Topic
Border Enforcement
291 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Death on the Border Continues: The Result of Increased Border Enforcement
Many newspapers -- the L.A. Times, for example -- have been highlighting the fact that a growing number of state and local governments have been passing immigration-related legislation, which is an important phenomenon…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Massive Border Enforcement Falls Short
Gebe Martinez, Marshall Fitz of the Center for American Progress:Politicians continue to pander to the public by calling for more spending on enforcement with a vague promise that once the…
International Law Prof Blog
Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing for Gaza
Thousands of people in Gaza have raced to cross the Rafah border after Egypt temporarily opened a crossing into the Palestinian territory. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ordered the Rafah Crossing to be opened…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States
I ran across this very interesting articvle on teh Social Scienvce Research Network (www.ssrn.com): "Border Enforcement and Selection of Mexican Immigrants in the United States" IZA Discussion Paper No. 4898 FERNANDO…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Immigration Books
Ettinger, Patrick W Imaginary lines : border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930 / Patrick Ettinger. 1st ed Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2009. McBride, Jeremy…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves
Imaginary Lines Border Enforcement and the Origins of Undocumented Immigration, 1882-1930 By Patrick Ettinger Although popularly conceived as a relatively recent phenomenon, patterns of immigrant smuggling and undocumented entry across…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arrests of illegal immigrants along border drop 25%
Given the state of the U.S. economy, it is not really that surprising that border apprehensions have dropped dramatically. For more on this story, click here.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Dangers of Border Enforcement
AP reports that "U.S. authorities shut down the nation's busiest border crossing after federal agents fired shots at three vans filled with dozens of suspected illegal immigrants whose drivers tried…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Gittelson on Standing Firm
Roberty Gittelson, who has been a champion of comprehensive immigration reform on the ImmigrationProf blog, now has a weekly column on Standing Firm, another great immigration blog. Be sure and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Keeping Migrants Here: Recent Research Shows Unintended Consequences of U.S. Border Enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security released a report this week showing that apprehensions of undocumented immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest level since 1973, leaving many observers…