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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Interview With CBP Commissioner Alan Bersin
Here is an interview with Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Alan Bersin. Among other things, Bersion said "why he believes the Texas-Mexico border is secure, why deportations of criminal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Enforcement Now, Enforcement Forever: Senate Passes Border Security Bill
With comprehensive immigration reform addressing the nation's broken immigration system nowhere on the horizon, with record levels of deportations and record levels of expenditures on border enforcement, and with 12 million undocumented immigrants…
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SILENCE IN A TIME OF TORMENT: THROWING INDIAN IT FIRMS UNDER THE BUS By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta
SILENCE IN A TIME OF TORMENT: THROWING INDIAN IT FIRMS UNDER THE BUS By Gary Endelman and Cyrus D. Mehta considers critically, a Border Security bill, H.R. 6080, which was…
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Dems Join “Enforcement Now, Enforcement Forever” Camp
Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have released a Border Security Proposal which would provide $600 million in funding for various border security provisions. The bill was a counter…
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Senate Approves $600 Million for more Border Security
Jim Abrams writes for the Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants across the U.S. Mexican…
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A Sign of the TIMEs: The ‘Dangerous’ Border: Actually One of America’s Safest Places
Read this interesting story from TIME magazine, which would provide very informative source material for Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, "The 'Dangerous' Border: Actually One of America's Safest Places."KJ
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Border Views: University of Texas Video Series
As Americans continue to debate immigration reform, border enforcement and Arizona’s recent legislation, experts from The University of Texas at Austin are offering their views on these issues through a…
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Conservative National Leaders Take Message “On the Road” Urging Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
HOUSTON, TEXAS. On Wednesday, July 21st at 2:00 PM EDT (1:00pm CT, 11:00am PCT), Conservatives for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CfCIR) took its National Press Conference Call “on the road” to…
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California Sends More National Guard Troops to the Border
Gov. Schwarzenegger has signed an order that will send the California National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to help stem illegal immigration.Schwarzenegger indicated his support in June when President…
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Securing America’s Borders: The Role of the Military
The Congressional Research Service has released a paper entitled Securing America’s Borders: The Role of the Military (June 16, 2010), which includes helpful background on the subject. This is an…