Oct
04
Times have changed along the U.S.-Mexico border. In just a few short years, Mexican drug cartels have taken over the people-smuggling business. Although U.S. border walls and fences have proliferated, they have done nothing to prevent the cartels from moving drugs, human beings, guns, and money back and forth across the border. The combination of …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/10/04/dhs-needs-to-target-violent-drug-cartels-not-immigrants-trying-to-reunite-with-families/
Sep
12
No one should be shocked by this election season’s default response to immigration questions, “We must secure the border.” It’s the same tired sound bite as last election cycle. While border security might make for an easy rhetorical punching bag, it seems to be an area the most vocal politicians know the least about and …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/09/12/experts-challenge-conventional-wisdom-on-border-security/
Aug
23
It is tempting to imagine that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has adopted a kinder and more just approach to its immigration enforcement mission. After all, the department announced in recent days that it will henceforth focus its enforcement efforts on “high priority” immigration cases; that is, those cases involving serious criminals and individuals …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/23/u-s-detains-unauthorized-immigrants-as-they-attempt-to-leave-the-u-s/
Aug
05
The U.S.-Mexico border isn’t what it used to be. That is the over-arching theme of a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP), entitled Safer than Ever. The report describes the immense buildup in enforcement resources which has occurred along the U.S.-Mexico border since 1993. This buildup has created “a border where the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/08/05/time-to-tackle-immigration-now-that-border-is-more-%e2%80%9csecure%e2%80%9d-than-ever-report-says/
Jul
27
BY TERRY GODDARD, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARIZONA Over the years, Arizona has seen an exceptional number of frauds, consumer scams and rip offs. Maybe the heat stimulates the flimflam artists, but the sad fact is they come here and discover new and creative ways to take other peoples’ money. As Arizona’s Attorney General for the …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/27/arizona%e2%80%99s-latest-border-fence-initiative-yet-another-obstacle-to-fighting-crime/
Jul
19
Listening to politicians, one would think that the border is rife with murder, arson, theft, kidnapping, and every other type of violent crime imaginable. Unfortunately, those who spread these images often conflate the violence associated with drugs and arms trafficking with immigration, unfairly painting immigrants as the perpetrators. This image of a violence-ridden, out-of-control border …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/19/u-s-mexico-border-residents-not-surprised-by-falling-crime-stats/
Jul
08
In what could be an historic event, the number of unauthorized immigrants coming from Mexico to the United States has fallen drastically in recent years—dropping from 525,000 annually in 2000-2004 to fewer than 100,000 in 2010. In fact, unauthorized immigration from Mexico has dropped to a net rate of zero—meaning that the number of new …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/07/08/what-does-record-low-migration-from-mexico-mean-for-immigration-reform/
Jun
30
Two recent reports by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research center out of Syracuse University, confirm that the federal government is prioritizing immigration enforcement over potentially far more dangerous activities, such as gun smuggling. While prosecutions for illegal re-entry are up in criminal courts, prosecutions for weapons-related offenses are down in the last …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/06/30/new-data-shows-government-prioritizes-immigration-prosecutions-over-dangerous-crime/
May
10
Today in El Paso, President Obama delivered his second major speech dedicated to fixing our broken immigration system. The President addressed some of the major obstacles to passing comprehensive reform—namely the “border-first” crowd’s repeated claim that the Administration hasn’t done enough to secure the border—by touting the record level of resources invested along the border. …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/05/10/is-president-obama%e2%80%99s-speech-on-immigration-campaign-politics-or-a-call-to-action-2/
Feb
15
Old thinking on border security was on grand display today during a House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee hearing titled “Securing our Borders – Operational Control and the Path Forward.” Congress’ seemingly insatiable appetite for border enforcement does not seem to be assuaged by the reality at the border. Despite the record number of resources …
Permanent link to this article: http://immigrationimpact.com/2011/02/15/isn%e2%80%99t-it-about-time-we-thought-realistically-about-border-security/
Immigration Impact is a project of the American Immigration Council.
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