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(Newser) - The collapse of Detroit has turned its Canadian counterpart into a veritable ghost town, the Economist reports. Located just across the Detroit River in Ontario, Windsor depends heavily on the Big Three, and now claims Canada’s highest unemployment rate at 14.4%. But Ontario’s problems go beyond “... More »

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Canada • Detroit • recession • unemployment • auto industry • border security • Windsor • Ontario • auto bailout

ANALYSIS

On Immigration Reform, Obama Skips Specifics


Jun 19, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lackluster support for immigration reform has forced President Obama to be purposefully vague about a timeline for legislation, Michael Muskal writes in the Los Angeles Times. “I’m committed to passing comprehensive immigration reform,” Obama told Latino leaders today. But his “vague language on timing for immigration... More »

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Congress • Mexico • immigration reform • legislation • Latinos • border security • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Seeks $27B to Clamp Down on Border

Budget focuses on halting flow of guns, illegal immigrants

May 6, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the budget he’ll hand to Congress tomorrow, President Obama is seeking $27 billion for border and transportation security as he focuses on immigration enforcement and battling the flow of US arms to Mexico. The 8% increase over this year’s budget allows for an expansion of border teams,... More »

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immigration • immigration reform • border control • transportation • illegal immigration • border security • arms trafficking • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama Seeks $83.4B for Wars 


Apr 9, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will ask Congress for $83.4 billion in supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Obama had in the past opposed such requests outside of the federal budget, but the administration says it's necessary one final time to fund the military through the... More »

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Congress • Mexican border • foreign aid • border security • war funding • federal budget • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • supplemental funding

OPINION

 Prepare for Worst 
 as Mexico Crumbles 


Mar 24, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico’s disastrous drug war, which threatens to send millions of refugees into the southern US, is a problem of our own making, Mark Krikorian writes in the National Review. But while America’s drug lust—and its burgeoning counterpart in Mexico itself—can’t be fixed, tighter border regulations... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • illegal immigration • drug cartel • border security

 Tanking Economy 
 Thwarts Illegal Immigration 

Economic woes stem tide of illegal immigration

Mar 8, 09 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arrests are headed south at the US-Mexico border, as fewer and fewer are making the risky trek over just to run smack into the US' grim economic prospects, reports the LA Times. The number of arrests hit its lowest level since the 1970s, with only 195,000 apprehended since October... More »

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Mexico • arrest • illegal immigration • border security • financial crisis

 Mass Grave Found in 
 Bangladesh Mutiny 

At least 60 killed in border guards' rebellion

Feb 27, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Bangladeshi troops have discovered a mass grave in the capital after a border guard mutiny shook the country, the BBC reports. The grave contained the bodies of between 20 and 60 officers in what began as a spat over pay and conditions and has now claimed at least 60 lives.... More »

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rebellion • mutiny • Bangladesh • officer • border security • bodies • uprising • mass graves

(Newser) - Mutinous border guards in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka laid down their weapons today, ending the uprising that started yesterday and claimed at least 20 lives, the BBC reports. “All the rebel troops have surrendered with their arms,” a government spokesman said, and urged rebels outside the capital... More »

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mutiny • Bangladesh • officer • surrender • border security • Dhaka • uprising • revolt • paramilitary

 Border Crackdown Can't 
 Weed Out Mexican Cartels 

Marijuana smugglers get creative, or turn to growing dope inside US

Feb 2, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - The Mexican marijuana trade is flourishing, and border-protection efforts do little to deter powerful cartels from working in the US, the New York Times reports. Smugglers drop ramps over border fences and drive across, or use a new tactic: planting the pot in the US. Cartels now function in 195... More »

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drugs • Mexico • marijuana • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • border security • border • marijuana distribution

(Newser) - Former Weatherman Bill Ayers was denied entry yesterday into Canada, where he planned to speak at an education conference, the Globe and Mail reports. The controversial academic, who made headlines during the election for his link to Barack Obama, said he had visited Canada more than a dozen times.... More »

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Canada • border security • Toronto • US-Canadian border • Bill Ayers • University of Toronto • William Ayers • Weather Underground • academic freedom

Border Protection Chief Busted for Hiring Illegals

Homeland Security official was responsible for stopping illegal immigrants entering country

