Border Control

Despite Drop in Migrant Deaths, Recent Disappearances in Arizona Speak to Unresolved Problem

Ted Hesson | Posted 11.02.2011

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Ted Hesson

It's not uncommon for migrants to undergo deportation and immediately begin planning a return trip to the U.S., driven by economic necessity and familial ties. Despite the awful risks, people continue to cross.

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An Open Letter to Self-Proclaimed Immigrants' Champion, Congressman Luis Gutierrez

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 07.02.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Are you trying to destroy any chance for comprehensive immigration reform for the next 10 years? Based on your words and actions over the last two years, it sure seems that the answer is "yes."

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At Northern Border, Agents Fight Drug War On Ice

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MASSENA, N.Y. — Border Patrol agent Glenn Pickering slowed his rumbling snowmobile to a stop and eyed two trails of churned-up snow running down...

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Hope for 2011

Cilla McCain | Posted 05.31.2011

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Cilla McCain

I e-mailed some of my friends and acquaintances this new year's and asked what lessons they've learned in 2010. Their responses went much deeper than vowing to lose weight or exercise.

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Weekly Diaspora: Immigrants Abused, Denied Social Services in Broken Immigration System

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger After decades of misguided policies and patchwork practices, the high human costs of our disordered...

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Weekly Diaspora: Will $600 Million Border Security Bill Target Innocents?

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Anti-immigrant forces have adeptly shaped the ongoing immigration debate into an issue of crime and...

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Clueless Mainstream Media Misses the Real Immigration Reform Story

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Aside from a few token Hispanic journalists sprinkled through the broadcast and cable networks like pepper on mashed potatoes, the country's largest minority group is basically invisible.

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Now Onto Immigration

David Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Gray

Now that the main legislative push on health care is completed, the oxygen should return to the legislative process on a host of other domestic issues. Prime among them is immigration.

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Alienation of the Nation and Peggy Noonan in Particular

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The simplest and only way to eliminate the mess on our borders is by revoking our current immigration law and allowing everyone who can find work here to come and do it legally.

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DHS' FYI on Illinois' Illegal Aliens

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther J. Cepeda

The bottom line is that true reform was not going to be a palatable concept to the illegal-immigration-is-killing-this-country crowd while illegal immigration was booming.

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HuffPost Review: Which Way Home

Elizabeth O'Neill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth O'Neill

Children make up roughly five percent of illegal migrants traveling to the United States alone, and the footage Rebecca Camisa's film crew manages to catch is staggering.

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Ryan Grim

El Paso, Texas, Calls On Congress To Debate Drug Legalization: Dems Refuse

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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The city of El Paso buckled to unusually explicit federal government pressure Tuesday and withdrew a call for a national debate on ending drug prohibi...

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