Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used strong language Wednesday to describe Mexico’s struggle against its drug cartels, comparing it to an insurgency, even though others in the administration have specifically avoided making such a comparison.
Border safety is shaping up to be a major campaign issue, with some Republicans seemingly intent on arguing the Obama administration has been weak on immigration enforcement.
“I suspect Republicans will also hammer immigration, a topic that preys on economic fears and highlights an issue on which Obama has not More…
Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the U.S.-Mexico border. Pro-reform groups and enforcement advocates wrote off the bill as a political stunt, arguing either that it was unnecessary More…
The Arizona House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that puts the state within reach of having some of the toughest immigration laws in the country.
FOX News provides an explainer on select provisions of Arizona Senate bill 1070:
Comprehensive immigration reform, new technology, stronger oversight and collaboration with Mexico are among the proposals the Center for American Progress suggests for improving security along the U.S. border, according to a report released today.
Here’s the complete list of CAP’s ten reform proposals for the Department of Homeland More…
Last week, Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn, both Republicans from Texas, urged the Obama administration to take action against the drug violence along the southern border after U.S. citizens were killed in Juarez. Texas governor Rick Perry echoed the senators’ concerns, asking More…
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 More…
Maybe the proposal was already in the works, but on Wednesday — the same day The Wall Street Journal reported on the problem of Mexican gangs smuggling undocumented immigrants into the country and then holding them hostage — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) assured Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano More…
Let’s see what Lou Dobbs makes of this one: turns out the crackdown on border crossings by undocumented immigrants has actually led to an increase in the violent smuggling, kidnapping and ransoms demanded for delivering undocumented workers into the United States.
The Obama administration is expected to appoint Alan Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in San Diego, to be its new “border czar”.
“The position will focus on illegal immigration into the U.S. as well as southbound gun trafficking and cash smuggling,” a Department of Homeland Security official told The More…
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