Border Patrol Finally Addresses Forks City Council

August 9, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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​There’s been a lot written about Border Patrol activity in the unlikely locale of Forks, Wash., including a recent SW cover story, but most of it has come from news outlets outside the town made famous by Twilight. In Forks itself, an eerie silence has reigned. That changed last night, when two Border Patrol agents came to speak to the City Council. Read more

Border Patrol whistleblower from Port Angeles!!

July 29, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Border Patrol whistleblower pays price for refusing
unearned overtime pay

By Joe Davidson, Published: July 28   Washington Post

There is little work to do at the
Port Angeles, Wash., station, where he is assigned, he said. He calls it a
“black hole” where agents have “no purpose, no mission.” Read more

Nowhere-Near-the-Border Patrol in Forks

July 29, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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How a flushgovernment agency

found trouble in the coastal home of Twilight.

By NinaShapiro

pubished:
July 27, 2011

One day earlier this May, Benjamin Roldan Salinas and Crisanta
Ramos decided to explore a new area of the Olympic National Forest. The
Hispanic couple was looking for salal, a green, oval-leafed plant that is
prized by florists around the world for its ability to stay fresh for weeks. It
grows like a weed on the mountainsides around Forks, a tiny town on the Olympic
Peninsula Read more

Far From Home

June 2, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Why is Border Patrol patrolling so far from the border?

AAAComments (2)    By Nina Shapiro Wednesday, Jun 1 2011

Two weeks ago, a traffic stop in Forks—the home of chaste teen vampires and a town closer in proximity to Kent than Canada—illuminated a previously dark corner of the ongoing immigration debate. It all began when a U.S. Forest Service agent noticed something suspicious: a Dodge Durango parked on the side of Highway 101.  Read more

Rally against new Border Patrol Station in Port Angeles

May 23, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
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By Rob Ollikainen
Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — Dozens flocked to a Port Angeles rally against the
expansion of the Border Patrol headquarters at the site of the planned building renovation on Sunday. Thirty-five protesters held signs in support of immigrants’ rights and against defense spending during the two-hour May Day Rally.

They stood on both sides of Front Street near the intersection of
Penn Street, where Homeland Security will Read more

30 days to comment – Environ. Impact Statement on Port Angeles BP Station

February 28, 2011 by Lois · Leave a Comment
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 This is a link to the full 127 page impact statement.  Fascinating reading – especially the last part which shows the actual  signin sheet from that late-notice public meeting and has all the comments submitted by all of us last time around.  They basically say there is minimal impact of a new station.  Also mention future increases in agents, etc.We have thirty days (till March 29, 2011) to comment!
Title:   Draft EA And FONSI For The Proposed Construction, Operation, And Maintenance Of DHS U.S. Customs And Border Protection U.S. Border Patrol Station Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington 
Date Posted:   25-Feb-2011  
File Size:   8244513 KB 
Summary:   This document will be available for one month from 28-Feb-2011.

Border Patrol has made a 2nd offer for the Eagles lodge building in Port Angeles

October 23, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Eagles considering latest Border Patrol offer
 By Paul Gottlieb, Peninsula Daily News


PORT ANGELES — Eagles club members are expected to meet by Wednesday to consider the Border Patrol’s second offer to buy the club’s lodge building for a new North Olympic Peninsula headquarters. Read more

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