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Perry Sends Rangers To Texas-Mexico Border

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Department of Public Safety, Immigration, Texas Rangers, BORDER ISSUES, Rick Perry, Mexico Drug Wars, Politics News

HOUSTON — Special teams of Texas Rangers will be deployed to the Texas-Mexico border to deal with increasing violence because the federal govern...

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White Rivers, Brown Skin, and Black Deeds: Into the Rabbit Hole of Border Detentions and Racial Profiling

Hamdan Azhar | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Muslims, BORDER ISSUES, Racial Profiling, Canada, Homeland Security, Aclu, Civil Liberties, National Security, Customs and Border Protection, Politics News
Hamdan Azhar

The evil of profiling is that it dehumanizes its victims, stripping them of their individuality. The border officials didn't see me as a writer or as a wide-eyed student in the grip of wanderlust.

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90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Come From U.S., Says GAO

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Border Violence, National Rifle Association, Illegal Gun Trafficking, Violence Policy Center, Mexico, U.S.-Mexico Border, Gun Trafficking, Gao, Calderon, Vpc, Mexico Violence, BORDER ISSUES, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Government Accountability Office, World News
Josh Sugarmann

So much for NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's oft-repeated claim that Mexican gun traffickers don't bother to "trifle with paperwork at U.S. gun stores."

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Nativism in Swine's Clothing

Tess Thatcher | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Border Patrol, BORDER ISSUES, Swine Flu Pandemic, Illegal Immigration, Politics News
Tess Thatcher

The federal government knows closing the border is an inoperable idea. The focus should be on education and vaccine development, and above all avoidance of scapegoating.

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What If a State Failed and Nobody Cared?

Adam Elkus | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, War on Drugs, Mexico Drug War, National Security, Failed State, Mexico, BORDER ISSUES, World News
Adam Elkus

No one puts Mexico in the same category as a violent, unstable state like Pakistan. No one, that is, except the Pentagon.

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Mexicans Stream Across Border, Save Retail In Tucson

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Retailers, Christmas Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Economic Recession, Mexican Shoppers, Mexico, Christmas, Recession Fears, Tucson, Nogales, Arizona, BORDER ISSUES, Recession, Style News
Marlene H. Phillips

While retailers across the country struggle to survive some shops in Tucson are counting their blessings in the form of pesos.

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Her Confirmation Will Be the Hot Fight Ticket in the Beltway

Mario Solis-Marich | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Arizona, BORDER ISSUES, Janet Napolitano, Confirmation Hearings, Obama's Cabinet, Janet Napolitano Homeland Security, Politics News
Mario Solis-Marich

While pundits and bloggers continue their Clinton obsession, right wing strategists are targeting Governor Janet Napolitano for confirmation fun and games.

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What You Don't Know About the U.S./Mexico Border Fence

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Border Wall, Border Fence, Wall on Mexico Border, BORDER ISSUES, Immigration Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, Alien, Politics News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

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.

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Symbolic Politics and U.S. Border Enforcement

Angela Kelley | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Border Fence, BORDER ISSUES, Economy, Immigration Debate, War on Terrorism, Politics News
Angela Kelley

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.

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