Transportation

Illegals in U.S. are not more likely to be involved in crime
Crime statistics do not support claims that illegal immigrants spread crime in the U.S.; percentage of incarcerated and charged illegal aliens reflects percentage in population
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U.S. destroyer in pursuit of hijacked tanker off the shore of Somalia
Somali pirates on Sunday hijacked a tanker carrying benzene; USS Arleigh Burke entered Somali territorial water in hot pursuit
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High-tech companies want separate discussion about legal immigration
High-tech companies say their ability to compete in the world’s market, and U.S. competitiveness more genrally, are hampered by limits which are too stringent on high-skill legal immigrants
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Spitzer retreats on driver licenses for illegal immigrants
New York governor Eliot Spitzer wanted to allow illegal immigrants obtain regular New York driver licenses; in the face of stiff opposition to his original plan, the governor now offers a two-tier scheme; civil libertarians cry foul
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Local law enforcement's immigration inquiries way up
The immigration reform bill has died in Congress, and the DHS’s rule tightening of Social Security Numbers’ no-match are on judicial hold; still, more and more local and state lw-enforcement units assume immigration-related responsibilities
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New baggage screening tool
U.K. researchers to combine scattered X-ray signals with high-resolution 3D X-ray images to give baggage screeners previously unseen information regarding luggage size, shape, and chemical composition of the contents contained in the luggage
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TSA tests Auto-EDS at BWI
Last week TSA sent randomly selected passengers at BWI to be screened by a new screening device from a Massachusetts company; the devices use computed axial tomography (CAT), similar to medical scanners
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DHS holds talks with U.K. minister, then detains him
Shahid Malik, U.K. minister for international development, detained at Dulles Airport after meeting with DHS to discuss tackling terrorism; this is the second time Malik, the first U.K. muslim minister, is detained by DHS at airport
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Air Force completes overhaul of global weather sensing system
USAF upgrades, improves global weather monitoring system, allowing “weather conditions almost anywhere to be factored into large-scale operations”
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Japan begins to fingerprint, take pictures of foreigners entering country
As of 20 November, all foreigners entering Japan will be fingerprinted and their photographs taken and stored; resident foreigners will also be subject to the new requirement
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Two more airports join the SPP program
The Screening Partnership Program (SPP) was established by the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) of 2001 to meet the requirement for the TSA opt-out program; eight airports are already participating
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Questions raised about effectiveness of terror watch-list
There are now about 755,000 names on the U.S. terror watch list; since 2004, about 200,000 names have been added to the list each year; legislators, security experts say it has become unwieldy
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Chetoff waives court decision temporarily to halt border fence
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area is home to hundreds of species of birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles, and to the last remaining free-flowing river in Arizona; environmentalists argue DHS border fence will damage ecosystem
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Basque separatists planned to attack high-speed train
In the United States there are growing worries about domestic use of Iraq-inspired IEDs; in Europe, there are growing worries about attacks on high-speed trains
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Massive sensor network to monitor Hudson River
The Hudson to become the world’s largest environmental-monitoring system; system may be used to monitor cities’ water systems
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