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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Why the Border Fence Makes No Sense!
From the Economist: "Thousands of miles of fence have been erected along the border with Mexico and the annual budget for the US Border Patrol has risen to $2.7 billion…
ImmigrationProf Blog
National Geographic Channel’s “Border Wars”
In case you have missed it, the National Geographic Channel has just introduced a show entitled "Border Wars," which I watched briefly over the weekend. It looked to me like…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Warren Institute Report on Operation Streamline
This report prepared by the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Race, Ethnicity and Diversity at UC Berkeley examines a Department of Homeland Security program that requires the federal criminal prosecution and…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Top 10 U.S. Immigration News Stories of 2009
A new year is coming and it seems like a good time to think back on 2009. Here is my list of the top 10 U.S. immigration news stories for 2009: 1. Comprehensive…
ImmigrationProf Blog
When Immigration Borders Move
Professor Huyen Pham's Article "When Immigration Borders Move" (61 Florida Law Review 1115) deals with the growing need for immigrants to prove their legal immigrant status to participate fully in American…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Luis Gutierrez Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Summary
Here is a summary of the Gutierrez bill that was introduced in Congress today:Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity (CIR ASAP) Act of 2009TITLE I - BORDER SECURITY,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
End Special Registration Now
The Washington Post yesterday published an op/ed by the first Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert Bonner, and Senior Fellow and national security expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, Edward…
Cruise Law News
Another Crew Member Arrested for Child Pornography
By Jim Walker
Canadian Border Patrol arrested another crew member after finding child pornography on his cell phone. NCL crew member Menandro Lim Lanzar, age 31, from the Philippines was arraigned in Halifax on a charge of importing child…
ImmigrationProf Blog
What is Going on in Arizona? Sheriff Joe, John McCain, Janet Napolitano in Shoot Out? Latinos Shot?
Glenn Thrush on Politico reports on an inquiry made by Senator John McCain to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano about the decision to cut America's Toughest Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Maricopa County from the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Miranda Warnings at Border?
Influential federal judge Jack Weinstein denied a motion to suppress but acknowledged that "there is some force in the defendant's argument that because of increased criminal penalties and prosecutions arising…