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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS Secretary: The Border is Safe and Secure!
The N.Y. Times reports that, in a speech today, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano chastised critics, mostly Republicans, who have said that illegal crossings and drug violence are out…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Security First Argument is a Red Herring
From the Center for American Progress:The “Border Security First” Argument: A Red Herring Undermining Real SecurityAssessing DHS Progress and Looking ForwardBy Marshall Fitz, Angela Maria Kelley, Ann GarciaOpponents of comprehensive…
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DHS Secretary: Border is Safer Now Than Ever
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday. "There is a perception that the border is worse now than it ever has been," Napolitano said…
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Calls for Violence on Texas Website?
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples launched protectyourtexasborder.com last week to allow ranchers and farmers living on or close to the border to share stories, pictures and videos that document their…
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Fences, Walls and Borders: State of Insecurity? May 19-20, 2011
The Raoul Dandurand Chair at the University of Quebec at Montreal and the Association for Borderlands Studies will hold Fences, Walls and Borders: State of Insecurity? May 19-20, 2011. Twenty…
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Re-envisioning Security and the Movement of People
In Re-envisioning Security and the Movement of People on Migration Information Source, Susan Ginsburg and Kristen McCabe discuss the increasing role of migration policy in U.S. national security strategy since the…
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One Sheriff on the U.S./Mexico Border
Map Courtesy of Mocking WordsCNN reports on a Texas sheriff who worries about drug violence along the U.S./Mexico border.KJ
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The U.S. Immigration Crises: Enemies at Our Gates or Lady Liberty’s Huddled Masses?
The Florida International University Law School, with the assistance of the FIU Law Review, is holding a symposium on immigration on February 24-25. The gathering will bring together nationally-renowned scholars, government officials,…
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ICE Agent Killed Near Mexico City
CNN reports on a troubling story from Mexico. Yesterday, gunmen opened fire on two U.S. immigration agents in Mexico, killing one and injuring the other. The two U.S. Immigration and Customs…
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Quiet Demise of the Virtual Fence
In this month's Policy Beat, Migration Policy Institute's Muzaffar Chishti and Claire Bergeron report on the termination of the Secure Border Initiative Network, the status of the USCIS Transformation project,…