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New border measures ‘Current security approach is too “stove piped”’ By JULIÁN AGUILAR TEXAS TRIBUNE
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Texas could soon be a staging ground for a new federal border-security operation under President Obama’s executive action on immigration, the country’s homeland securi-
ty chief said on Tuesday. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee that he thinks the current security approach is too “stove piped” and that he is set to announce details soon on the new mis-
sion. “The southern border campaign strategy that we’re developing is an initiative to bring to bear all of the department’s resources in a particular region of the country,” he said at the Washington, D.C., hearing.
The hearing was scheduled by U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, almost immediately after Obama made his Nov. 20 announcement that he will use his executive authority to grant up to 5 million undocu-
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A group in Nuevo Laredo, Mexcio protests a decree that makes it more expensive to nationalize American cars in order to cross the border area.
Protesters block bridges
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ORION’S FIRST TEST FLIGHT
Decree means it costs more to nationalize U.S. cars THE ZAPATA TIMES
Both downtown border crossings as well as the vehicle import center in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, known in Spanish by its initials CITEV were blocked Thursday into the evening after workers connected to the importation and exportation of vehicles closed the center to traffic from the United States. The blockade began at 12:30 p.m. at the Gateway to the Americas bridge, which later spread to the Lincoln-Juarez bridge and CITEV entrance. Later, International Bridges I and II opened around 7 p.m., after the group of protesters accepted to meet with Héctor Hugo Garza Jalil, Mexico’s Customs Administrator in Nuevo Laredo. The protest was headed by used automobile dealers and employees, joined by paisanos who have been waiting two months to nationalize their vehicles. The used car dealers say Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto needs to provide a solution to the problem, which they say is leaving hundreds unemployed along the Southern border. A decree issued by the nation’s Treasury and Public Credit department
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A NASA Orion capsule on top of a Delta IV rocket lifts off on its first unmanned orbital test flight from Complex 37 B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Friday.
NASA: ‘There’s your new spacecraft, America!’ By MARCIA DUNN ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest space vehicle, Orion, accomplished its first test flight with precision and
pizazz Friday, shooting more than 3,600 miles out from Earth for a hyperfast, hot return not seen since the Apollo moon shots. For a space agency still feeling the loss of its shuttles, the
four-hour voyage opened a new era of human space exploration, with Mars as the plum. It even brought some rocket engineers to tears. “There’s your new spacecraft, America,” Mission Con-
trol’s Rob Navias said as the unmanned Orion capsule came in for a Pacific splashdown after two orbits of Earth. NASA is counting on future
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GUERRERO, MEXICO
Peña Nieto visits state of 43 By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, left, speaks to the audience in the town of Coyuca de Benitez in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, Thursday.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president on Thursday announced measures to boost the economy in Guerrero, making his first visit to the tumultuous state since 43 students disappeared there more than two months ago and set off the biggest crisis of his administration. Speaking in Acapulco, President Enrique Peña Nieto said
that the highway toll between Mexico City and the resort city would be cut during the holiday season and that he would create a special fund to support small businesses in cities affected by violence and protests. The announcement came a day after the government said federal police and soldiers would take over policing duties in Acapulco and 35 other municipalities in Guerrero and three neighboring states.
It was the latest response by Peña Nieto to the widespread anger triggered when police in the Guerrero city of Iguala intercepted the college students on Sept. 26 and allegedly turned them over to members of the Guerreros Unidos gang. The gang subsequently killed the young men and burned their bodies, prosecutors allege. The case has brought weeks
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