In retirement, I can still refer to “The War on Drugs” as “The War on Drugs,” a phrase not popular with the current administration. Despite what you want to call it, this administration made progress last week in narcotics enforcement when an inter-agency agreement was signed between the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security to substantially increase the number of ICE Special Agents with Title 21 authority.
David Frum: U.S. follows Rumsfeld doctrine on immigration – Full Comment If there is not much debate or disagreement about immigration facts, there is equally little debate about immigration policy. Yes, there is fulmination on talk radio. But in the halls of power, everybody from Sen. Ted Kennedy to Sen. John McCain tacitly or explicitly […]
U.S. to Let Immigration Agents Make Drug Arrests – washingtonpost.com The Obama administration is preparing to give more U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents authority to make drug arrests to assist Mexico’s bloody battle with drug cartels, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. told senators today. The decision would end a years-long dispute between the […]
Op-Ed Contributor – A Drug War Inside the Government – NYTimes.com THE Obama administration is taking aggressive measures to ensure that the drug violence in Mexico does not spill over more than it already has into this country. But a dispute between two federal agencies, if not remedied, will seriously hamper these efforts — and […]
Recently, I spoke with CBC’s “The National” regarding the escalating drug war along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Tickle The Wire » Mexico’s Narco Al Capone Remains on the Lamb Joaquin Guzman Loera has become a narco folk hero in Mexico. He has also helped contribute to the growing violence in Mexico. Will he ever get caught or remain a free man like Bin Laden?
Obama administration aims to fix broken Real ID Act – Ars Technica The Obama administration is preparing to propose significant changes to the controversial Real ID Act. The new version would eliminate the need for states to build an interconnected system of national identity databases.
DHS spending bill would fund SBInet, E-Verify — Federal Computer Week Several high-tech systems for the Homeland Security Department would be funded under legislation approved by the House Appropriations Committee. The committee approved several technology-related items in the fiscal 2010 spending bill for the Homeland Security Department, including $692 million for DHS’ Border Security, Fencing, […]
The Associated Press: US and Mexico agree to improve customs The U.S. and Mexico formalized an agreement Monday to work together to secure legal travel and trade across the countries’ shared border. The agreement is outlined in a letter of intent signed by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexico’s Finance Minister Agustin Carstens. […]
Senator Diane Feinstein hates it. FBI Director Robert Mueller red flags it. What to do about the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) that allows citizens from the US and other selected countries to visit one another for up to 90 days for business or tourist travel without a visa?
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