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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Road Trip: President Obama, DHS Secretary Napolitano Head South to Mexico
The DHS reports that "Following an all-day tour of the Southwestern border that will take her and President Obama’s Homeland Security Adviser John Brennan to El Paso, Texas, Columbus, N.M.,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Arrest Downs but Deaths Up along the Southwest Border
Unauthorized immigrant arrests are down 29 percent along most of Arizona's border, but corpse recoveries and marijuana seizures are up dramatically, according to new numbers released by the U.S. Border…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Administration Will Spend More Money at the Border
CNN reports:The Obama administration announced a major increase in security funding and agent deployments along the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday.The changes are part of what the White House characterized as a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Border agents, whose sentences were commuted by President Bush, released from prison
Main February 17, 2009Border agents, whose sentences were commuted by President Bush, released from prison CNN provide this update on the latest development in an oft-blogged case involving two former…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Virtual Fence Construction Back on Track
Alice Lipowicz reports for Federal Computer Week:The Homeland Security Department’s SBInet border surveillance system is undergoing cleanup of minor software glitches this month, and permanent construction will begin along the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Napolitano Issues Immigration Border Security Directive
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today a wide-ranging action directive on immigration and border security.The directive requires specific department offices and components to work together…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Texas Virtual Border Not Working
A virtual border surveillance program Gov. Rick Perry has committed millions of taxpayer dollars to fell far short of expectations during the first six months of operation. Border sheriffs, who…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Border Blog
For a blog focusing on the U.S./Mexico border, check out News on the Line.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
Performance Art That I Want to See: EL MEXORCIST!
El Mexorcist, a performance artist aims to exorcise fears about the U.S./Mexico border, and is now appearing in Arizona: "The member of San Francisco-based radical arts collective La Pocha Nostra…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Is War With Mexico — or “Just” a Border “Surge” — on the Horizon?
The N.Y. Times had an ominous report yesterday about U.S. plans for a "surge" along the U.S./Mexico border: "The soaring level of violence in Mexico resulting from the drug wars…