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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Alan Bersin Appointed CBP Commissioner
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees welcomed the arrival of Commissioner Alan Bersin today, following his appointment by President Obama Saturday.With a background as federal prosecutor and as a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Napolitano Halts Funding for “Virtual Fence”
Tom Diemer of Politics Daily reports:The building of a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border has come to a virtual halt -- by order of the Obama administration.The Department of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Key Republican Focused on Biometrics–Not CIR–This Year?
From Roll Call:Graham Eyes Piecemeal Border ApproachImmigration. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the key Senate Republican on comprehensive immigration reform efforts, today questioned whether a bill can be passed…
Technology Law Source
What Border Officials Can Do with Your Laptop And Cellular Phone
Having your laptop or smartphone searched or detained by Customs on your way back from a business trip would be a nightmare for most travelers, including bankers and other finance…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Racial Profiling and Borders: International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives By Jeff Shantz, ed.
Racial Profiling and Borders: International, Interdisciplinary Perspectives By Jeff Shantz, ed. Racial profiling and border security have become characteristic features of governance in Western liberal democracies during the twenty-first century.…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Bridge to Nowhere? High-tech border fence is slow going
The L.A. Times reports that "[a]n ambitious, multibillion-dollar project to hot-wire the new Southwest border fence with high-tech radar, cameras and satellite signals has been plagued with serious system failures…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Virtual Border Fence in Jeopardy?
AP reports that "An ambitious, $6.7 billion government project to secure nearly the entire Mexican border with a "virtual fence" of cameras, ground sensors and radar is in jeopardy after a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
National Geographic: Border Wars: “Play Simulation” — “You Are a Border Agent”
We have previously reported on the ratings-boosting efforts of National Geographic in its new sensationalistic show "Border Wars." The show's website also includes a "play simulation" where "you are a border…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Chapman Law Review Symposium: Drug War Madness: Policies, Borders, and Corruption
Yesterday, I traveled to Southern California to attend the 2010 Chapman Law Review School Symposium on “Drug War Madness: Policies, Borders, and Corruption.” The conference brought together an impressive group…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Obama on Immigration Reform in the State of the Union
"And we should continue the work of fixing our broken immigration system -- to secure our borders, enforce our laws and ensure that everyone who plays by the rules can…