Examining the Terrorist Threat from America’s Southern Border
Examining the Terrorist Threat from America’s Southern Border
*A large part of the argument to secure the U.S. Southern border comes from the idea that terrorists could enter the country, in the guise of undocumented migrants, with bombs […]
Secure Border? A Wall Doesn’t Make It So
By Dr. Henry Flores, NewsTaco It appears that one of the principle reasons that politicians in Washington, D.C. cannot develop comprehensive immigration reform is that there is simply unwillingness on […]
Militia group says it’s heading to help secure Texas border
*How is this new? There have been so-called “militia” slithering along the border on many occasions in the past. They come from cities hundreds of miles from the border, set up […]
Texas Republican to push immigration overhaul
*This is significant. Barton’s (R-Arlington) plan includes a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for children. It still falls short and would create permanent resident underclasses. But at least […]
Another wave of undocumented immigration may be near
*If the prediction in this article is to be believed, the immigration debate is about to become more complicated. Political, market and international economy factors are churning to form a […]
The Republican Primary Border War Dance
By Melissa del Bosque , Texas Observer When a normally buttoned-down Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst dons a bulletproof vest and poses next to a machine gun on the Rio Grande, it can […]
Defense contractors see possible bonanza in immigration reform
By Fox News Latino Security and defense contractors are preparing to take advantage of the hundreds of millions of dollars that approval of a new immigration law that will increase […]
Three Myths about ‘Border Security’
By Joseph Laughon, Cafe con Leche Republicans Border security. It’s everyone’s favorite two words in Washington these days. And it’s an incessant albatross around the neck of any immigration reform attempt. […]
Arizona Mayors Share County On Mexican Border, But Not View On Immigration Reform
By Danielle Schlanger, Huffington Post Latino Voices Cochise County, Ariz., a rural swath of desert larger than Connecticut and Rhode Island combined, shares an 82-mile border with Sonora, Mexico. Daniel Ortega, Jr., the Democratic […]
The Business of Border Security
By Michelle Garcia, New America Media/Diario La Prensa The fate of millions of immigrants is tied to immigration reform. But there are also numerous military contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers whose fortunes […]
