Sophia Bollag, San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 30, 2024 "Former President Donald Trump says he will compel local police to enforce federal immigration law if he’s reelected, which would put...
HRW, May 1, 2024 "The administrations of US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the US to wait for...
eCornell Keynotes, May 1, 2024 "In this discussion, Marielena Hincapié, Distinguished Immigration Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Cornell Law School, interviews Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer...
Melissa del Bosque, The Border Chronicle, Apr. 30, 2024 "A defining issue of this century will be people on the move and where they settle. Wealthier countries like the U.S. are responding by walling...
A very useful spreadsheet by the American Immigration Council .
"At least four primary areas of concern remain since the creation of the Secure Border Initiative amid its failed line of predecessors and recent program failures: (1) A lack of oversight of security contracts with defense contractors; (2) The contracts themselves favor over-spending and other abuses; (3) CBP does not seem able to staff contract oversight positions with qualified staff; and (4) A need for clear metrics by which to measure the achievements of these extremely expensive programs.
None of these documented concerns requires expensive solutions. They require that CBP leadership and management learn from their previous experiences with defense contractors, provide professional oversight of contracts, rely on the expertise available under DHS and, finally, identify stakeholders in Congress who share their security interests and perspectives. It also might help if Congress were to establish an independent DHS Immigration Enforcement Ombudsman with statutory authority to investigate the use and supervision of private contractors." - Nolan Rappaport and Robert Lee Maril, July 2013.