Border/Immigration | Homeland Security Newswire

Rapiscan wins U.K. contract for its mobile cargo scanner

The company says the Eagle Mobile 4500 can scan shipping containers and trucks in less than twenty minutes while also being capable of penetrating dense cargo at increased inspection rates without impeding the flow of commerce; Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs wants several of these scanners deployed at U.K. ports of entry

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Less bureaucracy at the border reduces poverty

The need for more security at the borders, together with typical behavior of large bureaucracies, reduce the positive effects of cross-border commerce

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U.S. installs more cameras on Canada border

The federal government has focused security efforts on the U.S.-Mexican border, but DHS says “the terrorist threat on the northern border is higher”; in response, DHS will add 64 cameras to the 20 cameras already installed (note: the U.S.-Canada border is 4,000-mile long)

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Lawmakers to add $550 million to Mexico border security

The two leaders of the Senate homeland Security Committee introduce legislation to channel another $550 million for more federal agents, investigators, and technological improvements

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GAO: TSA lax on U.S. security of commercial trucking, buses

Billions of dollars have been invested in improving air travel security; critics charge that ground transportation security has been treated as an after thought; there are more than a million U.S. companies which help transport 65 percent of the daily freight across the United States; busing companies carry 775 million passengers a year, more than the airline industry; GAO says both trucks and buses operate virtually free of security restrictions

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DHS to focus on employers in new immigration emphasis

The new policy will aim enforcement efforts at those who hire illegal workers; DHS says immigration raids will continue

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U.S. intelligence chief: Mexico not on brink of collapse

There is a debate among different U.S. intelligent services about how close to a collapse Mexico is; Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, says the drug cartels’ escalating violence is a product of their weakening state not their strength

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Shape of things to come

Tiny sensors form robust intruder detection system

Tel Aviv University researcher develops tiny sensors — each the size of dew drop; the sensors can be programmed to monitor sounds, metals, temperature changes, carbon monoxide emissions, vibrations, or light

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Napolitano unveils new border security initiatives

With the increasing lawlessness and violence in Mexico spilling into the United States, DHS launches new security initiative along the U.S.-Mexico border — and inside Mexico

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U.S. to poison plants along U.S.-Mexico border

During the Vietnam War the United States used Agent Orange to defoliate jungle trees in order to deny the Viet Cong the ability to hide below the jungle’s canopy; the Border Patrol has similar ideas about plants along the U.S.-Mexico border

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Administration urged to end exclusion of foreign scholars

A coalition of academic groups says the federal government’s practice of denying visas to foreign scholars critical of U.S. foreign policy harms the national interest

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Project allowing Mexican long-haul trucks into U.S. ends

Two years ago the Department of Transportation launched a pilot project allowing Mexican long-haul trucks to carry their cargo from the Mexican origin all the way to the U.S. destination, without transferring the cargo to an American carrier; Congress removed funding for the project from the omnibus spending bill

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Terrorist Watchlist reaches 1 million entries (representing about 400,000 individuals)

U.S. Terrorist Watchlist reaches 1 million entries; since many individuals on the list have several entries owing to the different ways in which their names may be rendered, the number of individuals on the list is about 400,000

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The business of homeland security

U.K. ID and Passport Service brings in ad men

The debate in the United Kingdom about the merit of a national biometric ID continues, but the Identity and Passport Service is not waiting

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Country watch: Moribund Mexico

Mexican drug cartels employ more foot soldiers than Mexican army

Mexico is spinning out of control; narco-terrorists have infiltrated the Mexican government, creating a shadow regime that complicates efforts to contain and destroy the drug cartels; Mexico ranks behind only Pakistan and Iran as a top U.S. national security concern — but above Afghanistan and Iraq

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President's proposed 2010 budget shows DHS priorities

Proposed budget increase DHS budget by 6 percent; priorities include cyber security, helping TSA screen travelers, increase bomb disposal and counter-IED capabilities, border security, emergency response

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Questions raised about U.S. illegal immigrants deportation policy

Aggressive deportation strategies employed by DHS deliver questionable results, focusing less on criminals and more on hard working men and women

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Northern Irish sea passengers to mainland may face security check

U.K.’s e-border scheme may subject Northern Irish citizens to security checks similar to those other foreign visitors are subjected to when entering the rest of the United Kingdom via sea

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CBP starts UAV patrols along U.S.-Canada border

Along the U.S. northern border, CBP processes more than 70 million international travelers and 35 million vehicles, makes approximately 4,000 arrests, and interdicts approximately 40,000 pounds of illegal drugs annually; UAVs in the sky will help

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Nationals of five countries added to U.K.'s biometric visa requirement

The U.K. has added South Africa, Bolivia, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Venezuela to the list of countries the nationals of which need biometric visa to enter the United Kingdom; these five countries failed a test of the threat posed by their citizens in terms of security, immigration and crime; the list already covers three quarters of the world’s population

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