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Border Security
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ImmigrationProf Blog
S Ct declines to Intervene in Border Fence Challenge
Bloomberg.com reports that the U.S. Supreme Court refused to question a law that lets the U.S. Department of Homeland Security circumvent environmental restrictions and other laws in order to build…
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GAO Report on Border Crossing
A new U.S. Government Accountability Office report found that crossing the border into the U.S. using counterfeit identification or oral assertions is not difficult.In the GAO report, a 93 percent…
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National Guard Ends Mission Along U.S./Mexico Border
The National Guard marked the end of its tour of duty on California's southern border today after helping out the border patrol for the last two years. "The mission is…
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Border Wall Not Effective Dissuasion Tool
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, offer counterevidence for the claims that the wallhas been an effective dissuasion tool agains migrant crossings. Here are links to the studies.bh
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The Futility of a Border Fence
Some readers will yell and scream but Marc Cooper of the L.A. Weekly has a great story about the effectiveness of the border fence extended along the southern Arizona border…
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Open Borders, Global Future
An important essay by Brian Murphy at opendemocracy.net:At least 200 million of the world's people - between 3% and 5% of its total population - are currently on the move…
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Cruel Irony of the Day: Border Fence in Jeopardy Without Foreign Labor
The Valley Morning Star offfers this truly ironic story:"Can the U.S. border fence be built on deadline without the help of foreign laborers?With 670 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border fence…
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Representations of Latinos in the Media
An interesting presentation coming up in San Diego:Textual Representations of the Border and Border Crossers: Constructing Latino Enemies in English Language Newspapers?Ken HenriksenAssistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of…
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Enforcement Without Reform: Success or Failure?
From the Immigration Policy Center:12 Million Reasons to be Skeptical of Deportation-Only PoliciesTwo New IPC Fact Sheets Review Enforcement Build-Up On Thursday, May 22, the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on…
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Immiogrant of the Day: Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (Switzerland)
Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (1761–1849) was a politician, diplomat, Congressman, and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He was also a founder of New York University.Born in Switzerland, Gallatin…