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Border Enforcement
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ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones
Mexicans meet separated family members at the US-Mexico border fence in Tijuana. Photo: John Moore / Getty ImagesThe Guardian excerpts Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece…
Canada-U.S. Blog
What Is A “Customs Controlled Area”?
On April 27, 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") released Guide BS5156 "What you need to know about Customs Controlled Areas". In this one page document, the CBSA informs the public…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Haitian Migrants Seeking Asylum at San Ysidro Port of Entry
One story that doesn't seem to have received much media attention (but caught my attention on my social media feed) is the sharp increase in Haitian migrants seeking asylum at…
Canada-U.S. Blog
What Some People Have In Their Cars When They Cross The Canada-US Border?????
On August 26, 2016, the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") issued a News Release entitled "Rocket launcher and grenades seized in Southern Ontario Region". Apparently, in July, two men from…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Patrol website gives advice on eluding Border Patrol? Or, Making Defensible Enforcement Priority Decisions?
In an article with the headline "Border Patrol website gives advice on eluding Border Patrol," the New York Post is making a big deal out of an effort by U.S.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
EU referendum: Concern over immigration delivers a ‘significant’ poll boost to the Leave campaign as voters react to claims over UK border control
Migrants on an Italian Police vessel Credit: ALESSANDRO BIANCHI/ ALESSANDRO BIANCHI Polls show that the vote will be close on an upcoming referendum on whether the UK should remain in the European Union …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Patrol Mentality
Guest blogger: Tyler Stokes, student at the University of Denver Sturm College of LawYesterday, we toured the border region between San Diego and Tijuana with the U.S. Border Patrol. While…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Reporting From the Border
This week, I am in San Diego with immprof Lauris Wren (Hofstra) and eighteen law students from around the country. We're all here as part of an intensive course offered…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Keepers of Alabama and Its Private Border Enforcement Operations
A few years ago, the Minutemen Project and related groups calling for citizen patrols along the U.S./Mexico border regularly made the news. This news report focuses on a new group based…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bottleneck Between Enforcement at The Border and The Courts
Guest blogger: Frank Gould, first-year law student, University of San FranciscoFrom the Clinton administration forward, there has been a militarization of the United States/Mexico border. This was exacerbated after 9/11,…