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(CNN) -- An elderly grandfather was greeted with hugs and kisses from his family in Washington state after returning home from months of what he called false imprisonment in a Mexican prison. The 88-year-old's ordeal began in January, when he went to Mexico with grandson Gary Chrisman Jr. for inexpensive dental work, family members said. The pair ran into trouble in Algodones, Mexico. At a convenience store, the younger Chrisman went inside to buy soft drinks while his grandfather waited in the car. The younger Chrisman had been photographing the area and approached a woman in the store about snapping...

(CNSNews.com) – In emotional testimony before a House joint panel this week, a Virginia man recalled the death of his teenage daughter in 2007 – a death caused by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk and who had been arrested twice before the crime, but was not deported. “Two years ago this week, my 16-year-old daughter, Tessa, and her best friend Allison were killed as they were sitting at in intersection waiting for a red light to change,” Ray Tranchant said, as friends placed a photograph of Tessa Tranchant on an easel behind him. Since his daughter’s death, Tranchant,...

In emotional testimony before a House joint panel this week, a Virginia man recalled the death of his teenage daughter in 2007 – a death caused by an illegal immigrant who was driving drunk and who had been arrested twice before the crime, but was not deported. “Two years ago this week, my 16-year-old daughter, Tessa, and her best friend Allison were killed as they were sitting at in intersection waiting for a red light to change,” Ray Tranchant said, as friends placed a photograph of Tessa Tranchant on an easel behind him. Since his daughter’s death, Tranchant, a professor...

The M777A2 Light Weight 155 mm Howitzer made its debut at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 2. The Soldiers from Battery B "Banditos," 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, first Army unit to field and fire the cannon system in Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christina Bhatti. CAMP TAJI -- The Soldiers from Battery B, “Banditos,� 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, “Warrior,� 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, made history, Jan. 2, when they were the first Army unit to...

Gunmen invade Mexican ranch house, shoot at American law enforcement DONNA - Border Patrol agents and Hidalgo County Sheriff deputies are pinned down by automatic weapons fire from across the Rio Grande.

The Solution to the Immigration Crisis — Nothing for Nothing © Rabbi Daniel Lapin Whenever the topic of immigration comes up on my radio show, callers challenge me, “All Americans started as immigrants.” Since my accent offers a clue that I wasn’t born in the Bronx, callers imply that I personally must be pro-immigration. And I am. However, I along with many Americans do not favor being taken advantage of. Not everyone who comes to this country deserves the title of immigrant. That word describes someone who emigrates from his country of birth and fondly embraces his new home. Until...

All of my family (my brother, brother-in-laws, father, uncles, cousins) are in Texas and I'm stuck here in Florida, but we are having a discussion (online and on the phone) that will resume tomorrow about this picture: The arguments are about all the different models of weapons found in this pic.

HAMILTON, Ohio -- Vigilante justice seems to have taken over in the community where a 9-year-old girl was raped Monday, reported Cincinnati television station WLWT. Someone set fire Tuesday evening to the house where the attack occurred. Six Mexican immigrants were renting the house, and neighbors believe the attacker lived there, WLWT reported. Racial tensions rose high after the attack, with some angry residents threatening to burn down the house and take other retaliation against Hispanics in the area. Someone had spray-painted "Rapest" (sic) and "Child Molester" on the house. The victim's father asked people to let police handle the...

ARLINGTON - Officers investigating a burglary Wednesday stumbled upon a man who they said had been beaten, burned with cigarettes and held hostage at gunpoint for three days inside an east Arlington apartment. Three officers went to the Las Lomas Apartments on Timberlake Circle to interview a man who had reported that his apartment was burglarized last week. Once inside the ground-floor unit, an officer saw a semiautomatic handgun on a table and asked the man, Jorge Estrada, if anyone else was inside the apartment. At first, Estrada said he was alone. Then he told police that his friend was...

Seven people were indicted in connection to the double homicide involving two victims found shot and burned to death in the trunk of a vehicle earlier this year. According to court documents, the 49th District Court issued the indictments March 29; arraignment is set for April 22 at 8 a.m. The seven defendants are all charged with two counts of murder, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, and two counts of engaging in organized criminal activity; all are felony 1 offenses punishable by life imprisonment (or up to 99 years behind bars) and a fine not to exceed $10,000. All seven...

Oct. 10, 2003, 9:18PM Mexican army deserters join violent border gangs By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- Members of an elite Mexican army unit have deserted and formed a drug gang, using their military training to launch a violent battle for control of this border city, Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor said in an interview with the Associated Press. The war for Nuevo Laredo is unlike other recent drug conflicts -- it's a turf war involving most of Mexico's major cartels in broad alliances not seen in a decade. It has the Mexican army fighting an organized unit...