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Smith: New Challenges and Opportunities for the Border

A guest column about border security by Morgan Smith, a Santa Fe-based retired lawyer and government official.

Russian Border Region Introduces State Of Emergency Amid Ukrainian Attacks

www.channelstv.com

After two days of fighting, the extent of the damage and the depth of the Ukrainian advance was unclear

Ukrainian troops roll into Russia in major cross-border attack

nypost.com

The cross-border attack seems to be the largest mounted by the Ukrainian military since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.

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Texas Landowner Sues Federal Government For Trying To Take His Land To Build Border Wall… Again

A landowner in rural Starr County, Texas, is suing the federal government for attempting to take his property for new border wall construction, just after a judge ruled that the land should be returned to him. As reported by the Border…

Harris Is the Border Czar. She Failed at Her Job

I have been a Border Patrol agent since 1997, serving under Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden, and I served as president of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) from 2013 to earlier this year. I have worked alongside U…

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Maps Show Where American Guns Are Trafficked Across Southern Border

www.newsweek.com

Experts say gun reforms in the United States could ease the violence in countries like El Salvador and Mexico that immigrants flee from.

Why has Ukraine launched a cross-border attack on Russia?

www.bbc.co.uk

Vladimir Putin called the attack a "provocation", but Kyiv's objectives are not immediately clear.

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‘Living on puffed rice’: Indian truckers stuck at Indo-Bangladesh border

Even as PM Sheikh Hasina has fled, and a new interim government is beginning to take shape, officials said that as many as 500 Indian truck drivers are stuck.

Russian K-52 helicopters hit Ukrainian troop, combat vehicles on border with Kursk Region

tass.com

According to the ministry, after firing rockets the crews performed an anti-missile maneuver, shot decoy flares and returned to the home airdrome

Ukraine pierces Russian border, triggering fierce clashes

MOSCOW >> Russia said today it was fighting intense battles against Ukrainian forces that had penetrated its southern border near a major natural gas transmission hub in one of the largest incursions into Russian territory since the war…

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Ukraine border guards prevent dozens of men from fleeing country

www.pulse.ng

Ukraine has been resisting the Russian invasion for almost two and a half years.

Matt Gaetz presses DHS for docs about ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris

nypost.com

Firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz is on the hunt for proof that Vice President Kamala Harris was the so-called "border czar" now that her team is distancing her from the moniker.

Lorries idle, trade struggles at India-Bangladesh border amid uncertainty

www.thehindu.com

Anxious passengers and traders wait at the international border as India’s neighbour faces political turmoil

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Hundreds of Bangladeshis gather at border with India seeking refuge

www.siasat.com

Jalpaiguri: Hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals gathered at the international border with India in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, seeking to crossover claiming that they were under attack in their country, officials said.…

Bangladesh Unrest: BSF Prevents Bangladeshi Nationals From Sneaking Into Indian Territory on International Border

www.latestly.com

BSF North Bengal Frontier troops are vigilant and are on high alert amidst the ongoing Bangladesh crisis, carrying out extensive operations to ensure effective border management and prevent any illegal entry or smuggling activities along…

Under increasing pressure to migrate, more women are dying at the US-Mexico border

hillcountrynews.com

The 19th reports that while men once made up the majority of those dying in the U.S.-Mexico border desert, increasingly, those dying are women.

Intense battles after major cross-border raid by Ukraine into Russia’s Kursk region

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin accuses Kyiv of ‘large-scale provocation’

'Unacceptable': Bombshell report on terrorists crossing border prompts outcry from top House committees

www.foxnews.com

House Intel Committee Chair Mike Turner and Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green are responding to a new report on potential terror threats at the border.

Putin calls cross-border attack in Kursk region a ‘provocation’

The Russian president confirmed that Ukrainian forces had crossed the border into the Kursk region of western Russia.

Ukrainian forces come under attack after crossing border into Russia

www.nbcnews.com

Russia’s defense ministry released drone video said to show Ukrainian military vehicles being targeted after crossing the border into the Kursk region of southern Russia.