Posts Tagged ‘border security’
Senate Border Security Bill Passes and Obama Signs On
2:38 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Obama|Politics|U.S.-Mexico Border · 2 Comments
12 Aug 2010
The Democratic led Senate interrupted their summer recess in order to interrupt the lives of countless undocumented immigrants, those suspected of being undocumented immigrants, and those living on either side of the U.S. Mexico frontera.
The Senate approved a $600-million border security bill Thursday morning, sending President Obama his request for 1,500 more troops and immigration officials to beef up security along the border with Mexico…The bill passed without dissent
The National Guard troops that will be deployed to the border have received their orders.And President Obama happily put more boots on the ground and boots on the backs of immigrant communities by signing the bill into law.
Breaking : Obama Cares About Immigration Reform, Again
6:28 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Obama|Politics|U.S.-Mexico Border · 3 Comments
30 Jun 2010Tomorrow, the President is expected to make a public statement declaring his support for comprehensive immigration reform, again. On Monday, Obama met with immigration advocates, again, although details of the meeting have not been released, at least not to me, beyond what has been reported in the press and that is Obama and his Democratic party blaming the Republicans. On Tuesday, Obama met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
And all of this action is supposed to impress us, the Latino voters. This action and a memo released by I.C.E telling them to remember to deport only the “bad immigrants” not the “good ones” is suppose to impress us and make us forget other actions, like National Guard troops on the U.S. Mexico border and the death of an unarmed child at the hands of border patrol.
Immigration, Criminalization and American Progress
8:04 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Immigration|Media|mexico|military|Obama|Politics|U.S.-Mexico Border · 10 Comments
13 Apr 2010
According to an article posted on The Hill, Rep. Xavier Becerra (Calif.), the House Democratic Caucus vice chairman said that Latinos view President Obama with suspicion because of his inability (or unwillingness) to make moves on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform to match his many words. But I think the suspicion isn’t because it’s not that he hasn’t made moves…
I actually don’t think that the Department of Homeland Security, or I.C.E.for that matter, have gone rogue. I think they are continuing a legacy of criminalizing people of color, specifically immigrants, and using “security” as coded language for othering.
Yesterday afternoon I was on a call hosted by the Center for American Progress (hold your laughter please). The call was called “Securing Our Borders” and highlighted a report looking at border security as a key aspect of comprehensive immigration reform specifically in the context of the Secure Border Initiative. On the call were Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Chuck McCutcheon, the author of the report (This will open a PDF file), and Angela M. Kelley, VP for Immigration Policy and Advocacy for the CAP.
Head for the Border, But Leave Your Laptop at Home
8:36 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Tech|travel · 2 Comments
1 Aug 2008
If you are entering the U.S., Department of Homeland Security wants your laptop, and maybe your cellphone, iPods, pager, beepers, video and audio tapes. and “all papers and other written documentation,” including books, pamphlets and “written materials commonly referred to as ‘pocket trash’ or ‘pocket litter.”.
According to an article in the Washington Post, there has been a policy in place for some time that authorizes Homeland security to:
take a traveler’s laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.Also, officials may share copies of the laptop’s contents with other agencies and private entities for language translation, data decryption or other reasons, according to the policies, dated July 16…
Virtual Border Fence Ready to Go Live
8:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · arizona|Immigration · 2 Comments
19 Oct 2007
The first section of a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border is just about ready to be switched on. What is a virtual fence? It’s a 28 mile stretch of the border armed with heat sensors, radar, cameras and 9 towers to detect immigrants crossing into the U.S. just southwest of Tuscon.
So far the pilot project has cost $20 million. Hmmm I wonder how much children’s health insurance we could buy with that money? Anyway, the fence project has had software problems which have kept the radars turned off. But Boeing (yes the airplane people) are ready for live testing later this month.
Via / AP
The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Doesn’t Like Fences
10:49 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · business|Immigration · Comments Off
26 Oct 2006
The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, an advocacy organization representing two million Hispanic-owned businesses in the U.S. issued a statement today regarding the planned signing by President Bush of the U.S. Mexico Border Bill that will put in place a 700-mile long fence along the southern border.
“On behalf of our USHCC Board of Directors, we are extremely disappointed by the President’s decision to sign the U.S.-Mexico Border Bill into law and do it during a nationally-televised White House ceremony. Rather than cheering and applauding the President and our Congressional leaders for a law that promotes misguided enforcement- only legislation that builds fences between allies, hurts small businesses and pushes 12 million people further into the shadows, we should be demanding that our national leadership seek comprehensive solutions to this complex issue. We further call on the President and those Congressional leaders that originally promised to seek true comprehensive reform to live up to their commitments.” said David C. Lizárraga, USHCC, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Via / Hispanic PR Wire
Calderon Against Border Wall
10:48 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Immigration|mexico · 1 Comment
27 Sep 2006
The “official” Mexican President-elect, Felipe Calderon, weighed in yesterday on plans to add additional fencing/walls along the border between Mexico and the United States.
We are worried … about the actions that the United States is discussing concerning building a border wall and tightening restrictions on migrants.
Calderon made the statement afer a meeting with his country’s foreign secretary. Calderon is not convinced that the placement of additional physical barriers will lessen the amount of traffic through the border. United States Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist set up a possible vote late this week on a proposal to erect fencing along a third of the U.S.-Mexican border.
Sounds like more band aids instead of real aid.
Via / Yahoo! News
Governors Mull Over Border Security
1:10 pm By Maegan La Mala · Immigration · 1 Comment
29 Aug 2006
Last week, governors from the US and Mexico border met in Austin, TX for the 24th annual meeting of the Border Governors Conference. Ten border governors from the U.S. and Mexico border met for two days to discuss economic and security issues facing the two countries. The conference involves the governors of California, Arizona, New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
Traditionally these conferences focused on interests like trade, agriculture, water, the environment, education and health, science and technology since the Border Governors Conference began in 1980. With a debate raging in the US over the immigration policy, it is not a surprise border security dominated the talks this year.
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