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Border Closed: Arrests Surge with Tech Surveillance | Joplin News
Border Patrol’s aerial surveillance is on full display as they slam the door shut on illegal crossings, with over 71,000 arrests this fiscal year — including nearly 13,000 in El Paso alone. Federal prosecutors are racking up 250 new immigration-related criminal cases in Western Texas, targeting repeat offenders with violent and sexual crime histories. One man deported in 2008 for assault is back; another, deported three times including just last month, has a record of assault and DWI. Most arrests are for illegal entry, but DUIs, drug possession, and assault are also rampant. With drones and…
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