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  • Hutchison skeptical of U.S.-Mexico border fence

    Growing debate in Republican Party circles about the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border; in addition to the effectiveness of a fence in stopping illegal immigration, many point to the cost: the project could cost up to $60 billion over the next 25 years, and involve government seizure of private property

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  • How effective is CBP in keeping U.S. borders safe?

    According to DHS, the vast majority — more than 70 percent — of illegal aliens and contraband attempting to move across our border through official ports of entry will succeed

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  • Protecting information at border crossings

    DHS reasserted its right to search, even without a cause, laptops at border crossings; travelers may want to make sure their data are safe

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  • Laptops at border crossings may be searched without probable cause

    DHS formalized policy regarding searches of electronic devices and media at border crossings; such searches may be conducted without suspicion or probable cause

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  • Earmarks work their way into the stimulus package budget

    Whitetail, Montana, an unincorporated town with a population of 71, sits on the U.S.-Canada border; the Whitetail border checkpoint sees about three travelers a day; still, the sleepy checkpoint received $15 million under President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan; critics wants to know why

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  • Honolulu airport gets faster screening

    Honolulu airport is one of thirteen U.S. airports that will use a new screening process beginning 24 August; the Global Entry pilot program, intended to streamline the customs and security process for “trusted” air travelers

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  • GE offers airport detection system to the U.S. Army

    The U.S. Army wants to use GE’s trace detection system; the device may be used for drug detection and explosive detection

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  • Australian, Kiwi passengers to use electronic passport control

    New electronic passport control for Australians and New Zealanders will allow bypassing queues for baggage screening from the end of this year

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  • U.S. inspecting trains headed to Mexico

    DHS has stepped up inspection of trains headed to Mexico; Napolitano: “For the first time we have begun inspecting all southbound rail shipments into Mexico”

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  • DHS adds $30 million for border security operations

    DHS secretary Janet Napolitano announced the addition of $30 million in Operation Stonegarden grants; these funds supplement the $60 million in Operation Stonegarden grants announced by Napolitano in June

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  • Mexican cartels smuggle oil to US

    Mexican drug cartel have a new revenue stream: they siphon oil from Mexican government pipelines and smuggle it into the U.S., where the oil is sold to refineries

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  • U.K. MPs have doubts about a biometrics IT system for screening students

    The Home Affairs Committee looked at the role of the National Biometric Identity Service (NBIS) in student visa applications as part of a report into migration processes; universities have already voiced their concerns that the enrollment of students will depend on the untested NBIS, and the MPs say they share this concern

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  • Coast Guards interdicts smugglers' semi-submersible

    Latin American drug lords now rely on semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs into the United States; the other day, the USCG interdicts one semi-submersible in the Eastern Pacific

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  • Concerns over E-Verify effectiveness as illegal immigration detentions drop

    The Obama administration has mandated that by 8 September, all contractors who do work with the federal government must use E-Verify to ensure their prospective employees can legally work in the United States; senators say it is too easy to fool the current E-Verify system

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  • EADS wins large Saudi border protection deal

    EADS’s win of the massive Saudi border fencing contract, valued at $2.3-2.8 billion, is part of the defense contractors effort to use homeland security projects as a means to bolster its revenues

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More headlines

  • U.S. revokes visas for British band that chanted, ‘Death, death to the IDF’
  • Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act for swift deportations is illegal, Trump-appointed judge rules
  • Dems muted on border wall opposition at Homeland megabill markup
  • US judge limits Trump's ability to swiftly deport migrants held at Guantanamo Bay
  • Homeland Security won’t say how it calculated immigration arrest numbers
  • White House proposes sanctions, directs DHS to investigate immigration attorneys
  • The Supreme Court’s Mixed Signals on Trump’s Deportations to El Salvador
  • Trump’s Homeland Security Ramps Up Surveillance of Legal Immigrants
  • Federal officials arrived, denied entry at L.A. schools amid immigration enforcement fears
  • DHS says it will weigh antisemitic content in immigration applications
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

    The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.

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