border security
Supreme Court Won’t Get Involved in Border Fence Construction
The Supreme Court today announced it won’t get involved in a lawsuit brought by El Paso and other Texas counties against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano over construction of a border fence intended to deter illegal immigrants.
The Texas local governments had argued that Michael Chertoff, Napolitano’s predecessor, improperly waived dozens of federal laws that could [...]
Expanding Immigration Checks at Local Jails May Not Be as Benign as It Sounds
The continued expansion of the so-called “Secure Communities” program, which sends the fingerprints of suspects booked at local jails to the federal immigration authorities to check immigration status, could have troubling consequences, immigration advocates say.
The Washington Post’s story today on the program, started last year by the Bush administration, says the initiative aims to target [...]
Border Fence Leads to Flooding
The fence under construction along the Arizona-Mexico border aims to keep immigrants out, but it’s also yielding some unintended environmental consequences. At the moment, its being credited with flooding in the area, environmentalists say.
Blogroll
- The Huffington Post
- Talking Points Memo
- TPMMuckraker
- Pro Publica
- The Raw Story
- The Plum Line
- Matthew Yglesias
- Small Wars Journal
- Abu Muqawama
- FiveThirtyEight
- Daily Kos
- Open Left
- Think Progress
- Real Clear Politics
- The Big Picture
- Consumerist
- Andrew Sullivan
- Eschaton
- Crooks and Liars
- Grist
- Capital Eye
- Taxpayers for Common Sense
- Open Congress
- Ben Smith
- Michael Calderone
- Political Animal

