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Border Security
1,190 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
CBP Reminds Travellers Of Documents Needed For Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reminded international travellers that they will need to present documentary proof of citizenship while reentering the country. The advisory further emphasizes, among other things,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Lawsuit Over Border Fence
Construction of the border fence is facing more litigation. Suzanne Gamboa reports for the Associated Press:Texas mayors and business leaders filed a class-action lawsuit Friday alleging Homeland Security Secretary Michael…
ImmigrationProf Blog
$20 Million “Virtual Fence” A Failure
CNN reports that the government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted "virtual fence" on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Policy of Humanity
I was privileged to have an opportunity to speak at a San Francisco Immigration Summit in the Fall. I shared the stage with Mayor Gavin Newsom, and SF Board of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Border Fence Bound by No Law?
It seems like the border fence, which will have dubious benefit in reducing undocumented immigration, is in the news every day. Adam Liptak of the N.Y. Times writes that "[s]curing…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More Border Fencing: A Mistake
I really agree with the sentiment expressed in the letter below. When will we realize that more fencing or a border wall is not the answer? When will we recognize…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Paula Solorio Esq. on Immigration Reform
SF Immigration Attorney Paula Solorio will make the statement (see below) on immigration tomorrowcat the California State Democratic Convention tomorrow on behalf of the Latino Caucus. What do our readers…
PropertyProf Blog
Border Fence Eminent Domain Issues
By propertyprof
A number of disputes have arisen in Texas about the use of eminent domain to take property surrunding the new border fence. The judge on some of the cases recently…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Indigenous Opposition to Border Fence and Land Seizure
A grass-roots movement is afoot and has been initiated from several individuals who support the legal and political defense against U.S. Department Homeland Security and seizures of lands owned by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Back to the Future: Arizona city seeks moat to secure Mexico border
Reuters reports that, although a border fence has been the focus of U.S.-Mexico border enforcement in recent months, Yuma, Arizona is looking to build a moat. Authorities in Yuma are…