Topic
Border Enforcement
291 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
How Increased Border Enforcement Increases the Undocumented Population: The Law of Unintended Consequences
PARLIER, California (AP) -- Acres of leafless vineyards surround this town in California's San Joaquin Valley, the bare branches a stark reminder that in the middle of winter, there is…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Latina/o Advocacy Organizations Oppose Border Enforcement Bill
On December 16, 2005, four of the leading national Hispanic advocacy organizations in the United States – The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the Mexican American Legal Defense…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Christmas Carol?
LAW OFFICES OF MARY L. SFASCIOTTI, P.C.A WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS CAROL ‘Twas the night before Christmas and throughout the White House,Each computer was humming and so was its mouse.All the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Criticism of Border Reform Sensenbrenner-Style
Lots of criticism of the latest border enforcement bill in the House. Here are two:Walk On By: Pass Up Sensenbrenner's Misguided Border Bill And Insist On A Winner Lory Diana…
ImmigrationProf Blog
60 Minutes Story on the Border
60 Minutes ran its story on immigration and border enforcement on Sunday, Dec. 11. Unlike some previous 60 Minutes stories (recall the one in the early 1990s on Sheik Omar…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Myths About Immigration
Five Myths About Immigration: Common Misconceptions Underlying US Border-Enforcement Policy by Douglas S. Massey For the full article see http://www.ilw.com/articles/2005,1207-massey.shtmThe current crisis of undocumented immigration to the United States has…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Battles
From ww.ilw.comTamar Jacoby writes "The [immigration] law sounds tough. The onlyproblem is it's so tough that it's unrealistic - and as a result,millions of people, immigrants and native-born alike, end…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS Press Release — Effort to End Orantes Injunction
Here is the latest from the Department of Homeland Security on border enforcement. The Orantes litigation was a landmark case in which the federal government was found to have violated…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Committee of the Judiciary Hearing (Oct. 18) on Comperehensive Immigration Reform II
Here's the latest on the immigration reform hearing today before the Judiciary Committee:Download statement_of_secretary_michael_chertoffjudiciary_committee101805final.doc Secretary Chertoff offers a three-pronge approach to immigration reform: (1) increased border enforcement; increased interior enforcement;…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Meaning of the Studies?
The Pew Hispanic Center immigration report is the latest in a series of studies that strongly suggests that the border enforcement build-up beginning in the early 1990s, along with the…