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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
A Border Fence As the Solution?
The Houston Chronicle ran a crisp article summmarizing the controversy over the proposed fence between the United States and Mexico. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3551212.htmlI see only two possible problems: (1) although it will…
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Fox Criticizes House Bill
Mexican President Vicente Fox criticized theSensenbrenner legislation’s provision that provides for building a fence along theborder, saying it was a "shameful" initiative for a democracy. Fox said barriers between nations…
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Immigration Reform Passes House
The House acted Friday to stem the tide of illegal immigration by taking steps to tighten border controls and stop unlawful immigrants from getting jobs. But lawmakers left for next…
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60 Minutes on the Border
Two weeks ago, President Bush promised to spend more than ever before to stop illegal immigrants from crossing our 2,000-mile mile border with Mexico. It's not the first time a…
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Interesting Blog
Check out Scott Henson's blog, which yesterday has an entry on the drug trade along the U.S./Mexico border, which starts off as follows " Today's New York Times offers the…
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Minutemen Founder Makes NPR’s Morning Edition
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5033843NPR's Morning Edition (Dec. 1) did a story on Jim Gilcrist's run for Congress, which makes him sound like a serious candidate. Is he? Recall that, in California's Orange County,…
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Border Patrol Uniforms
Many jokes have been made in the last week or so about the fact that Border Patrol uniforms apparently are made in Mexico. Although perhaps a delicious irony, it is…
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NYT editorializes re: the border
Today's New York Times included this editorial, arguing that Congress' single-minded focus on shoring up border security (and particularly, on the building of a border fence) is short-sighted at best. …
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Operation Linebacker
El Paso County will soon getabout $375,000 in state grants to beef up security along the border, SheriffLeo Samaniego said Monday. Gov. Rick Perry last month awarded the Texas Border…
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Chertoff’s New Border Policy
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today a comprehensive multi-year plan to secure America's borders and reduce undocumneted migration, entitled the Secure Border Initiative (SBI). Detention and…