Homeland Security Cancels High Tech Border Fence
The Obama Administration pulled the plug in mid-January, 2011, on a plan to build a high-tech border fence on the United States and Mexico border in Arizona. The project, which [...]
2011 Will be a Tough Year for Immigrants Due to Changes in the House on the Hill
What is in store for immigration for 2011? The answer is blowing whichever way the wind is going. New faces in new places in the House mean 2011 will bring [...]
The Effect of the New Immigration Policies
For those behind the new immigration policies, nothing has become more real than the horrific stories that have come from the new and harsh reforms that are sweeping states across [...]
Texas Governor Rallies Against So Called Sanctuary Cities
In the light of anti-immigration rhetoric during the mid-term elections and the ongoing political debate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed to take away the language of “sanctuary cities”. Sanctuary [...]
Possible DREAM Act Update On The Horizon
It has been a long time coming for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, also known as the DREAM Act, to come true. After its inception way [...]
Elections Can Be Swayed By Small Voting Margins of New American Voters
The “New Americans” are a rising part of the U.S. population comprising mainly of post-1965 children of immigrants who were raised during the wide-ranging immigration era from Latin America and [...]
ICE Deports Immigrants During Booking Process And Gets Incentives Abound for Racial Profiling
Already in more than 650 jurisdictions and in 32 states, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to expand the two-year Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program called “Secure Communities” to [...]
Three Plead Guilty to Immigration Fraud Business in Florida
Three men recently pleaded guilty to an immigration scam to procure visas for foreign nationals if the latter agreed to purchase home-construction companies. Richard A. Murdoch, of Florida, pleaded guilty [...]
DREAM Act is Not Amnesty
Despite the recent electoral upheaval, there are still those who wish to see the DREAM Act come to fruition. Whether it will or not may be questionable. All along, advocates [...]
El Paso Border Offers Crossing Lanes for RFID Documents Only
The newest technology in the U.S. government’s effort to improve border security – radio frequency identification devices, or RFID – is being testing with a pilot program at a border [...]