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Elise Foley

Perry Claims Obama Encourages Unauthorized Immigration By Minors

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Immigration, Texas Rangers, Rick-Perry, Rick Perry, Department of Homeland Security, Rick Perry Border Security, National Guard, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Border, Customs and Border Protection, Unauthorized Immigration, Border Enforcement, Border Security, Health and Human Services, Obama Border, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry accused the Obama administration last week of skirting its immigration enforcement duties to the point of encourag...

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Borders Were Made To Be Crossed

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Drc, Smuggling, Border, Goma, Zaire, Argentina, Graham Greene, Cuidad Del Este, Gisenyi, Brazil, Passport, Congo, Paraguay, Rwanda, Travel News
Rebecca Tinsley

Cuidad del Este is a bustling city on the Paraguayan side of the Rio Parana. It forms the triple frontier with Brazil and Argentina, but it couldn't be more different from its orderly neighbors.

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A Surprising New Border Patrol Strategy

| Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Unpredictable Border Patrol, Border, Random Border Patrol, Illegal Immigration, Patrol Border Unpredictably, Immigration, Patrol Border Randomly, Border Patrol, US-Mexico Border, Border Security, Mexican Immigration, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Tia Ghose A little randomness in deploying Border Patrol agents might work best to prevent illegal ...

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Arizona Governor Wants It Both Ways on Border, States Economy Suffers For It

Kristian Ramos | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Tourism, Jan Brewer, Border, Mexico, Arizona, Ports of Entry, Border Security, Gov. Jan Brewer, Latino Voices News
Kristian Ramos

On the one hand Jan Brewer says she's devoted to increasing commerce and tourism with Mexico, on the other she pushes legislation which would fund a militia to tour the southwest border.

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An 'Animal Farm' Enters the Annals of US Border Enforcement

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Illegal Immigration, US-Mexico Border, Border Patrol, Undocumented Migrants, Illegal Immigrants, Border, Mexican Immigrants, Immigration and Border Enforcement Policy, George Orwell, Prison Divestment, Detention and Removal, Deportation, Border Militarization, Latino Voices News
Gabriel Schivone

The federal deployment of horses to the border is creating a rodeo of dramatic irony that would assail even the imagination of classic satirist George Orwell.

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Ignored Tragedies Remain in Wake of Giffords Shooting Anniversary

Gabriel Schivone | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Illegal Immigration, Prison Divestment, Migrant Workers, Apartheid, Arizona, Border Fence, Border Patrol, Mexican Immigrants, South Africa, Margaret Thatcher, Border, Illegal Immigrants, Borders, Gabrielle Giffords, US-Mexico Border, Border Security, Undocumented Immigrant, Arizona Immigration Law, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Border Militarization, Latino Voices News
Gabriel Schivone

This week as communities the world over justly mourn the victims of last year's Tucson's shootings, the violent death of young Torres--one case in a larger pattern--remain barely known.

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Rancho La Puerta, A 71-Year-Old Mexican Classic

Andrea R. Vaucher | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Hiking, Cooking School, Spa, San Diego, Jill Nussinow, Border, Fitness, Mexico, Deborah Szekely, Rancho La Puerta, US-Mexico Border, Tecate, Travel News
Andrea R. Vaucher

"Romanian Professor Founds Cult Across Border in Tecate."

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Cristina Costantini

En Miami, A Decir 'Hola' Or To Say 'Hello'

HuffingtonPost.com | Cristina Costantini | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Spanish in Miami, Andrew Lynch, Spanish Language, Border, U.S.-Mexico Border, Hispanic Heritage, Mexico, Immigration, Bilingualism, Miami, Miami News

The choice of whether to address a stranger in English or Spanish is often a split-second decision -- one which has provoked much conversation in the ...

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Elise Foley

Mitt Romney, Rick Perry Take Hits On Immigration Records

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Latinos, Video, GOP Debate, Latino Voters, 2012 Election, Herman Cain Border Fence, Herman Cain, Mitt Romney Immigrants, Rick Perry Immigrants, Border, Mitt Romney, Immigration, Border Fence, Border Security, Rick Perry, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney defended his record on undocumented immigration during a Tuesday GOP presidential debate in Las Vegas, taking hits from Texa...

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Baked Travelers Head North Through Nogales (PHOTOS)

Karen Curley | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Photography, Border, Slidepollajax, Mexico, Sonora, Immigration, Border Security, Mexico Travel, Nogales, Travel News
Karen Curley

The Sonora desert floor can reach up to 139 degrees, literally baking the humbled masses heading north.

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Autopsy Reveals Little In Death Of New Hampshire Girl

AP | LYNNE TUOHY | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Connecticut River, Toxicology, Video, Border, Cause of Death, New Hampshire Girl, Celina Cass, Missing Persons, Stewartstown, Autopsy, Canada, Crime News

STEWARTSTOWN, N.H. — Law enforcement officials looking into the death of an 11-year-old New Hampshire girl whose body was pulled from a river th...

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Arizona Launches $50 Million Border Wall Campaign, as Education and Health Care Falter

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Gov. Jan Brewer, Janet Napolitano, Border, Immigration, Arizona, US-Mexico, Border Patrol, Steve Smith, Russell Pearce, Arizona Border Wall, Arizona Border, USA Today Arizona Border, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

Arizona's Tea Party-led legislature is launching a $50 million online fundraising campaign today to a build an additional border wall between Arizona and Mexico.

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South Sudan To Join United Nations

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Security Council, U.N., Border, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, 112th Congress, Peter Wittig, Un, Border Negotiations, Independence, South Sudan, World News

UNITED NATIONS -- The president of the U.N. Security Council says he expects a ministerial meeting on July 13 to recommend that South Sudan be admitte...

