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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Jim Chen on Immigration, Border Fences, Etc.
For an interesting -- and very readable -- essay on immigration, the new border fence, and immigration reform by Minnesota's Jim Chen, click here.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Apprehensions Down
The Washington Post (Oct. 31) reports that the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended 8 percent fewer illegal immigrants last fiscal year than the year before, reversing a two-year increase in the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
President Signs Border Fence Bill into Law
President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal…
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New York Times Magazine Article on the Politics of Immigration
The New York Times Magazine (October 15) has an interesting article entitled "The Border Dividing Arizona" by JOSEPH LELYVELD on the politics of immigration during an election year. It starts…
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Why did the elephant cross the border?
When last we saw Raj Peter Bhakta, he was being fired by Donald Trump on The Apprentice. Bhakta's back, and mad as hell about the border (as he understands it). …
ImmigrationProf Blog
The 700-Mile Death Trap
With President Bush’s signing of the only piece of immigration legislation Congress passed this term, undocumented migration has become a crime punishable by death. Instead of comprehensive reform (which could…
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Only in Texas — Alligator in the Rio Grande
FROM A Capitol BlogThe immigration debate has spawned a number of off-the-wall solutions to keep Mexicans from illegally crossing the Rio Grande - the river that divides Mexico from the…
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Border Militiaman Facing Tough Race
Randy Graf became the Republican candidate for Congress by taking a tough stand on Mexican border security but he seems unable to win over voters with a month to go…
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President Signs Border Fence Bill
President Bush on Wednesday signed a homeland security bill that includes an overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and $1.2 billion for fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border to stem…
ImmigrationProf Blog
“On the streets, . . . the Border Patrol calls the shots.”
CLAUDINE LoMONACO in the Tucson Citizen writes: "According to the courts, the mere presence of an illegal immigrant in a vehicle does not mean the driver has committed a crime.…