Dec 6, 08 3:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A top Homeland Security official could be facing a stiff prison sentence for hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, the Boston Globe reports. Lorraine Henderson, a regional director whose responsibilities include stopping illegal immigrants from entering Massachusetts, is accused of employing a Brazilian woman who entered the country illegally... More »

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illegal immigrant • Massachusetts • illegal immigration • border security • Homeland Security

Work Begins on Controversial San Diego Border Fence

Critics charge $57M fence isn't worth cost or  environmental damage

Aug 16, 08 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Construction crews have launched work on a controversial section of the US-Mexico border fence near San Diego, AP reports. The Smuggler's Gulch canyon will be filled with dirt and a fence built at a cost of $16 million a mile. Critics charge the fence is no longer vital and the... More »

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Mexican border • San Diego • Border Patrol • illegal immigration • Tijuana • border security • border fence

Border Agents Have Right to Seize Any Traveler's Laptop

Homeland Security 'update' outlines sweeping powers

Aug 1, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - US border agents can seize laptop computers or other electronc devices from any traveler entering the country and keep them indefinitely, even without suspicion of wrongdoing, the Washington Post reports. A policy update released by Homeland Security, dated July 16, says agents can keep any information-storing device they please and... More »

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homeland security • Department of Homeland Security • laptop • border security • border • Customs and Border Protection

OPINION

McCain 'Wobbling' Leftward Again on Immigration

He's talking up reform, backing away from promises that won him the nomination

Jul 10, 08 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - By John McCain’s own admission, his embrace of immigration reform nearly sunk his candidacy in the early primaries, writes Byron York in the Hill. But after saving his hide with a swing to the right and a pledge to "secure the border first" (a “legitimate flip-flop,”... More »

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John McCain • immigration reform • Latino voters • flip flop • border security

 UK Airports to Scan Faces 

Technology will match passengers' mugs to biometric passports

Apr 25, 08 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - New facial recognition technology in which computers scan faces and match them to information encoded in biometric passports will be used at UK airports for the first time this summer, the Guardian reports. Authorities say the machines will outperform humans and improve security, but critics fear the technology will cause... More »

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terrorism • airport security • border security • facial recognition technology • false negatives • iris recognition • UK Border Agency • advance passenger information • Project Semaphore • Home Office

Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

Dozens dumped to speed building

Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security is ditching environmental laws in a push to finish 670 miles of border fence along Mexico by the end of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times. Congress has approved a waiver for more than 30 environmental and cultural laws to accelerate building. Critics say the plans are... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Arizona • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • illegal immigration • border security • U.S. environmental laws • border fence

Glitches Delay 'Virtual' Border Fence 3 Years

Unmanned "fence' failed to perform in 28-mile pilot program

Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Plans to build a high-tech "virtual fence" along the US-Mexico border have been set back at least 3 years after serious problems emerged in the pilot project, the Washington Post reports. The 28-mile fence south of Tuscon, which included unmanned surveillance towers equipped with radar linked to computers, didn't... More »

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Mexican border • Border Patrol • radar • border security • border fence • virtual fence

Europe Moves to Fingerprint Travelers

Privacy advocates fret, but US, Japan already have similar policies

Feb 12, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Just as Washington is pushing Europe to increase security, the European Parliament is considering fingerprinting every international traveler who enters or leaves the continent, the Washington Post reports. “It’s the only way to be really sure about identifying people,” an official said. The US backs the measure,... More »

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biometrics • European Union • airport security • border security • European Parliament

US 'Passport Cards' Coming This Spring

Cheaper, wallet-sized card can replace passport for land and sea travelers

Jan 25, 08 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - American citizens traveling by land or sea between the US and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, or Bermuda will have the option of using a wallet-sized card in place of a passport beginning this spring, reports USA Today. The handy-sized card is designed to make life a bit easier for border-area... More »

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immigration • border security • passport

Latinos the Wild Card in Nevada

Immigration debate has unnerved many

Jan 17, 08 7:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Hispanic voters could be key next November because they form a significant  minority of eligible voters in states President Bush won by less than 5% four years ago—Florida, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. Saturday's Nevada caucus is expected to offer important insight into how Hispanics will vote in November,... More »

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immigration • Latino voters • University of Washington • illegal immigration • Hispanic • border security • Culinary Workers Union • Pew Hispanic Center • Nevada primary • El Mundo

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