Drug War Analyst

07/06/2021

One of the coolest things about knowing someone like the incredible crime thriller author Don Winslow is getting to read his new stuff before anyone else. I can’t wait to dig in to the first installment of his new trilogy, City on Fire!

09/11/2020

Here’s my latest analysis for American Military University on why cross-border relations between Mexico‘s current president and President-elect Biden are off to a rocky start.

https://inhomelandsecurity.com/cross-border-relations-between-biden-and-amlo-off-to-a-rocky-start/

Several hours after the U.S. election was unofficially called for Joe Biden, Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, remained suspiciously silent.

27/10/2020

One of President Trump's campaign promises was to "Build the Wall" along the U.S. and Mexico border. Glynn Cosker interviews immigration expert Sylvia Longmire about the status of the border wall, how much has been built, and the many controversies surrounding the project. Also learn how the upcoming presidential election could shift the country's immigration policy and strategy.

One of President Trump's campaign promises was to "Build the Wall" along the U.S. and Mexico border. Glynn Cosker interviews immigration expert Sylvia Longmire about the status of the border wall, how much has been built, and the many controversies surrounding the project. Also learn how the upcomin...

30/09/2020

06/08/2020

https://inhomelandsecurity.com/podcast-how-covid-19-is-changing-immigration-and-security-along-the-us-border/

In this inaugural episode of the AMU Disaster Crew podcast, we speak with with Sylvia Longmire about how COVID-19 is affecting life at the US-Mexico border.

31/03/2020

https://inhomelandsecurity.com/covid-19-us-troop-deployment-to-americas-closed-borders-is-coming/

COVID-19: The Pentagon expects to send 1,500 troops to our closed borders with Canada and Mexico to assist Customs and Border Protection operations.

30/03/2020

One of the coolest things I get to do as an author/expert on Mexico’s drug war is to read and review new books in the genre by considerably better authors. I can’t WAIT to dive into Broken, by the amazing Don Winslow.

13/03/2020

Coronavirus: Migrants currently in detention are unlikely to be released if infected, and most border detention facilities don’t have isolation cells.

05/02/2020

DHS 'Remain in Mexico' initiative features worsening living conditions and the security situation in and around the camps is deteriorating.

14/01/2020

Recent detentions of American citizens of Iranian descent in Canada are raising red flags for both immigration authorities and advocacy groups.

01/01/2020

How far has Trump’s border wall progressed in three years? Well...not much.

One of President Trump’s signature campaign promises was to build additional miles of border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

15/12/2019

No wonder I’m getting all these weird friend requests from strangers today. The History Channel is showing a rerun of the America’s War on Drugs episode I appeared in a couple of years ago, LOL 😂

15/12/2019

Ohhhh, lordy.
You know you’ve hit the big time when you’re quoted as an example on Definitions.net, LOL 😂🍾

17/07/2019

Migrants can now only request asylum in the U.S. if they can show proof that their asylum request was denied by a third country while en route to America.

11/07/2019

Freaking. Awesome.

02/07/2019

A Q&A session with US-Mexico Border expert (and In Homeland Security columnist) Sylvia Longmire -- author of "Cartel" and "Border Insecurity."

19/04/2019

Two US soldiers were questioned by Mexican troops earlier this month while conducting a surveillance operation on the US side of the southern border, two US defense officials tell CNN.

01/04/2019

https://inhomelandsecurity.com/trump-threatens-close-border/

Amid record numbers of apprehensions, President Donald Trump threatened to close the southern border in a tweet for the third time since Thanksgiving.

22/03/2019

No border wall would have stopped this load.

Authorities made a hefty $38 million co***ne seizure on Tuesday that was the largest for the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Area Port of Philadelphia in more than two decades, officials said.

22/03/2019

No border wall would have stopped this load.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-ne-coast-guard-27000-pounds-co***ne-miami-beach-20190322-story.html

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded about 27,000 pounds of co***ne seized in waters worth some $360 million on Friday in Miami Beach. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded the co***ne which was seized in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

21/03/2019

The Trump administration is seeking to close nearly two dozen global USCIS offices, but critics say the closures will further delay refugee processing.

21/03/2019

In an abrupt change, CBP has announced it will start releasing some migrant families from its detention facilities in Texas due to overcrowded conditions.

20/03/2019

The northbound migration of illegal immigrants has changed so much that apprehension numbers might overwhelm existing Border Patrol resources.

20/03/2019

You can’t make this stuff up.

While in the United States it is sought to resolve the issue of the construction of the border wall, the USA decided to place fences of barbed wire on the

15/03/2019

President Trump made a statement which seemingly unraveled the entire legal foundation for several of his administration’s immigration and asylum policies.

14/03/2019

DHS upended the existing process for requesting asylum in the U.S. by rolling out the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as "Remain in Mexico."

12/03/2019

President Donald Trump has renewed his fight for border wall funding as the White House submitted its 2020 budget proposal to Congress on March 11.

05/03/2019

A couple of years ago, I geeked out because Don Winslow started following my account on Twitter. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s a best-selling author and has had a bunch of movies made out of his books, including Oliver Stone’s “Savages.” We’ve exchanged some messages from time to time since he writes cartel/border fiction and I write cartel/border analysis. His newest book just came out a few days ago, so I sent him a direct message congratulating him. In response, he sent me all this. 😮😮😮

20/02/2019

$8 billion may not cut it; DHS border fence construction history shows that it’s likely that Trump will be seeking more border fence funding in the future.

19/02/2019

The most popular way that fentanyl enters the United States is not via our border with Mexico; primarily, it arrives here by mail.

18/02/2019

There are currently 31 other active national emergencies still in effect. Here’s how Trump’s national emergency declaration compares to those.

13/02/2019

After a long trial involving a mountain of evidence - a jury in New York found Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán guilty on all 10 federal criminal counts.

13/02/2019

The new bill includes significant compromises for Republicans and Democrats, and President Trump has stated he is not happy about the deal.

12/02/2019

"The County of El Paso is disillusioned by President Trump’s lies regarding the border and our community,” they said ahead of Trump's visit.