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Border Security
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting federal focal point for pardon/clemency debate
Main January 21, 2007Interesting federal focal point for pardon/clemency debateAs detailed here and in this topical index, I find legal and policy debates over executive clemency to be interesting, important…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More of the Blogger’s Exchange
A few short response to Conor's latest.There really is no evidence that a continuous border fence along the U.S./Mexico border will substantially reduce undocumented migration. It is likely, however, that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Continuation of the Blogger’s Exchange
We have been engaged with a Blogger's exchange on immigration with Conor from Beyond Borders Blog (click here). To this point, the discussion on guest worker programs and immigration reform…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Agents Begin Jail Time for Border Shooting
A pair of former U.S. Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug smuggler and trying to cover it up started serving their federal prison sentences today, officials said.Jose…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tom Tancredo for President?
Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, who has focused much of his efforts on increased border enforcement, is considering a run for President. Click here to see his website (Tom Tancredo 2008…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Fence Threatens Border Economy
It's nearly midnight, and shoppers at the cavernous Wal-Mart in Eagles Pass, Texas are still lined up 10 deep at the checkout counters. U.S. and Texas flags hang under the…
The Right Coast
(In)securityMike Rappaport
I hadn't heard about this. Not very encouraging: Mustaf Jama, a Somali ''asylum seeker'' in Britain wanted for themurder of a policewoman, fled the country by taking his sister'spassport, wearing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Oh, the irony
While Congress hands us a splashy but largely unfunded border fence bill, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is abandoning its efforts to track the entry/exits of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border group’s finances scrutinized: Minuteman founder reveals figures, but some still wonder where the money went
For the Houston Chronice story on the many questions being raised about the finances of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, click here. According to the story, the Minuteman Civil Defense…
ImmigrationProf Blog
CRS Report on Border Security
For a report of the Congressional Research Service on fences, barriers, etc. along the international border, click here. With passage of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, we may see…