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If I Had Crashed the White House Party, I Would Be in Guantanamo by Now

Sam Sedaei | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tareq and Michaele Salahi, White House, Tsa, Salahis, Barack Obama, President Obama, George Bush, Patriot Act, U.S. Customs, Secret Service, White House Party Crashers, Party Crashers, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, Border Security, Racial Profiling, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

Many of us were frustrated by the Patriot Act and the way in which it led to profiling and discrimination against minorities during the Bush administration. President Bush is gone, but his legacy lives on.

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U.S. Ports Still Wide Open to Nukes, Report Says

Jeff Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Nuclear Detector, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, Gao, Port Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Terrorism, Border Security, Al Qaeda, World News
Jeff Stein

Over $3 billion and seven years since U.S. intelligence discovered that Osama Bin Laden was seeking a nuke, terrorists can still drive a radioactive truck through the holes in America's border defenses

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Immigration Bill Could Be Introduced By December

Wall Street Journal | MELANIE TROTTMAN | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Immigration Reform, Luis Gutierrez, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Immigrant Bill, House, Schumer, Senate, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Luis Guttierez, Border, Border Security, Politics News

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...

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Making the Case: 7 Reasons Why Congress Should Pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform this Year

Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ndn, Immigration Reform, Latin America, Mexico, Drugs, Glenn Beck, Border Security, Immigration Policy, Politics News
Simon Rosenberg

Passing immigration reform this year would help take the air out of the balloon of the most virulent form of racism in American society today.

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The Freedom of Migration Act Challenge

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigrants, Border Fence, Immigration Crisis, ICE Raids, Illegal Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Labor Visas, Immigration Debate, Freedom of Migration, Congress, Immigration, Immigration Law, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Customs, Ice, Immigration Reform, Visa Lottery, Family Sponsored Immigration, Illegal Aliens, Border Patrol, Immigration Bill, Border Security, Employment Agencies, Guest Workers, Department of Labor, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.

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Drug War is Not Just a Metaphor; So How Do We Stop the Shooting?

Sito Negron | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Silvestre Reyes, Drug War, Border Security, El Paso, newspapertree.com, Juarez, Beto O'rourke, War on Drugs, Politics News
Sito Negron

As seen in El Paso, from its inception, the Drug War has been about fear and a rushed response to a missed diagnosis.

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Immigration Reform on the Front Burner in Arizona

Francine Hardaway | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Border Security, Economy, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News
Francine Hardaway

Arizona's economy, like those of many other states, grew with the assumption that we would have Latino consumers, laborers, and taxpayers. When they go away, everyone suffers.

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McCain, Obama on International Diplomacy and Immigration

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration Reform, Mccain Immigration Reform, John McCain, Homeland Security, Immigration, Election 2008, Border Fence, Border Security, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Tom Tancredo, Immigration Debate, United Nations Obama, Foreign Affairs Obama, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, United Nations Mccain, League of Democracies, Security Council Mccain, League of Nations, Bush Unilateralism, UN Human Rights, Obama Diplomacy, Fareed Zakaria Democracies, McCain Diplomacy, Un Secretariat, Zimbabwe Elections, Security Council Obama, Home News
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

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.

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DHS Take Laptops At Border: No Reason Required

Washington Post | Posted 08.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Border Take Laptop, Customs Laptop, Department of Homeland Security, Dhs Take Laptop, Border Security, Dhs Laptop, Politics News

Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any ...

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McCain On Immigration Watchdogged By AZ Blogger

Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration Reform, Presidential Campaign 2008, John McCain, John Mccain Campaign 2008, Amnesty, Hispanics GOP, Immigration, Hispanics, Border Security, Richard Kimball, Home News

The conservative Arizona blog "Seeing Red AZ" ran a post this week referencing a Washington Times piece on, depending how you view it, either McCain's...

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