Worksite Enforcement Official Wants to Work with Employers | workforce.com In a speech, new assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton defends E-Verify, saying that it instantly confirms 97 percent of queries. But he acknowledges that the 3 percent rejection rate, in addition to the detection of unauthorized workers, could signal problems […]
TheHill.com – Whole-body imaging: airport security vs. privacy concerns Earlier this month the House passed H.R. 2200, hoping to improve the Transportation Security Administration. The result shows the hazards of rushing to fix one problem through an amendment and unknowingly creating a monster of another problem that could end up with the force of law. […]
Human Trafficking: Coercion in a Time of Crisis Today, Secretary Clinton, along with Members of Congress, released the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This report, which is mandated by our anti-trafficking law, analyzes the problem of modern slavery. Millions of people worldwide are held in compelled service through coercion, often in such areas as […]
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.
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?
Border Lines: The Criminal Alien Problem of Secure Communities The Secure Communities program represents furthering linking of the criminal justice and immigration systems. This merger of criminal and immigration law has been in process since the mid-1990s but has speeded up in the past several years with the deepening focus on criminal aliens by DHS […]
Homeland Security Today – preparedness and security news – Ban on Whole Body Imaging Would Hurt TSA, Chief Says TSA surveys of the traveling public in areas where the technology is in use indicate a 95 percent satisfaction rate with it, the TSA chief said. “Based on the intel that I and the leadership team […]
The Weekly Standard: Miranda Rights for Terrorists The Obama Justice Department has quietly ordered FBI agents to read Miranda rights to high value detainees captured and held at U.S. detention facilities in Afghanistan, according a senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. “The administration has decided to change the focus to law enforcement. Here’s the […]
Republicans Decry Guantanamo Detainee Transfer to US | 44 | washingtonpost.com Noting a bill that passed 90-6 last month that banned the transfer or incarceration of detainees from Guantanomo to U.S. prisons, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the president was ignoring the “clear desire of Congress and the American people that these terrorists […]
Nextgov – Latest delay to E-Verify prompts doubts about program’s future “It is inexcusable that … the administration has delayed the requirement for federal contractors to use E-Verify,” said Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., in a statement issued Wednesday. “Time after time we have heard congressional testimony supporting the credibility and importance of E-Verify, which is […]
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