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Border Security
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Senator Feinstein jumps into border agent case
Main February 10, 2007Senator Feinstein jumps into border agent caseThe border agent case (background here and here) — which I am following because it highlights many of the problems inherent…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More Deaths on the Border
From the N.Y. Times (here): Three illegal immigrants were shot to death, three were wounded and others were missing Thursday near Tucson after gunmen accosted them as they traveled north…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Report on (More) Deaths on the Border
In the mid-1990s, the U.S. government’s deterrence approach to immigration control militarized the U.S.-Mexico border, closed off major urban points of unauthorized migration in Texas and California, and funneled hundreds…
Sentencing Law and Policy
The latest on the border agents case
Main February 8, 2007The latest on the border agents caseThis AP story provides the latest developments in the border agent case (background here and here). Here are excerpts:A federal report…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tunnels Along U.S./Mexico Border
The L.A. Times in "Unfilled tunnels a weak link at border Key points are plugged in U.S. and Mexico, but smugglers may still try to reuse the passages" by Richard…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Using the border agent case as a catalyst for federal sentencing reform
Main January 29, 2007Using the border agent case as a catalyst for federal sentencing reformThis year would seem to present a new opportunity for needed bipartisan federal sentencing reform. Democrats…
ImmigrationProf Blog
CRS Report on Border Security Barriers Along the U.S. International Border
For a Congressional Research Service report on barriers along the international border and border security, click here.KJ
Sentencing Law and Policy
The furor over border agents’ long sentences
Main January 26, 2007The furor over border agents' long sentencesAs first noted here, there is a lively debate over the sentences for two border patrol agents who each got more…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Bush’s Immigration Remarks in the State of the Union Speech
As previewed on this blog yesterday, President Bush in his State of the Union Speech reiterated a call for comprehensive immigration reform that he said would create more secure borders…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Minutemen – up close and personal
This past weekend, the NPR program "This American Life" focused on games of cat & mouse. The opening segment was on the Minutemen. The website describes the story this way:Just…