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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Film: We Have a Wall: Saving Lives on the Tinaja Trail
Hundreds of migrants die every year along the U.S.-Mexico border. Others are trying to save their lives. This is their story. "We Have a Wall: Saving Lives on the Tinaja Trail"…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Our Illegal Founders by Victor C. Romero
Our Illegal Foundersby Victor C. Romero, Penn State Law, Harvard Latino Law Review, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2013 Abstract: This Essay briefly mines America’s history to argue that the law…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Denise Gilman: Building walls and militarizing Texas border harms us all
Professor Denise Gilman of introduces her students at the University of Texas Law School Immigration Clinic to immigrants who have lived and worked in the United States for many years…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Blog Post: Kit Johnson on Photos of the U.S./Mexico Border
Kit Johnson, Associate Professor of Law, at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, submitted this guest blog post. Thanks Kit!Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of auditing Rose…
Capital Thinking
Secretary Napolitano Stepping Down From Homeland Security Post; House Republicans Discuss Immigration Reform Plan; Background Check Oversight Act Introduced
Legislative Activity Secretary of Homeland Security Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced last Friday that she will be stepping down from her position to become the next president of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Waiting for José: The Minutemen’s Pursuit of America by Harel Shapira
Waiting for José: The Minutemen's Pursuit of America by Harel ShapiraThey live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Military Contractors to Benefit from Border Surge
Joshua Holland on Salon.com reports on how military contractors are poised to profit from the "border surge" if Congress passes immigration reform. Senator John McCain has announced that the Senate…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Spending Up 82% Under S.744
From Bloomberg News:Border Surge Boosts Security Spending 82 Percent: BGOV InsightBy Matthew Hummer and Brian Friel (Bloomberg) -- Contractors stung by sequestration would see some relief under the Senate immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
On-Line Symposium: Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Is the Cure (“The Border Surge”) Worse Than The Disease? by Geoffrey A. Hoffman, Director, University of Houston Immigration Clinic
I was heartened to learn that the Senate had passed a comprehensive immigration reform bill, S. 744. Shortly thereafter, I learned the Corker-Hoeven Amendment had been tacked on just before…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Soaring Temperatures Threaten Migrants In The Desert
Fronteras reports that, as temperatures approach 120 degrees in the Arizona desert this week, immigrants crossing the border illegally are finding themselves in trouble.U.S. Border Patrol trauma agents have already…