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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Center for American Progress–Secure Borders Panel
In Search of Secure Borders: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead June 28, 2010, 12:00pm – 1:30pm Admission is free.Featured panelists:Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz senior fellow, Council on Foreign RelationsDavid A.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Manufacturing a Border Crisis By Kent Paterson
Americas Program has a thoughtful article by Kent Paterson about how the U.S./Mexico border "crisis" has been manufactured by political leaders. The border by all appearances is safe. And, if the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
DHS expands drone flights on Mexico border
"The Homeland Security Department expanded the use of unmanned drones along the U.S.-Mexico border this week, flying for the first time this sort of advanced technology in west Texas. The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Los Samaritanos Fight Death on the Border
Peter Slevin of the Washington Post reports on the good samaritans who seek to save lives along the U.S./Mexico border.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Meaningless Mantra of ‘Border Security’
Ted Alden of the Council on Foreign Relations has a thoughtful analysis of the concept of "border security" that is well worth a read.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Enforcement Amendments Defeated
From the Center for American Progress:Three border enforcement amendments to the military supplemental bill were soundly defeated in the Senate today. Seeking to redirect nearly $2.5 billion in federal stimulus…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Say It Ain’t So, Mr. President! President Obama Proposes National Guard To Border, A Window Dressing “Fix” To our Broken Immigration System
Yesterday, President Obama joined Senate Republicans at their weekly caucus lunch. Touching on a number of items in his legislative agenda, the administration sought the meeting with Senate Republicans in an…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Obama to send 1200 Troops to the Border
Randal Archibald writes for the NY Times:President Obama will send up to 1,200 National Guard troops to the Southwest border and increase spending on law enforcement, yielding to demands from…
Land Use Prof Blog
Federal Eminent Domain on the Border?
In another example confirming my belief that every legal and policy issue ultimately has land use implications, here's an article that touches on border control, the federal stimulus package, agriculture,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Remarks on Immigration by President Obama and President Calderón of Mexico
Here are some excerpts of the remarks on immigration made yesterday by President Barack Obama (US) and President Felipe Calderón (Mexico) yesterday:PRESIDENT OBAMA: For the sake of our shared prosperity and…