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Border Security
1,190 published works
PropertyProf Blog
Do Border Fences Keep Migrants Out?
Evidence from the refugee crises shows that countries that have built fences have managed to successfully divert the flow of refugees to other routes;Greece built a razor-wire fence in 2012…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Europe’s Current Refugees
The flow of refugees across Europe has been in the news this week. This article from The Independent has lots of basic information about the current refugee flows in Europe.The…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Dogs at the Border – What the Canada Border Services Agency Dogs Are Trained to Sniff
The television programs about border security and border patrol have four legged stars - the sniffer/detector dogs. To be honest, I like the commercials with the sniffer/detector dogs sniffing the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Jeb Bush’s 6 Point Border Security Plan
Today, Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush announced a six point plan for enforcing the immigration laws, with ensuring border security an apparent prerequisite for any kind of path to legalization for the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Run for the Border! Donald Trump Vists the US/Mexico Border
Donald Trump is in the news again. Trump spent the day yesterday touring the U.S./Mexico border. "There is a huge problem with the illegals coming through," Trump said during…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More Walls
Tunisia is the latest country to announce plans to build a border wall. The North African nation will construct a wall along it's 100-mile border with Libya in an effort…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Death on the Border: Graves of Shame
The Texas Observer has released this report by Investigative Fund reporter John Carlos Frey. "Mass Graves in Texas," explores the tragic reality of border-crossing for migrants who are left behind…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Binational Human Rights: The U.S.-Mexico Experience by William Paul Simmons and Carol Mueller, Editors
Binational Human Rights: The U.S.-Mexico Experience by William Paul Simmons and Carol Mueller, Editors. A volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights seriesMexico ranks highly on many of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Graphic Video Captures Screams Of College Student As Border Agent Hits Her With A Stun Gun
This disturbing video will not improve the public perception of the Border Patrol. A New York state college student says Customs and Border Protection agents threw her to the ground and tasered…
The Right Coast
Rough country’s rewards | San Diego Reader
You will encounter Border Patrol agents. But no one will put that sign up. So, an awful lot of people come hiking here once and leave a little perturbed or…