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Closing the Borders

The US is closing for business as authorities strengthen the borders between the nation and her immediate neighbors

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  • July 2008

    • McCain 'Wobbling' Leftward Again on Immigration

      newser  |  The Hill  |  Jul 10, 08 7:10 PM CDT

      McCain 'Wobbling' Leftward Again on Immigration

      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,” York specifies), the pendulum is moving leftward again. McCain recently told a Latino audience that comprehensive reform “will be my top priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” More »

    • Cash-Strapped Businesses Battle Immigration Crackdown

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 6, 08 6:57 AM CDT

      Cash-Strapped Businesses Battle Immigration Crackdown

      As state and federal authorities crack down on illegal immigration, businesses are fighting back, the New York Times reports. Employers, stung by aggressive new measures that would revoke the licenses of those found to have hired illegals, say their very existence is threatened. A few states are responding to the fears, and revising or rejecting tougher immigration laws. More »

  • June 2008

    • Supreme Court Will Hear Navy Sonar Appeal

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 23, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Will Hear Navy Sonar Appeal

      The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the US Navy's objection to a court order that ships may not use sonar within 12 miles of the California coast because high-frequency signals are harming whales and other marine life, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Bush administration argues that the judge exceeded her authority in putting environmental concerns before national security. More »

    • Feds Triple Cases Against Illegals

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

      Feds Triple Cases Against Illegals

      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 »

    • Prison of Cuban Baseball Ensnares US Agent, Too

      newser  |  Vanity Fair  |  Jun 13, 08 3:17 PM CDT

      Prison of Cuban Baseball Ensnares US Agent, Too

      Politics is keeping "at least half a billion dollars of baseball players in Cuba right now," one agent tells Michael Lewis as he investigates, for Vanity Fair , the case of an American sports agent now in jail for smuggling athletes. Gus Dominguez appears to be a victim of politics on the US side—though that web isn't half as tangled as the one facing athletes on Castro's island. More »

    • Hands Bound, States Find Ways to Attack Immigration

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 9, 08 9:13 AM CDT

      Hands Bound, States Find Ways to Attack Immigration

      You hear a lot less Spanish these days in Milton, Fla. Hispanic immigrants fled the panhandle town after local police raided more than a dozen businesses, arresting at least 27 illegals. Technically, only federal agents can enforce immigration law, but cops around the country have found ways around that problem, the New York Times reports. Milton’s illegals were rounded up for identity theft. More »

  • May 2008

    • Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 11, 08 8:49 AM CDT

      Detained Immigrants Dying for Lack of Health Care

      The number of detained immigrants has skyrocketed since 9/11, and many do not receive critical health care in overburdened federal detention centers, the Washington Post reports. Several immigrants, detained for minor offenses or waiting to seek asylum, received little or no care for life-threatening symptoms which finally killed them, a Post investigation found. More »

    • Thousands Rally for Immigrant Rights

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 1, 08 6:15 PM CDT

      Thousands Rally for Immigrant Rights

      Immigrants and activists took to the streets by the thousands across the US today to put immigration reform back on the election agenda, the AP reports. In Chicago, 15,000 called for an end to deportations and better access to education, and big rallies also took place  in DC, Miami, LA, and Tucson. This May Day turnout, however, didn't appear to rival the 1 million protesters who turned out nationwide in 2006. More »

    • Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 1, 08 1:45 PM CDT

      Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

      The US Hispanic population is booming, driven more by a high birth rate among those already in the country than immigration, the Census Bureau says. Since 2000, Latinos have jumped from 12.6% to more than 15% of the total population—swelling their numbers to 45.5 million from 35.7 million. "If you close the borders tomorrow, there is still going to be a large Hispanic increase," a demographer tells the Wall Street Journal. More »

  • April 2008

    • Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT

      Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

      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 being pushed through without proper assessment and will endanger wildlife. More »

  • March 2008

    • Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Mar 27, 08 8:28 PM CDT

      Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded

      Visitors to the US entering through New York's John F. Kennedy airport will have all 10 fingers scanned under a new program of the Department of Homeland Security, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Officials hope the program, called US-VISIT, will allow customs—which currently collects just two prints from non-citizen visitors—to snag entrants with fake documentation or criminal records.  More »

    • Deserters Fleeing War Go North—Again

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 17, 08 3:14 PM CDT

      Deserters Fleeing War Go North&mdash;Again

      Iraq war deserters aren't crossing the Canadian border in VW buses, but they are trickling across—and connecting with Vietnam draft dodgers who made the same trek 4 decades ago. About 200 Iraq resisters have migrated north, the Washington Post reports. Some grew disillusioned in Baghdad; others went AWOL from boot camp. And both  generations are lobbying the Canadian government to let the younger ones stay. More »

    • Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 10, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      More spring breakers are sipping their Coronas domestically this year, the AP reports. Mexico is a staple hotspot, but widespread reports of drug wars in border towns and tightened security at US entry points have convinced many college vacationers to remain stateside. In places like Texas's South Padre Island, students are skipping the usual excursions to nearby Matamoros. More »

  • February 2008

    • Glitches Delay 'Virtual' Border Fence 3 Years

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 28, 08 8:12 AM CST

      Glitches Delay 'Virtual' Border Fence 3 Years

      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 function as planned. Boeing-installed commercial software wasn't powerful enough to process the data to detect illegal crossings, and had to be replaced. More »

    • 'Virtual Fence' Cleared For Arizona Border

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 22, 08 12:14 PM CST

      'Virtual Fence' Cleared For Arizona Border

      The government has just given the green light to a 28-mile “virtual fence” along the Arizona/Mexico border, the AP reports. The system, which uses cameras, radar, and other sensor devices to detect border jumpers, is already partially constructed, and working. Last week Border Patrol caught 38 would-be illegal immigrants thanks to a system tip off. More »

    • Families Battle Feds Over US Border Fence

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Feb 16, 08 7:30 PM CST

      Families Battle Feds Over US Border Fence

      Americans on the southern US border are fuming over a federal fence that threatens to cut their properties in two, the Washington Post reports. The feds have erected about 165 miles of fence in the West and southwest, but some families, protecting land they have held for generations, are turning back surveyors. "This is the land that gave me my life and my spirit," one landowner said. "I will fight this all the way." More »

    • Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 8, 08 3:03 AM CST

      Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      Mexican President Felipe Calderon expects the next US administration to bring a “broader and more comprehensive view” to immigration, providing immigrants a path to legalization, he told the Los Angeles Times . For Calderon, Super Tuesday was heartening. “The most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind,” he said. They’ve been “put in their place by their own electorate.” More »

    • Tweaks May Boost Guest Worker Pool

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 6, 08 11:11 AM CST

      Tweaks May Boost Guest Worker Pool

      With immigration reform having failed in Congress, the Bush administration is today unveiling a plan aimed at boosting the US guest-worker program. President Bush's plan would simplify the much-derided bureaucratic program, providing a reliable source of legal workers to replace illegal immigrants. But anti-immigration groups say the changes will cost Americans jobs, and pro-immigrant advocates say it’ll reduce already-low wages. More »

  • January 2008

    • Immigrants Facing Epic Citizenship Delays

      newser  |  Boston Globe  |  Jan 25, 08 5:40 PM CST

      Immigrants Facing Epic Citizenship Delays

      Over one million immigrants will have to wait up to 18 months before become US citizens due to a massive bureaucratic backlog nationwide. Applications surged last summer ahead of a fee increase of nearly 75%, the Boston Globe reports, helping create the paper jam. Before the increase, the average immigrant waited six months to be processed. More »

  • December 2007

    • Tancredo Throws in Towel

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 3:03 PM CST

      Tancredo Throws in Towel

      Republican hopeful Tom Tancredo abandoned his long-shot bid for the presidency this afternoon, reports the AP, and in turn gave his endorsement to rival Mitt Romney. The Colorado congressman has been pushing his hardline views on illegal immigration throughout the campaign but hasn't been able to get his poll numbers into double digits. More »

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National Guardsmen of the 1058th Transportation Company of Massachusetts drive along the United States-Mexico border near Calexico, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2007. The Company finished installing...   (Associated Press)
Earth moving equipment directed by the California National Guard levels out an area known as Russian Hill adjacent to the U.S.-Mexico border that has long been a difficult area for the Border Patrol in...   (Associated Press)
A group containing republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney peruse a portion of the new border fence separating the United States from Mexico from an area known as Russian...   (Associated Press)
Two men push a baby carriage loaded with food items after crossing into the U.S. across the Mexico border at Los Ebanos, Texas, Aug. 8, 2007. In an age of laser visas and aerial drone patrols, the border...   (Associated Press)
California Highway Patrol commercial vehicle inspector Ruben Montanez inspects the undercarriage of a truck entering the U.S. from Mexico at the CHP's Otay Mesa Inspection Station Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007,...   (Associated Press)
Border Patrol agent Albert Deleon checks the banks of the Rio Grande, at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, an area often used by smugglers, in this June 1, 2007 file photo. Escalating violence...   (Associated Press)
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