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  • August 2008

    • Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

      Washington Post  |  Aug 20, 08 4:22 AM CDT

      Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

      (Newser) - The federal government has begun tracking the border crossings of US citizens and building a huge database with the information, the Washington Post reports. The data collection, made possible by machine-readable documents, has alarmed privacy groups. The government plans to keep the information for 15 years and share it with investigators whenever needed. More »

    • Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 10, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

      (Newser) - Thousands of powerful automatic weapons used by drug cartels in Mexico have been traced back to US shops, and little is being done to curb the guns’ flow southward, the Los Angeles Times reports. More than 90% of guns taken at the border and picked up after clashes come from the US; last year, 2,455 traced weapons originated here. More »

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      Mexico  • weapon  • drug cartel  • border control  • smuggling

  • June 2008

    • In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      Portfolio  |  Jun 22, 08 4:31 PM CDT

      In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      (Newser) - When Mexican authorities seize a cache of weapons from a drug-cartel hitman, their first call is long distance: to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Because, Portfolio reports, chances are any gun used in Mexico’s noxious drug war—which has left close to 10,000 dead since 2001—was made in the US and smuggled through the leaky border. More »

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      United States  • Mexico  • drug trafficking  • drug war  • border control  • ATF  • Sinaloa drug cartel

    • Feds Triple Cases Against Illegals

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 18, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Feds Triple Cases Against Illegals

      (Newser) - Prosecutions of illegal immigrants have soared in recent months, now accounting for half of all federal cases, the Los Angeles Times reports. Some 9,350 illegal immigrants faced federal charges in March of this year, up from 3,746 in March 2007, as the Bush administration ratcheted up efforts to use jail time, and the prospect of a criminal record, as a tactic to dissuade illegal border crossers. More »

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  • July 2007

    • Mexico Calls for Eco-Friendly Border Fence

      BBC  |  Jul 31, 07 5:14 PM CDT

      Mexico Calls for Eco-Friendly Border Fence

      (Newser) - Citing environmental concerns, Mexico is calling on the US to revise its plan to expand border fences. The current layout threatens fragile ecosystems in the Sonora Desert area and could wipe out endangered species like the Mexican black bear, a new report shows. Mexico is ready to take the US to international court if it doesn't respond, the BBC reports. More »

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      Mexico  • immigration  • environmentalism  • endangered species  • illegal immigrant  • border control  • ecology  • fence

    • Tainted Imports Originate All Over the World

      New York Times  |  Jul 12, 07 10:40 AM CDT

      Tainted Imports Originate All Over the World

      (Newser) - Contaminated Chinese seafood is the latest high-profile export turning American consumers off their feed, but they might want to save some caution for Dominican produce and Danish candy, FDA stats suggest. Inspectors stopped more food shipments from India and Mexico than from China in the past year, the Times reports, and the flood of imports is overtaxing the agency's enforcement system. More »

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      China  • India  • Mexico  • FDA  • food contamination  • border control

  • June 2007

    • US May Relax Passport Policy

      USA Today  |  Jun 8, 07 9:16 AM CDT

      US May Relax Passport Policy

      (Newser) - With waits for passports now running as long as three months, the feds are considering suspending new anti-terror requirements that caused the nasty backlog. Since January travelers have been required to show a passport when flying to Mexico or Canada; until September 30th, travelers to those destinations will be able to show a receipt proving they applied, rather than an actual passport. More »

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      terrorism  • travel  • security  • passport  • border control

  • May 2007

    • Guest Worker Program Slashed

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 24, 07 7:30 AM CDT

      Guest Worker Program Slashed

      (Newser) - Key provisions of the immigration bill were altered yesterday as the Senate passed a raft of amendments designed to make the bill more palatable to critics from both political parties.  Provisions to beef up security at the border  were strengthened, while the guest worker program offering two-year visas to 400,000 temporary workers a year was cut in half. More »

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      immigration  • labor  • immigration reform  • reform  • border control  • guest worker

    • Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 17, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Senate Brokers Immigration Bill

      (Newser) - Illegal immigrants are offered a path to citizenship for the first time under a new Senate immigration reform package unveiled today. A precarious compromise hammered out by Bush administration officials and top senators, the bill trades hard-line border control measures for controversial provisions like a guest-worker program and a system for earning citizenship. More »

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      Bush administration  • immigration  • illegal immigrant  • immigration reform  • reform  • citizenship  • border control  • guest worker

  • April 2007

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