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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Today’s Senate Actions: More Fencing, Restrictions on Guestworkers
In today's Senate amendment votes, amendments to add more fencing along the southern border, preclusion of felons and those convicted of 3 misdemeanors from legalization, and a narrow vote to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Breaking News on Immigration Reform
Senate Approves Border Fencing AmendmentThe Senate voted 83-16 to approve a Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., amendment to S 2611 that would require the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS Secretary Chertoff Scoffed at National Guard Patrolling Border in December 2005
May 15, 2006 - 8:21 p.m. DHS Does About-Face In Backing Use of National Guard to Seal Border By Patrick Yoest, CQ StaffIn December of 2005, Fox News talking head…
ImmigrationProf Blog
H.R. 5286 The Secure Traveler Improvement Act
A Letter from the HillI am writing to ask that you cosponsor H.R. 5286, the Secure Traveler Improvement Act. This legislation would expand programs that expedite low-risk travelers and commercial…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The National Guard and the Border
Tonight President Bush will speak to the nation on immigration reform. He tried to ease the worries of his Mexican counterpart yesterday as he prepared for a nationally televised address…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Remember Esequiel Hernandez!
The last time the U.S. military posted troops on the border near this tiny cluster of farms and ranches, an 18-year-old goat herder was shot to death. Hardly a day…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Groups Oppose Military Troops at the Border
Press ReleaseFor immediate release: Monday, May 15, 2006 Presscontacts:American Friends Service Committee (CA): Pedro Rios (619) 233-4114Border Action Network (AZ): Jennifer Allen (520) 623-4944 or(520) 576-8076Border Network for Human Rights…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Speak to the Hand: Governor Schwarzenegger on Immigration
On Friday, www.ilw.com published a letter from California Governor Schwarzenegger on immigration:Dear Editor: As an immigrant, I can identify with the desire to come to this country. While growing up,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
What the H–l?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists working at the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso discovered a commonly smuggled item in an unusual location Sunday.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Enforcement and National Security
From the Immigration Policy Center in DC:BORDERINSECURITY:U.S. Border-Enforcement Policies and National Security Since 9/11, concern has mounted among policymakers and law-enforcement authorities that foreign terrorists affiliated with al…