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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Homeland Security USA
Oh brother. Tom Shales (Washington Post) review of the newest reality show:Homeland security may not be a laughing matter, but ABC's new "Homeland Security USA" has a certain fitful risibility…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Fence Facts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released a fact sheet on the U.S./Mexico border fence, which is now longer than 500 miles long.KJ
ImmigrationProf Blog
In Democracy’s Shadow: Fences, Raids and the Production of Migrant Illegality
Here is a new and interesting immigration article from the Social Science Research Network (www.ssrn.com) In Democracy's Shadow: Fences, Raids and the Production of Migrant Illegality by Daniel Ibsen Morales…
ImmigrationProf Blog
$2 Million Border Camera Results in A Handful of Arrests: Cost Effective Immigration and Drug Enforcement?
The El Paso Times reports that nearly 2 million Web hits and a thousand e-mails from watchers of Texas' latest border camera project resulted in one drug bust and reports…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Human Rights Activist Wins Award
Isabel Garcia, a Tucson human-rights activist received a $150,000 prize from a cultural foundation for her community work. Pima County's legal defender, Garcia, was awarded the Lannan Foundation's Prize for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Jan. 2008: Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano Sketches Border Fix
"In the January 2008 interview [with ABC], [President- Elect Obama's nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security Janet] Napolitano laid out a four-part plan: beefing up border security with…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Enforcement Fact Sheet
Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Fact Sheet from Lory Rosenberg:Release Date: October 23, 2008Each day at America's ports of entry U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers inspect more than 1.1…
ImmigrationProf Blog
International Travelers Beware!
The S.F. Chronicle reports that the Bush administration, overturning a 22-year-old policy, now allows U.S. Customs agents to seize, read and copy documents from travelers at airports and borders without…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New Book: The Closing of the American Border
New Book from Edward Alden:Dear Prof. Hing, I wanted to draw your attention to a book I have written, just published by HarperCollins, which I think will be of considerable…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Book Shelves: The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11
Tomorrow, HarperCollins is releasing a book s entitled The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration and Security Since 9/11. I have not read it yet but the PR for…