Cubans attempting to enter the U.S. illegally are uniquely handled under an immigration law descriptively known as “wet foot/dry foot”. But a new and equally dangerous trend has emerged in the past several years that brings Cubans to the U.S. soil through dangerous Mexico.
Homeland Security Today – news and analysis – Confluence of Evil: The Smuggling-Terrorism Nexus Counterfeit consumer items, tobacco smuggling and the more sinister trade in narcotics are all sources of income for foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). Terrorism takes cash, and even if the cost-benefit balance leans in favor of the terrorists—a handful of cheap explosives […]
CQ Homeland Security follows up on Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling ICE agents “un-American” for doing worksite enforcement operations.
Secretary Napolitano’s held a pen and pad with news media yesterday, which was largely dominated by a discussion of the growing violence on the Mexican border. We have posted the complete transcript.
Fox News reports that immigration agents are no longer aggressively implementing worksite enforcement operations, as DHS spokesperson notes that the Department is focused on deporting criminal aliens:
Security Debrief contributor, Ellen Howe, spoke with Randy Larsen and David McIntyre of Homeland Security: Inside & Out, about the need for human intelligence in the fight against explosives in airports.
Last week, Security Debrief contributor and former Chief of Operations at the DEA, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding “Guns, Drugs and Violence.” Today, Braun continued his testimony, this time speaking on the Merida Initiative and the current enviornment along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Given backscatter technology’s proven track record in detecting potential threats, why has TSA chosen not to deploy it at U.S. airports, along side millimeter wave – thereby introducing competition to the procurement process and the “random factor” that TSA talks so much about. Simply put – because it didn’t focus group well enough for TSA.
Last week, Security Debrief Contributor and former Chief of Operations at the Drug Enforcement Agency, Michael Braun, testified in front of the House Subcommittee on National Security & Foreign Affairs Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the recent rise in violence and terror along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Hearing topics include the congressional mandates to screen 100 percent of air cargo; Human trafficking; FEMA preparedness and response; and DHS intelligence infrastructure.
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