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No More Deaths: The Crisis on the U.S.- Mexico Border in Arizona

Ted Hesson | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Border, Arizona Desert, Arizona, Border Fence, No More Deaths, Arizona Immigration Law, Border Security, Politics News
Ted Hesson

From May 13-16, I accompanied a delegation from Long Island to Tucson, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, where we learned firsthand about the ongoing humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Friday Talking Points [167] -- Happy Friday the Thirteenth, Ron!

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Resigned, President Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Ron Paul, Ryan Budget, Bernie Sanders, Obama, Democratic, Arizona, Campaign, Race, Friday Talking Points, Securing the Border, 2012, Republican, Playing Politics, Mike Huckabee, Midotw, Ethics, Ryan, New State, Friday the 13th, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Kent Conrad, Reid, Friday the Thirteenth, House, Budget, Mexico, Baja Arizona, Democrat, Pima County, Congress, Subsidies, Bin Laden, Tax Breaks, Newt Gingrich, Democrats, Paul, Oil Companies, Barack Obama, Election, Corporate Welfare, Sanders, John Ensign, Vote, Mddotw, RJ Eskow, Ensign, Chris Weigant, Border, Harry Reid, Paul Ryan, Senate, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Ron Paul, apparently, is not a superstitious kind of guy. Tempting fate, as it were, he announced today that he's running for president once again -- on Friday the thirteenth.

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What to Expect Ahead of the President's Speech on Immigration

Kristian Ramos | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Border, Immmigration, Politics, President Obama, Politics News
Kristian Ramos

With the president's speech, let's hope we can put all of the narrow-minded talk on border security enforcement in perspective and broaden the conversation to ways in which we can truly fix our broken immigration system.

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The Border and the War on Terror

Ray Suarez | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Latinos, John McCain, War on Terror, Janet Napolitano, Border, Elections 2012, Drugs, Immigration, Arizona, Border Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News
Ray Suarez

It looked as if a coalition cobbled together from Republicans and Democrats was ready to make a deal on immigration reform. Then succeeding elections, a shift in power and an economy that shed millions of jobs changed the calculus around future immigration.

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Arizona Unleashes Air Posse and Tank, As Nation Celebrates AZ Native Son Cesar Chavez Today

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Cesar Chavez, Operation Desert Sky, Border, President Obama, Arizona Gone Wild, Mexico, Robert Kennedy, Arizona, Jr, Tea Party, Joe Arpaio, Russell Pearce, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

On the eve of Arizona's most famous native son's celebrated birthday, Joe Arpaio unveiled his latest media stunt, the war-time invoking Operation Desert Sky -- a 30-plane air posse of armed volunteers to track Mexican smugglers.

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Arizona's Shock Doctrine? Children Call Out Legislators on Immigration Bills Defeat

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, Immigration Reform, Education, Gov. Jan Brewer, Children, Chamber of Commerce, Border, Mexico, Immigration, Arizona, US, Russell Pearce, Politics News
Jeff Biggers

On the heels of an unforgiving year of outrageous state rebellion, children in Arizona have had to create their own book of humanity, if only to defend their state's diverse heritage and basic human rights.

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Weekly Diaspora: The 2012 Budget and Our Unsecured Border

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Immigration Reform, American Independent, Immigration Impact, Campus Progress, 2012 Budget, House, Dhs, Border, Obama, Immigration, Border Security, Care2, Alternet, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger President Obama is taking heat from all sides this week for his 2012 budget proposal, which propose...

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Immigration Reform and Border Communities: We Need Bipartisan Problem-Solving

Arturo Venegas, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, State of the Union, Immigration Reform, Law Enforcement, Undocumented Immigrants, Barack Obama, Crime, Police, U.S.-Mexico Border, Border, Laredo, Immigration, Border Security, Politics News
Arturo Venegas, Jr.

Our southern border is being used a pawn for politics rather than progress. What is really infecting the border cities in America is rhetoric about "border violence."

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SBInet Is Dead, But Don't Expect an End to Costly Border Surveillance

G.W. Schulz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics, Surveillance, Immigration, Technology, Border, Sbinet, Border Surveillance, Virtual Border, Politics News
G.W. Schulz

After months of inaction and hundreds of millions in taxpayer money handed over to defense giant Boeing Co., federal officials have chosen to give up on a troubled border surveillance initiative known as the "virtual fence."

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Walid Makled: First threat to the Santos-Chavez Lovefest

Joel D. Hirst | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Venezuela, Santos, Colombia, Makled, Hugo Chavez, International Relations, Border, World News
Joel D. Hirst

It is in the interest of both Colombia and the U.S. that a Venezuelan drug kingpin be tried for his alleged crimes in New York. The information he could provide would be invaluable in the ongoing fight against drug trafficking.

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Ryan Grim

Raul Labrador, GOP Challenger: Troops Should Man Mexican Border In Between Deployments To War Zones

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guards on Border, Raul Labrador, Border, Border Fence, Border Security, National Guard, GOP Border Mexico, Politics News

Instead of having members of the National Guard "sit and wait for six months" when they're not deployed in a war zone, it might be a better idea to se...

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The F Word: Is the Drug War a Class War?

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: F Word, Poverty, Clinton, Violence, Molly Molloy, Jobs, Obama, War on Drugs, Grit Tv, Nafta, El Diario, Charles Bowden, Bush, The F Word, Frontera List, Laura Flanders, Border, Ciudad Juarez, Grittv, Drug War, Security, Juarez, Politics News
Laura Flanders

The war on drugs. We keep calling it that, it seems, because we like wars on abstract concepts. Like the war on terror, the war on drugs racks up one ...

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