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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Tuesday it is speeding hundreds of federal agents, intelligence analysts and specialized technology to the Mexican border as part of an ambitious new plan to attack the powerful drug cartels and prevent violence ...

Texas Governor Rick Perry praised the Obama administration on Tuesday after the president announced a $700 million initiative aimed at working with Mexican law enforcement to support security interests at the Southwest border. The expenditure also will ...

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* Violence-hit Mexican border residents cheer U.S. plan * Mexican federal and local government also welcome it * Analysts say U.S. drug consumption must also be addressed (Adds drug cartel arrest, Schwarzenegger reaction) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, March 24 ...

Local officials along the U.S.-Mexican border welcome a new federal crackdown against border violence despite concerns that it will create lines of idling cars through neighborhoods and deter crossover traffic. The $184 million plan installs X-ray ...

* Plan boosts border agents, inspections * U.S. still considers proposal to send troops to border * Hillary Clinton to visit Mexico on Wednesday * Critics say it falls short on immigration enforcement (Adds Obama comments in paragraphs 7 and 22) ...

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Mr. Gibbs: Good morning, guys. I want to discuss an issue that's very important to the President this morning -- the steps we are taking on both sides of the border, working with ...

The White House is to send extra federal agents to its border with Mexico in a bid to stem drug-related violence in the region. The plan calls for boosting the number of agents from the US departments of justice, treasury and homeland security for border ...

The Department of Homeland Security is still considering the use of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, along with several other initiatives, the DHS secretary said in a White House press briefing today. This issue requires immediate ...

The Obama Administration announced plans for tighter security along the Mexican border yesterday as it voiced fears that violence from a growing drugs war would spill over into the United States. Today Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State, begins a ...

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The RCMP and DEA officials seized two helicopters, 83 kg cocaine, 340 kg marijuana, nine kg ecstasy and a half-dozen weapons in 'Operation Blade Runner,' RCMP Staff Sergeant Dave Goddard said Tuesday in a statement. The street value of the drugs alone is ...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today following Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's announcement of the Obama Administration's efforts to increase resources at the U.S.-Mexico border to stem violence and drug trafficking: ...

Banner U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced a wide-ranging action directive on immigration and border security. Specifically the directive requires certain departments to review and assess plans and policies ...

(Adds reaction in Mexico; changes dateline, pvs PHOENIX) CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, March 24 (Reuters) - Mexicans desperate for an end to drug gang murders, abductions and extortion saw a glimmer of hope on Tuesday as the United States vowed to tighten ...

The U.S. Border Patrol plans to poison the plant life along a 1.1-mile stretch of the Rio Grande riverbank as soon as Wednesday to get rid of the hiding places used by smugglers, robbers and illegal immigrants. If successful, the $2.1 million pilot ...

It's going to happen! Regardless of the fact that some people write me bitter letters assuring me that illegal immigrants never will be given any form of amnesty, this is the year when we finally will begin to fix our broken immigration system, with ...

More US agents and equipment will be sent to the Mexican border as a means to curb Mexican drug cartels. The Obama administration has said it will increase agent numbers to help the Mexican government bring down powerful drug cartels that operate along ...

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Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 24, 2009 ' The Department of Homeland Security is still considering ' the use of National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, along with several other initiatives, the DHS secretary said ...