July 05, 2012
Border Agent Injured in Shooting
"A U.S. immigration agent was shot and wounded during a surveillance operation on a desolate stretch of highway near the Texas-Mexico border on Tuesday, and three people were in custody, law enforcement officials said," Reuters reported.
"ICE agents and other law enforcement officers were conducting a surveillance operation when at least one person opened fire early on Tuesday, Trevino said. Authorities would not discuss a possible motive, but they were examining an area along a rural highway between a small house and where a vehicle was abandoned in the brush, its rear and passenger side windows shattered by gunshots."
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Obama Uses White House Citizenship Ceremony to Push Amnesty
At a White House naturalization ceremony for military members, "The president proclaimed that "America's success demands comprehensive immigration reform" and that a "Dream Act," legislation that would give young illegal immigrants a path toward permanent residency, was still necessary," MSNBC reports. "The president also declared the naturalization ceremony as the 'perfect way to celebrate America's birthday.' He also said of the group, 'All of you did something profound. You chose to serve. You put on the uniform of a country that was not yet fully your own in a time of war. Some of you deployed into harm's way. You displayed the values that we celebrate every Fourth of July: Duty, responsibility and patriotism.'"
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