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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration: Politics and Facts Don’t Match on the Border by Edward Alden
Ted Alden in Newsweek makes an observation worth noting: "Even as crossings slow to their lowest rate in four decades, politicians continue their tough talk and policies on immigration." While…
ImmigrationProf Blog
U.S. Border Patrol Apprehensions Down
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today released year-end data on fiscal year (FY) 2011 border enforcement and management efforts. U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions decreased to 340,252 in FY 2011, down…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Cain’s “Electrified” Fence Already a Reality: Operation Gatekeeper
Herman Cain's campaign for the presidency is dead, but his so-called solution to undocumented migration is alive and well.When Herman Cain offered an “electrified” fence as the solution to undocumented…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Yorker Magazine Cover: Pilgrims Violate the Fence
From Colorlines:The cover of the November 28th issue of the “New Yorker” includes an illustration of a woman dressed as a pilgrim crossing what looks like the US-Mexico border.The illustration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS Secretary on Enforcement Now, Enforcement Forever
Janet Napolitano, the Secretary of Homeland Security, posted this on the White House blog on November 16:Today I joined local law enforcement and elected officials from communities along the Southwest…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Death on the Border Chapter 1001
ImmigrationProf on many ocassions (here, here, here, here) has reminded our readers on the growing death toll of migrants along the U.S./Mexico border, victims of U.S. border enforcement policy.Here is…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Canada-US Perimeter Security Deal: Worth the Hype?
By Windsor Law, University of Windsor
By: Chuck Andary,Windsor Law Student To be fair, I didn’t really know what to expect with this deal – especially with regards to how it would affect me, someone who…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Death on the Border
Here is a series of compelling videos from No More Deaths. Damien Cave of the N.Y. Times reports on the current situation facing migrants along the U.S./Mexico border, with many…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Cross-Border Police Can Have Indirect Benefits
By Windsor Law, University of Windsor
By: Chuck Andary, Windsor Law Student The upcoming unveiling of the border security plan between the United States and Canada will undoubtedly dominate news headlines and trigger much debate in…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Border Wars by Tom Barry
Border Wars by Tom BarryPost-9/11 security anxiety. A renewed war on drugs. Inaction on immigration. Economic collapse. All of it makes for a combustible brew, and the fire is burning…