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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...

'Louisiana is not any better prepared for a hurricane today than a year ago.' : That comment made by a local police chief after East Baton Rouge emergency responders abruptly ceased participation in the state's Hurricane Alicia drill. WAFB's Avery Davidson was with local first responders when they called it quits. The local people in charge of dealing with hurricanes and evacuations planned to evacuate the FEMA trailer park near Baker as part of this drill, but then canceled the operation out of frustration. Baker Fire Chief Danny Edwards says during the Hurricane Alicia disaster drill, he never received the...