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Border Enforcement
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Musings on illegal immigration, federalism, and enforcement approaches
Main April 24, 2012Musings on illegal immigration, federalism, and enforcement approachesI have not yet given too much thought to the formal legal issues surrounding Wednesday's SCOTUS arguments concerning the legality…
International Law Prof Blog
Increasing Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed an agreement this week to increase coordination of efforts to reduce human trafficking and migrant smuggling…
ImmigrationProf Blog
So Much for Racial Profiling in Border Enforcement: The New African American “Coyotes”
The racial profiling of Latinos in immigration enforcement has long been a problem -- and at least minimally enforsed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Maybe changes will be coming down…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Uses Drones in Border Enforcement and General Law Enforcement
The use of unmanned drones by the United States in military operations has recently made the news. The Los Angeles Times reminds us that, as previously reported on immigrationProf, the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hofstra Law Immigration Law and Border Enforcement Program
Immigration Law and Border Enforcement ProgramThe Global Initiatives & Multicultural Affairs Office is delighted to announce the 2nd Annual Immigration Law and Border Enforcement Program. This is a rather new…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arizona Lawsuit Against U.S. Dismissed
From the Associated Press:A federal judge Friday dismissed Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's lawsuit that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Abuses, Racial Profiling, Harassment, Wrongful Detentions: Border Enforcement American Style
I am not sure that it is news anymore. Nothing really surprises me any more when it comes to border enforcement in the United States. Still, some recent news accounts…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Critical Perspectives on U.S./Mexico Border Enforcement
The Immigration Policy Center has released two “Perspectives” on border enforcement: How to Fix a Broken Border: Hit the Cartels Where It Hurts, part one of a three-part series by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Can’t Win for Losing: Migrants Returning to Mexico Hassled at the Border by U.S. Law Enforcement
As Bob Dylan said in the 1960s, the times they are a changin'. It once was the case that traveling or returning to Mexico from the United States was a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Control the Border: Invest in Mexico
From my Huffington Post column:If you believe that undocumented Mexican migration is a problem, and you believe that the reason most undocumented migrants come to the United States is to…