Topic
Border Security
1,190 published works
The Right Coast
US starts small with smart walls to protect Mexican border – Anchorage Daily News
SAN DIEGO Deep in the Otay Mountain Wilderness, there is no wall. The only boundary between the U.S. and Mexico is a section of barbed-wire fence in a pastoral valley.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Officer Secret: He was Undocumented
Here is a "man bites dog" kind of story by Manny Fernandez in the New York Times:"Marco A. De La Garza Jr. spent nearly six years as a federal officer…
ImmigrationProf Blog
A Truly Relevant Undergraduate Course: Crime and Justice in the Borderlands
Here is an undergraduate class for students interested in immigration. And this website documents the experience.12 Cal State Fullerton juniors and seniors recently participated in Professor Robert Castro’s “Crime and…
The Right Coast
Democrats struggle to address rising border apprehensions as they seek to counter Trump on immigration – The Washington Post
Democrats who have railed against President Trump s national emergency as a manufactured crisis are facing a political dilemma as border apprehensions have spiked and are on pace for the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
After Shutdown Loss, Trump Doubles Down on Immigration in His New Budget
President Trump is seeking $8.6 billion in his fiscal year 2020 budget proposal to build the wall along the U.S./Mexico border. Aaron Reichlin-Melnickp in Immigration Impact looks at the proposal and…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Congress: Week in Review | March 14, 2019
By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes, Lauren Stroupe
FY20 Budget Proposal On Monday, the White House rolled out the President’s $4.7 trillion FY20 budget proposal, which includes $8.6 billion for a border wall and increases defense spending by…
The Right Coast
Southern Border in Crisis as Migrant Apprehensions Grow | National Review
Alarming new numbers about border apprehensions from U.S. Customs and Border Protection should puncture the lazy conventional wisdom about the border being under control, except in the lurid imagination of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Migrant Families Arrive In Busloads As Border Crossings Hit 10-Year High
Honduran migrants surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing a border wall into the United States. According to new federal data, the number of migrants apprehended crossing the border…
The Right Coast
Border at Breaking Point as More than 76,000 Migrants Cross in a Month – The New York Times
The high number of families crossing the border suggest that President Trump s policies aimed at deterring asylum seekers are not having their intended effect. Up to 2,000 migrants who…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Congress: Week in Review | February 28, 2019
By Michael Drobac, Greg Walden, Amanda Armistead, Casey Stokes, Lauren Stroupe
House Passes Resolution of Disapproval to Block President's Emergency Declaration The House and Senate were both in session this week. On Tuesday, the House passed a resolution of disapproval to…