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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Are U.S. Borders Secure? Why We Don’t Know, and How to Find Out
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Bryan Roberts, former assistant director of borders and immigration at the Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mexican president demands action from U.S. in deadly border shooting
Watch this report (and here and here) on how Mexican President Felipe Calderon confronted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, then took to Twitter, to demand justice for a migrant shot to death…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Policy on the Edge: Failures of Border Security and New Directions for Border Control
The Center for International Policy's TransBorder Project is pleased to share its new report "Policy on the Edge: Failures of Border Security and New Directions for Border Control." This new…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Death on the Border Chapter 1001: No More Deaths: The Crisis on the U.S.- Mexico Border in Arizona
Ted Hesson on the Huffington Post reminds us of the continuing deaths along the U.S/Mexico border resulting from increased border enforcement: "Since 1994, there have been more than 6,000 confirmed…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Environmental Backdrop to Obama’s Immigration Speech
From Grist: In Texas, Obama faces border wall promiseBy Glenn HurowitzSenior Fellow, Center for International PolicyPresident Obama speaks today about immigration in El Paso, Texas, along the U.S. border with…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Rust Never Sleeps? Arizona Governor Brewer’s Book “Scorpions for Breakfast: My Fight Against Special Interests, Liberal Media, and Cynical Politicos to Secure America’s Border” to be Released
Here is the latest from Arizona. On November 1, Broadside Books will release a book by Arizona Governor Jan Bewer, who championed the state's controversial immigration law known as SB…
ImmigrationProf Blog
On the Upcoming Obama Speech from the Border, Immigration Reform, Etc.
MEMORANDUM TO: Media FROM: Ali Noorani Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum RE: The President’s Speech and the United States BorderOn Tuesday, May 10, 2011, President Barack Obama will travel to El Paso, Texas…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Thinking Broadly About Immigration Reform by Addressing Root Causes by Bill Hing
"Thinking Broadly About Immigration Reform by Addressing Root Causes" LEGAL BRIEFS ON IMMIGRATION REFORM FROM 25 OF THE TOP LEGAL MINDS IN THE COUNTRY, Mona Parsa, Deborah Robinson, eds., 2011…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves — The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the U.S.–Mexico Border
The Fence: Human Smuggling, Terrorists, and Public Safety along the US Mexico Border, Robert Lee Maril, Texas Tech University Press. March, 2011.The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration…
ImmigrationProf Blog
John McCain: We Need More Border Enforcement!
Senator John (Lucas) McCain continues to endorse increased border enforcement. Saying if his and U.S. Senator Jon Kyl’s 10-point border security plan had been enacted last year, the U.S. border with…