Thanks to Operation Gatekeeper, Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000
Fifteen years of failed immigration policy has not lessened the number of undocumented aliens entering the country and has cost millions in dollars.
Fifteen years of failed immigration policy has not lessened the number of undocumented aliens entering the country and has cost millions in dollars.
Lee Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy
Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 06.09.2009 | Politics
In announcing the resumption of a "virtual fence" on the U.S.-Mexican border yesterday, the Obama administration sent a powerful message of continuity...
Patrick Sauer | Posted 06.01.2009 | Comedy
This conspiracy is bigger than all of us.
Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
During the first half of this fiscal year the remains of 60 migrants were found in the Southern Arizona desert; 128 bodies were found across the entire U.S./Mexican border.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics
Media Monitor Greg doesn't want you to go without seeing this disconcerting moment from last night's edition of Hardball, in which Pat Buchanan, press...
Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
Foreigners on student or work visas are probably at least as good a bet as the serious felons the armed forces have been reduced to chasing after. Provided they're straight, of course.
David Coates | Posted 10.30.2008 | Home
One of the great hidden issues of this presidential campaign season has been immigration. So dominant an issue in 2006 and 2007, immigration reform - ...
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home
Over the course of this week, OffTheBus will be running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on international diplomacy and immigration.
Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics
Turns out the fence inexplicably cuts through the middle of some properties, while leaving others untouched. Many question if it can keep people from sneaking in at all.
Angela Kelley | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics
When Chertoff testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, he failed to consider that undocumented immigration naturally decreases when the U.S. economy is in recession.
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration will use its authority to bypass more than 30 laws and regulations to finish building 670 miles of fence al...
Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
In October 2006, President Bush authorized the construction of a 700-mile border fence between the United States and Mexico. Now, however, the Departm...
New York Times | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Mike Huckabee used the volatile situation in Pakistan Friday to make an argument for building a fence on the American border with Mexico and found him...
New York Times | JULIA PRESTON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Michael Chertoff, the homeland security secretary, waived several environmental laws yesterday to continue building a border fence through a national ...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Monday defended the construction of a fence along the southwest border, saying it's actually better fo...
Mary Ann West | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics