Topic
Border Enforcement
291 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Wastefulness of the Billions Spent on Border Enforcement
Maria Mendoza of Associated Press provides a sobering report about the Obama administration's "enforcement now, enforcement forever" immigration strategy:"The Associated Press tallied the combined costs using White House budgets, reports…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MPI Report: Emerging Transatlantic Security Dilemmas in Border Management
The sheer volume of global travel puts border management systems under constant pressure. Even as the number of international tourist arrivals worldwide surged from 69 million in 1960 to 687…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Immigration Law and the U.S./Mexico Border ¿Sí se puede? by Kevin R. Johnson and Bernard Trujillo
Immigration Law and the U.S./Mexico Border ¿Sí se puede? by Kevin R. Johnson and Bernard Trujillo (University of Arizona Press). Not Yet Published - Coming Soon!Americans from radically different political persuasions…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Return to Border Controls in EU?
The European Union's experiment with the end of border controls within the EU may be ending. Recently, France and Italy appeared to have won the right to reintroduce border controls…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More on Drones and High Tech Border Enforcement
We reported last week on the U.S. government's use of drones along the U.S./Mexico border. Angelo Paparelli discusses Hillary's drones on the latest installment on Nation of Immigrators.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
A New Architecture for Border Management
The fifth plenary meeting of the Migration Policy Institute’s Transatlantic Council on Migration focused on assessing the most effective approaches to bringing greater order and legality to migration, border management,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Evolution of Border Controls as a Mechanism to Prevent Illegal Immigration
For a careful look at the efforts of the U.S. government to enforce the borders, see Migration Policy Institute & the European University Institute, The Evolution of Border Controls as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Here We Go Again: Immigration Stupidity from Arizona, State and Governor Brewer Counterclaim Against U.S. Government
Arizona and its Governor apparently will do whatever it can to stay in the immigration news. As Professor Cruz reported yesterday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, who was recently re-elected Governor despite…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Margaret Regan (Author of The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands) Vistis UC Davis
We previously have blogged about Margaret Regan's insightful book about life-and-death along the U.S./Mexico border, The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands. For anybody interested in the the human…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Migrants at Sea
It should not be a surprise but, with border enforcement on the land borders tigteneing, migrants and their smugglers are looking to the seas. Elliot Spagat of AP reports on the…