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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
US border patrol is illegally turning away asylum seekers
The U.S. Government is illegally turning away asylum seekers all along the southern border. This is the conclusion of Crossing the Line, a report released by Human Rights First.For a news story about…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Fence v. Wall
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Border Patrol Agents Find Marijuana in Casket
Arizona Border Patrol agents stopped a hearse at an immigration checkpoint and found over sixty-seven pounds of marijuana in a casket. After the driver gave several inconsistent statements and the…
International Financial Law Prof Blog
$1.07 trillion Omnibus Budget Passes House & Senate, Everyone Gets A Pay Day, Even Trump With His Wall
Congressional RollCall reports here. " The Omnibus Appropriation Package provides an annualized total of $1.07 trillion in base spending for fiscal 2017, or $1.16 trillion including Overseas Contingency Operations funding. RollCall further reported that…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Building the Wall: A Play
A play anyone? BUILDING THE WALL , playing now at The Fountain in Los Angeles, lays out in a harrowing drama the consequences of President Trump’s anti-immigration campaign rhetoric turned…
The Right Coast
Bored with winning: New spending bill has no money for the wall, no cuts to sanctuary cities, funding for Planned Parenthood – Hot Air Hot Air
If Boehner had negotiated this deal, right-wing media would destroy him for it. If Ryan had negotiated this deal under Obama, right-wing media would destroy him for it. But because…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Congress’s Temporary Budget Fix Does not Provide Funds for “U.S./Mexico “Wall”
Photo courtesy of the OdysseyonlineCongressional negotiators have reached an estimated $1-trillion deal to fund the federal government through September, but while it increases military spending by about half the amount…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Why Caution is Needed Before Hiring Additional Border Patrol Agents and ICE Officers
Photo courtesy of ICE.govThe American Immigration Council has released Why Caution is Needed Before Hiring Additional Border Patrol Agents and ICE Officers. This paper by Josiah McC. Heyman, Ph.D., explains…
Global Policy Watch
This Week in Congress – April 24, 2017
After a two-week district work period, members of Congress return to Washington, D.C. this week with a major fiscal deadline looming on Friday. The current continuing resolution is scheduled to…
Capital Thinking
Democratic Senate Staff Report Examines Costs of Proposed Border Wall; President Trump Signs Buy American and Hire American Executive Order; Trump Administration Warns “Sanctuary Cities” on Grant Funding
By Clark Ervin, Squire Patton Boggs, Ludmilla Kasulke, Capital Thinking
Legislative Activity Democratic Senate Staff Report Examines Costs of Proposed Border Wall On Tuesday, April 18, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee minority staff released a report detailing…