Texas to get biggest share of $60 million in grants to strengthen security on border

Weber from The Associated Press reports:
LAREDO – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that she was "firm" rather than testy with Gov. Rick Perry recently while he was again hammering the federal government over security along the Texas border.
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Aerial drone will fly on Texas border soon, Napolitano says

Gary Martin from the San Antonio Express-News reports:

WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate hearing Tuesday that an unmanned aerial drone will soon fly through Texas skies as drug-cartel violence continues to escalate on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Texas is the last border state to receive a Predator drone, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said the absence of one has hurt intelligence capabilities of federal, state and local law enforcement.
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Texas Capitol to get metal detectors, X-ray machines

Jim Vertuno from AP reports:

AUSTIN – The State Preservation Board voted Tuesday to place metal detectors and X-ray machines at the public entrances to the Texas Capitol to deter terrorism, despite objections from Gov. Rick Perry that the devices would create a logjam for visitors.

Watchdog pans Immigration and Customs Enforcement program, saying local officers inadequately trained, overseen

State and local police officers who enforce federal immigration laws are not adequately screened, trained or supervised, and the civil rights of the immigrants they deal with are not consistently protected, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general.


The report by the department's internal watchdog was a sweeping review of a program run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Julia Preston reports.