Mexico purges customs officers for border corruption | World news | The Guardian More than 700 customs officers at airports and land crossings have been replaced in Mexico in a crackdown on corrupt agents who allow drugs and weapons to flow across the country’s borders, a spokesman for the customs service said yesterday.. Reforma newspaper […]
Trade Policy Analysis no. 40: Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform | Cato’s Center for Trade Policy Studies By the latest estimates, 8.3 million workers in the United States are illegal immigrants. Proposed policy responses range from more restrictive border and workplace enforcement to legalization of workers who are already here […]
ImmigrationProf Blog: White House to host immigration meeting AP reports that the White House is hosting an immigration discussion on Thursday with advocates, religious groups, businesses and law enforcement. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will lead the discussion, according to an anonymous source. She has been holding similar meetings across the country […]
The Politico logs a headline that reads: “President Obama: Immigration bill coming this year.” On the same morning, CQ Homeland Security asserts: “Obama Says Immigration Overhaul Will Slide to 2010.”
Got that?
Currently, goods driven from the interior of Mexico arrive at the border where they are transferred to another truck with driver that crosses the border and clears customs. The cargo is then transferred to a third – U.S. based – shipper and delivered to its final destination. My niece could spot the glaring inefficiencies in this current system. She’s seven.
The Associated Press: AP NewsBreak: Mexican cartels smuggle oil to US U.S. Justice Department officials say U.S. refineries are buying stolen oil siphoned from Mexican government pipelines and smuggled across the border — in some cases by drug cartels.
Shortages free detained ‘criminal’ immigrants | Immigration | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle U.S. immigration officials have released from federal custody hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants accused or convicted of crimes, including homicide and sexual assault, because of a lack of space and funds, according to internal records. The data, obtained by the Houston Chronicle through […]
IG, Immigration disagree on transformation steps — Federal Computer Week U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is making progress in its four-year-old transformation program to remake the paperwork-centered agency into a modern information technology environment, although a few problems continue to hamper its efforts, according to a report from Homeland Security Inspector General Richard Skinner. Skinner […]
Appetite grows for mandatory worker verification – Washington Business Journal: Washington Bureau Momentum appears to be growing for legislation that would require all employers, not just federal contractors, to use the E-Verify system to confirm that their employees are eligible to work in the U.S.
A recently article by Albor Ruiz, of the New York Daily News, unfairly characterizes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as demonizing our society. It’s a shame that the media focus on the sensational without providing context and balance, including the steps agents take to ensure their safety as well as the community at large during any operation.
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