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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Republican debate recap: Candidates want more border, immigration enforcement
Shocking news from the Republican presidential debate earlier this week. KJ
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Beltway Buzz, August 25, 2023
Uh-oh: Government Shutdown Chances Increase. The Buzz continues to monitor the potential for a federal government shutdown. Last week, we noted a positive development: leadership in both the U.S. Senate…
ImmigrationProf Blog
3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago
The Governors of Texas and Florida for months have been transporting migrants from the border to big cities in blue starts. The efforts have been viewed as inhumane publicity stunts. …
ImmigrationProf Blog
Emergency Room doctor: I see the cruelty of US immigration policy up close
Death on the U.S./Mexico border is a fact of life, especially in the hot summer months. In CNN commentary, an emergency room doctor in El Paso, Texas discusses the human…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Conversation: Federal government is challenging Texas’s buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of border blockades wind up complicating immigration enforcement
The U.S. government has challenged in court the use of buoys by the state of Texas on the Rio Grande as an immigration enforcement measure. The Conversation explains how the case…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Government Sues Texas over Razor Wire Buoys
No surprises but NPR reports that the Department of Justice has sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott over his refusal to remove a stretch of buoys surrounded by razor wire (and…
The Right Coast
Texas’ floating border wall sparks lawsuit from Biden’s Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON The Justice Department has put Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on notice that it intends to file suit over a floating barrier wall he erected in the Rio Grande River…
Religion Clause
Court Rejects Muslim Americans’ Challenge to Their Treatment at U.S. Borders
In Kariye v. Mayorkas, (CD CA, July 19, 2023), a California federal district court dismissed claims by three Muslim plaintiffs that their rights have been violated by ongoing religious questioning of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Heartlessness and Cruelty of Gov. Abbott Denounced
From Amnesty International:In response to reports about Texas DPS troops receiving instructions to push children into the Rio Grande and deny water to asylum seekers, Amy Fischer, Director of Refugee…
The Right Coast
DeSantis Border Plan: Invade Mexico, Shoot Drug Smugglers, End Birthright Citizenship
Most governors don't enter presidential races with immigration experience under their belts. Not so for Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis the 2024 hopeful has made a name for himself as…