Dennis Ray Whetstone, 68, of Carmi, Illinois, died Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, Illinois. He was born December 27, 1953, in Carmi, the son of Carl Ray Whetstone and Frances (Whitsitt) Whetstone. Throughout the 1980's and 1990's Dennis held several positions with the State of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA). He was Manager of the Job Training Programs Division where he oversaw the administration of the Federal Job Training Partnership Act Program, the Displaced Homemakers Program, and the Industrial Training Program. He went on to serve as the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Program Administration where he oversaw many programs that ranged from business financing, local government assistance and job training as well as other services targeted to Illinois citizens. In the early 1980's, Dennis was with the State delegation that traveled to Japan for negotiations with Mitsubishi Motors and other Jap
The Border Crisis Comes to a Once-Quiet part of West Texas There s no one watching , a smuggler says
By Todd Bensman
on April 27, 2021
OJINAGA, Mexico Under the international bridge connecting this town to Presidio, Texas, a human smuggling guide snorted cocaine with a buddy and two prostitutes the chosen fruits from leading a large group of Central American immigrants on a long backpacking journey to new American lives.
CBP surveillance photo of a typical large immigrant group traveling in Big Bend Sector, March 3, 2021.
“Jose Antonio”, the name offered to the Center for Immigration Studies, said he was a long-distance foot guide, a
Biden’s Border: Eighteen-Wheelers Unloading Migrants & Drugs, ‘Cartels Having a Field Day’ There s no one watching! a smuggler says.
“They’re just bum-rushing the border. Probably three-quarters of them are getting away,” says CBP agent.
Image Credit:
Share
Email
Three months after Joe Biden essentially opened up the southern U.S. border upon capturing the White House, reports of wanton lawlessness and criminal activity have reached unprecedented levels.
Customs and Border Patrol agents told the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) that police chases of immigrant and drug smuggling vehicles are now commonplace in towns further inland for the first time.