Border Patrol agents' union has concerns about housing conditions at the camps and the lack of standby pay for agents stationed there, said Shawn Moran, vice president of the union, National Border Patrol Council..Agents are not allowed to leave without permission from a supervisor or have visitors. They must bring their own food, water and bedding, and cellphone service is usually shoddy.."You can't be told you can't leave an area and not be compensated for your time," Moran said. "That's basically kidnapping our agents."

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/border/article_377b1e36-8fea-54c7-be0a-ea387d82ff53.html

McCain Misstates Border Problem -- Or Does He? Aliens Crossing Indian Land Aren't Illegal?

McCain Misstates Border Problem - Or Does He? Aliens Crossing Indian Land Aren't Illegal? The problem is that, according to the most recent data, there were 212,201 apprehensions in the Tucson Sector in 2010, not 91,000. And, using McCain's 3 to 1 ratio, the number of illegal aliens that crossed through the Tucson Sector is 636,603, not 200,000. Why are John McCain's numbers so far off? Does he think that people who enter the U.S. through the Indian reservation are not illegal aliens?

http://www.americanpatrol.com/11-FEATURES/110327-FEATURE/110327_Feature.html

AZ: 80 miles north of the Arizona/Mexico border, the drugs keep coming

AZ: 80 miles north of the Arizona/Mexico border, the drugs keep coming
New game camera footage obtained by SecureBorderIntel.org time-stamped March 2, 2011shows seven drug mules likely carrying about $50,000 worth of marijuana each, for a total of about $350,000 in street value. The trail where the motion-sensor hidden cameras were placed is 80 miles north of the border, due north of the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation

http://cis.org/Kephart/TohonoOodhamDrugSmuggling