On the Mexican Border, a Case for Technology Over Concrete

by | Jun 20, 2017 | Afghanistan War (2001- ), Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Border Barriers, Border Patrol (US), Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Customs and Border Protection (US), Defense Department, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Drug Cartels, Economics, Finance, Homeland Security Department, Illegal Immigration, Non-Bank Loans, Politics and Government, Rio Grande River, Sensors, Taliban, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

Using surveillance equipment adapted from military use in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Border Patrol is creating what some experts call a “virtual wall.”

Rogue Agent Scandal Clouds Efforts to Expand Border Patrol

by | May 20, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Border Patrol (US), Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Corruption (Institutional), Economics, Finance, Hiring and Promotion, Homeland Security Department, Immigration and Emigration, Joel Luna, Non-Bank Loans, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

President Trump wants to streamline the hiring process to add 5,000 new agents, but critics say cut corners could again leave the agency vulnerable to corrupt hires.

Patrolling the Border on Four Legs

by | Apr 18, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Border Patrol (US), Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Drug Cartels, Economics, Finance, Horses, Illegal Immigration, Mexico, Non-Bank Loans, Rio Grande River, United States, vis-photo, Working Capital

Text by RON NIXON and PHOTOGRAPHS BY TODD HEISLER April 18, 2017 LA GRULLA, Tex. — Manuel Torresmutt, a Border Patrol agent, pulls his white and green Chevy Tahoe to the side of a deserted gravel road, framed on one side by...

To Detain More Immigrants, Trump Administration to Speed Border Hiring

by | Apr 12, 2017 | Bad Credit Loans, Bank Lending, Border Patrol (US), Business Lending, Business Loans, Capital, Customs and Border Protection (US), Economics, Finance, Hiring and Promotion, Homeland Security Department, Illegal Immigration, Non-Bank Loans, Trump, Donald J, United States Politics and Government, Working Capital

By VIVIAN YEE and RON NIXON April 12, 2017 The Trump administration has begun the detail work of stiffening the country’s immigration infrastructure, according to an internal memo from the Department of Homeland Security, moving to speed the...