Intelligence and Muscle in Texas Border Security – Border Lines
Tough talk about crime, drugs, immigrants, and the border comes naturally in Texas — and often in football analogies. Operation Linebacker, the 2005 initiative of Texas border sheriffs and sponsored by Governor Rick Perry, set the muscular, take down all line-breakers Texas commitment to border security.
Fees for federal immigration docs to increases – Homeland Security Newswire
The prices of most federal immigration documents, including green card replacements, are scheduled to increase next month, the second fee increase in three years.
Looking for Changes in the 100% Cargo Scanning Mandate to CBP – HSToday
Joseph Alioto is worried that US mandates to scan cargo containers actually may be hurting rather than helping supply chain security.
DHS gives itself 30 days to decide SBInet fate – Homeland Security Newswire
DHS has bought itself time to decide whether to proceed with a beleaguered border security project by retaining the system’s contractor on a temporary 30-day basis, according to House lawmakers who requested an audit of the program.
Senators Question DHS Dismissal of Immigration Cases in Houston – Blogs for Borders
Seven U.S. Senators sent a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano asking for answers about a recent investigation conducted by the Houston Chronicle that found a dramatic increase of dismissed immigration cases.
Tunnels, boats used to defeat stronger border security – Homeland Security Newswire
As violence along the United States-Mexico border continues to escalate, the U.S. government is beefing up border security. On Monday, DHS secretary Janet Napolitano touted the success of those efforts.
ICE and INTERPOL Announce Results from First-Ever Joint Operation in U.S. – FedAgent
Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton and INTERPOL Washington Director Timothy Williams announced “Operation FAR AWAY,” which is an operation designed to target, locate and arrest criminal aliens who are believed to be hiding in the United States and other Western hemisphere countries. Over the past month, the operation has been very successful, resulting in 20 arrests of international fugitives residing in the United States.
U.S. Border Czar Calls on Congress to Get Serious about Immigration Reform – Immigration Impact
While some candidates continue to make political fodder out of immigration and border security on the campaign trail, administration officials are pushing Congress to get real about overhauling our broken immigration system. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner, Alan Bersin, recently commented that Congress needs to ‘get serious about a post-election immigration overhaul if the nation is to deal with the duality of enforcing border security while facilitating trade.’
Mexican hit men stalk U.S. – Washington Times Drug-smuggling gangs in Mexico have sent well-armed assassins, or “sicarios,” into Arizona to locate and kill bandits who are ambushing and stealing loads of cocaine, marijuana and heroin headed to buyers in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security has warned Arizona law enforcement authorities.
Last week, speaking at the Migration Policy Institute, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin gave a glowing review of the successes CBP was having in meeting its mission. Whether one agrees with Bersin’s overall assessment, there was one area that jumped out at me that begs further inquiry. One will note that Commissioner Bersin was clever in his wording, in that he did not SPECIFICALLY talk about the need to deploy Predator UASs, but about UASs in general. To my mind, he was being too clever by half, but he is not the first government official to use verbal misdirection to give himself wiggle-room for a later time.
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