Posted by Nicki Nario
On June 12th, the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security for the government’s Fiscal Year 2010. Related to immigration, the bill funds: Immigration and Customs Enforcement at $5.4 billion ($30 million below the President’s request and $439 above the Fiscal 2009 allocation. Included in the total is $200 million for Secure Communities; $1.5 billion for identifying dangerous criminals and prioritizing these individuals for removal; and $74 million for alternatives to detention ($10 million above the administration’s request). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at $248 million (not including receipts and expenditures from the Immigration Fee Account, which accounts for most of ...
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Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The Militarization of the Border: Could this be Reality?
Posted by Michael Sinanian
MSNBC just ran an article talking about the "interagency 'food fight'" taking place between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense over policing the border and whether or not the national guard should be deployed there.
Article found here.
MSNBC just ran an article talking about the "interagency 'food fight'" taking place between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense over policing the border and whether or not the national guard should be deployed there.
Article found here.
Chief of Border Patrol sector defends Riverside office
Posted By Crystal Moreno
Chief of Border Patrol sector defends Riverside office:
The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol sector that includes much of the Inland area defended the Riverside office against allegations of racial profiling and said he does not believe the office established arrest quotas that violate federal rules.
Visit:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_border20.385ce84.html
Chief of Border Patrol sector defends Riverside office:
The chief of the U.S. Border Patrol sector that includes much of the Inland area defended the Riverside office against allegations of racial profiling and said he does not believe the office established arrest quotas that violate federal rules.
Visit:
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_border20.385ce84.html
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Immigrant law loopholes threaten SF mayor's bid - washingtonpost.com
By Maria Uribe
Immigrant law loopholes threaten SF mayor's bid - washingtonpost.com: "SAN FRANCISCO -- Recent uproar over San Francisco's liberal-leaning policies toward illegal immigrants is threatening to derail two top city officials' bids for statewide office as they work to appeal to more conservative voters.
One month after Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for governor, he came under fire for a loophole in the city's long-standing sanctuary policy that allowed undocumented immigrant minors charged with crimes to not be deported. Instead, they were flown home or housed in the state at the city's expense."
Immigrant law loopholes threaten SF mayor's bid - washingtonpost.com: "SAN FRANCISCO -- Recent uproar over San Francisco's liberal-leaning policies toward illegal immigrants is threatening to derail two top city officials' bids for statewide office as they work to appeal to more conservative voters.
One month after Mayor Gavin Newsom announced his candidacy for governor, he came under fire for a loophole in the city's long-standing sanctuary policy that allowed undocumented immigrant minors charged with crimes to not be deported. Instead, they were flown home or housed in the state at the city's expense."
Pentagon, DHS Divided On Military's Role at Border
by Maria Uribe
Washington Post Staff
Sat June 27 2009
A proposal to send National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pengagon and the Department of Homelasd Security over the military's role in the doomestic affairs, accoridng to tofficials in both departments.
the debvate has engaged a pair of powerful personalities, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitiano and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in what their subordinates described as a truf fight over whos hould direct the use of troops to assist in the fight against Mexican cartels and who should pay for them
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Washington Post Staff
Sat June 27 2009
A proposal to send National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border to counter drug trafficking has triggered a bureaucratic standoff between the Pengagon and the Department of Homelasd Security over the military's role in the doomestic affairs, accoridng to tofficials in both departments.
the debvate has engaged a pair of powerful personalities, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitiano and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, in what their subordinates described as a truf fight over whos hould direct the use of troops to assist in the fight against Mexican cartels and who should pay for them
Clikc HERE
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Bill Increasing Homeland Security's Budget Passes House
Post by Maria Uribe
Associated Press
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Associated Press
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The House passed, 389 to 37, a $44 billion spending bill last night that awards the Homeland Security Department a 7 percent budget increase, with money for more border patrol agents and for anti-piracy efforts off the coast of Somalia.
As part of a GOP campaign against President Obama's order to close the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the bill requires the department to conduct threat assessments for the terrorism suspects being held there. It also requires that the department ensure that detainees are placed on its "no-fly" list and denied immigration benefits including admission into the United States and refugee status.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
U.S.-Mexico Border Fence Faces Yet Another Hurdle
Posted by: Lynda Banh
Suspension of the government’s possession of farmland needed to complete “biggest unfinished segment” of the U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Secure Fence Act originally called for almost 700 miles of double-layered fencing. However Congress has eased the requirement, allowing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to instead erect vehicle barriers in lieu of fencing, at their discretion.
The article explains that the DHS has encountered various problems in attempting to complete the fence. Landowners are concerned with the property the government must take to complete the fence and how they will access the land stranded by the fence. They oppose the idea of a gate so until a solution to how landowners will be able to access the property on the other side of the fence is developed, government ownership of the land is suspended.
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Suspension of the government’s possession of farmland needed to complete “biggest unfinished segment” of the U.S.-Mexico border fence.
Secure Fence Act originally called for almost 700 miles of double-layered fencing. However Congress has eased the requirement, allowing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to instead erect vehicle barriers in lieu of fencing, at their discretion.
The article explains that the DHS has encountered various problems in attempting to complete the fence. Landowners are concerned with the property the government must take to complete the fence and how they will access the land stranded by the fence. They oppose the idea of a gate so until a solution to how landowners will be able to access the property on the other side of the fence is developed, government ownership of the land is suspended.
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