https://freerepublic.com/tag/evacuationdrill/ en-us Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts Agency says getting all people, legal and illegal, to safety is its top priority The U.S. Border Patrol said today it is not checking the documents of individuals who are fleeing Hurricane Dolly, and it has no intention of using natural disasters as a pretext for rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. Officials in the Rio Grande Valley have been worried about Border Patrol actions ever since a reporter spotted a Border Patrol official conducting a document check during a hurricane evacuation drill in McAllen in May. Some officials had expressed concern that Rio Grande Valley... 1200 WOAI https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:31 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636562/posts NEW ORLEANS — For the next two days, Louisiana will put local, state and federal emergency plans and communications systems to the test as a would-be Category 3 hurricane hits the state's Gulf Coast. About 80 evacuees played by volunteers will board New Orleans buses and head to the city's convention center and train station, where they'll be tagged with wristbands for tracking. In a real hurricane, the evacuees would be taken from New Orleans by bus or train to shelters first within the state and then elsewhere depending upon occupancy. It's all part of Mayor Ray Nagin's new city-assisted... neworleanscitybusiness.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1636562/posts#comment Mon, 22 May 2006 22:34:55 GMT