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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 12 december 2018

Top border security official defends use of tear gas

By COLLEEN LONG Nov. 25 near California’s ecuted, in part because
Associated Press San Yisdro port, prompting there wasn’t enough prop-
NEW YORK (AP) — The na- an hourslong shutdown. er documentation.
tion’s top border security Tear gas and pepper balls McAleenan said there
official told skeptical sena- were deployed on the would be a review of the
tors Tuesday that the use crowd and some children incident, as all force inci-
of tear gas on a group of inhaled the gas. dents are reviewed, but
migrants that included chil- Democratic Sen. Dianne he said the agents were
dren was justified to man- Feinstein of California ques- acting consistent with their
age a chaotic clash where tioned whether children training.
a crowd was hurling rocks were intentionally hit with Agents are authorized to
at agents and trying to ille- tear gas, and challenged use deadly force when
gally cross into the U.S. its use. “We did not target there is reasonable belief
U.S. Customs and Border young children,” McA- that there is an imminent
Protection Commissioner leenan responded, saying danger of serious physical
Kevin McAleenan testified agents used pepper balls injury or death to the officer Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan
before the Senate Judicia- and gas after rocks were or another person. testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on
ry Committee, answering hurled. “I think it’s remark- They have discretion on ‘Oversight of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’ on Capitol Hill
questions on the separation able that agents were able how to deploy less-than- in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.
of families, enforcement to resolve the situation with- lethal force: It must be both Associated Press
operations, illegal drugs out any serious injuries or a “objectively reasonable “border wall system” with asked for more agents and
and funding for the border breach of the border,” he and necessary in order to Mexico that would include better technology.
wall — at the same time said. carry out law enforcement natural barriers and steel Customs and Border Pro-
President Donald Trump The chaos began after a duties,” and used when fencing that agents can tection is the country’s larg-
was publicly arguing with peaceful protest by some other “empty hand” tech- see through. est federal law enforce-
Democratic leaders at the of the thousands of mi- niques are not sufficient to He said barriers would be ment agency, with more
Oval Office on the topic. grants marooned in Mexico control disorderly or violent an important tool to help than 23,000 officers at bor-
Border security officials said after traveling on foot from subjects. deter illegal crossings, but der crossings and airports,
somewhere between 500 Honduras. There were 42 On border security, McA- he also urged the sena- and 20,000 border patrol
and 1,000 migrants tried arrests on the U.S. side, but leenan said his agency tors to look at the entire agents who police be-
to cross the border illegally no one was criminally pros- wants 1,100 miles of a immigration system — and tween ports of entry.q

Former Cuomo economic guru sentenced to prison

By LARRY NEUMEISTER office of Democratic Gov. Cuomo’s eyes” as the gov-
Associated Press Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo ernor initiated the biggest
NEW YORK (AP) — The for- once called Kaloyeros his development project in
mer head of the State Uni- “economic guru” and the upstate New York in recent
versity of New York’s Poly- governor invited him to ap- memory. She fined Kaloye-
technic Institute was sen- pear at the announcement ros $100,000. The judge
tenced Tuesday to 3½ years of various economic devel- said he can remain free on
in prison for his role in cor- opment projects. Cuomo bail until a federal appeals
rupting the state’s Buffalo was not accused of wrong- court considers a substan-
Billion project. Alain Kaloye- doing himself in the Buffalo tial legal question. Howev-
ros, 62, was sentenced in Billion prosecution or anoth- er, she said he must report
Manhattan federal court er related case involving to prison two months after
by Judge Valerie E. Capro- bribes paid to a top aide, the appeals court rules.
ni, who noted that the Bei- but the corruption allega- Kaloyeros, who apolo-
rut-born scientist was “living tions have left a cloud over In this Thursday, July 12, 2018, file photo, Alain Kaloyeros, a gized to New York state
the American dream” until his administration. former president of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic residents, was convicted in
he wandered into corrup- The judge said Kaloyeros Institute, arrives to federal court in New York. July of conspiracy and wire
tion that stretched into the became “the Apple in Associated Press fraud.q