Border monitoring / protection

Local police not required to detain illegals for ICE
Internal DHS documents reveal local law enforcement agencies are not required to hold undocumented immigrants when requested by the federal government; a coalition of groups against the controversial Secure Communities program obtained a total of three documents under a Freedom of Information request that clarified the policy of detainers for local law enforcement agencies
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Mexican senators to discuss immigration law with Georgia lawmakers
In an effort to curtail the passage of harsh state immigration laws, a group of Mexican senators announced on Tuesday their plans to meet with lawmakers from several states including Georgia, Alabama, and Arizona; the senators hope to convince state lawmakers that illegal immigrants are generally law-abiding individuals who contribute to the U.S. economy
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Sector Report for Thursday, 3 November 2011: Border / Immigration control
This report contains the following stories.
* House subpoenas DHS for immigration data

* CBP to open new border crossing point in Texas

* Five people rescued from sewage-filled cross-border tunnel
Plus 1 additional story.
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House subpoenas DHS for immigration data
On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement voted to issue a subpoena for DHS documents regarding information on possible illegal aliens that the agency has declined to deport after local law enforcement reported they had been taken into custody
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CBP to open new border crossing point in Texas
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) hopes to open a new border crossing point in a remote portion of Texas by next year; the agency hopes to create a border checkpoint in Boquillas, Texas in Big Bend National Park. The crossing point would be designated as a Class B port of entry — the first of its kind in the entire history of the agency
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Five people rescued from sewage-filled cross-border tunnel
Border Patrol agents and firefighters rescue five people trapped in a sewage-filled trans-border tunnel near Chula Vista, California
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Border fence proposal draws sharp criticism in Idaho
A recently proposed plan to build fences along a 4,000-mile stretch of the U.S.-Canada border has caused quite a stir among residents of Idaho; last month U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials held a meeting in Naples, Idaho to discuss several strategies for border enforcement and open its proposals for public comment
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Debating immigration: Alabama's new law, Obama's strategy
In the first of a new ongoing Point-Counterpoint Debate series, Homeland Security NewsWire’s executive editor Eugene K. Chow interviewed Mary Giovagnoli, the director of the Immigration Policy Center at the American Immigration Council, and Ira Mehlman, the media director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform; the two weighed in on President Obama’s current immigration strategy, the effect of Alabama’s tough new immigration law, and what lawmakers can do to curb illegal immigration
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Border security market booming
The border security market will reach a value of $17 billion in 2011, as governments around the world continue to invest in a range of border security products
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Lawmakers seek to block weapons, cash heading to Mexico
DHS could soon be doubling the amount of resources it devotes to inspecting southbound shipments at U.S.— Mexico border crossings
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Sector Report for Thursday, 20 October 2011: Border / Immigration control
This report contains the following stories.
* Underage cartel recruits increasingly prosecuted by local courts

* ICE deports record 400,000 immigrants

* Federal court blocks portions of Alabama immigration law

* Also noted
Plus 1 additional story.
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Underage cartel recruits increasingly prosecuted by local courts
In the past when Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents would catch teenagers smuggling narcotics, the agency would hand the case over to federal prosecutors, but Border Patrol has entered into a new arrangement with local prosecutors and the U.S. Attorney General’s office to send cases directly to local courts for prosecution
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ICE deports record 400,000 immigrants
This week federal immigration officials announced that it had deported nearly 400,000 people in the last fiscal year, the largest number of deportations in history
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Federal court blocks portions of Alabama immigration law
Last week a federal judge blocked enforcement of several provisions of a controversial Alabama immigration law
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Also noted
Iran’s assassination plot highlights cartel-terrorism links | Agents seize 50,000 rounds of ammo at border | New Mexico wants more open border | DC refuses to enforce immigration | Sexual abuse of detained immigrants “widespread”
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