By Jena Baker McNeill
The report recently issued by the Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy, an immigration reform effort sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations, is not the first to tout legalization, and it probably won’t be the last. And while its ‘bi-partisan’ nature is certainly attractive, it doesn’t make legalization anymore than a costly amnesty.
By Jena Baker McNeil
Sen. Sessions’ amendment to make E-Verify permanent and mandatory is a good step forward in terms of maintaining immigration enforcement efforts.
FPS does not fully ensure that its guards have the training and certifications required to stand post at federal facilities.
My previous columns discussed four of the seven deadly sins (greed pride, gluttony, and sloth). Today’s Sunday school lesson focuses on the sin of Envy and the role it plays in DHS dis-functionality. Those who commit the sin of envy resent that others have something they perceive themselves as lacking. So, let’s take a deeper dive and see how the sin of Envy has hurt DHS.
Beginning on July 29, commercial airline traffic to the US from Shannon airport in Ireland will have the advantage of full preclearance. This is a win-win-win for everyone. Passengers get convenience – they can make their travel plans direct from Shannon (or Dublin when the preclearance facilities open there in 2010) without any need to change planes at a busy US airport.
By Jena Baker McNeill
Yesterday, the Obama Administration hosted a closed-door conference on immigration reform. All too often “comprehensive immigration reform” has been another name for amnesty. A more appropriate agenda would focus on efforts to stop illegal immigration and secure the border, reform the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and open up more legal avenues by which to allow individuals to come into the United States.
In order to help the US travel industry promote American travel, should we use the federal government to tax Europeans traveling to America? Does it matter if in doing so we will create a sore point with our trans-Atlantic partners? Does it matter if in doing so the end result will be that Americans traveling to Europe will have to go to the time and inconvenience of getting a European visa?
Just recently, the DEA put more agents on the ground in war zones to crack down on the funneling of drug money to key terrorist operatives.
Recently, I spoke with Francis Rose on Federal News Radio’s In Depth With Francis Rose, to discuss TSA’s new use of millimeter wave technology for the American rail system. Millimeter wave technology is a creative solution to keeping people safe with little to no distruption to travelers.
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