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US and Canada Meet to Discuss Cross-Border Crime, Border Security
November 12, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Attorney General Eric Holder, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General Rob Nicholson and Canada's Minister of Public Safety Vic continue reading »
Government Agencies Join Forces to Stop Smugglers
October 27, 2010 | by The Arizona Republic | Immigration News
Quietly, and for the last seven weeks, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Border Patrol have carried out and anti-smuggling campaign in areas with reportedly high numbers of drug runners and unauthorized immigrants. continue reading »
Border Patrol Testing Iris Scanners
September 14, 2010 | by Homeland Security Newswire | Latino Daily News
The Border Patrol Station in McAllen Texas will be testing iris scan technology for the next two weeks. The Dept. of Homeland Sec (DHS) will be testing machines than can be used from 3 to 4 feet away including one that simply works as people walk by. The test will help the department determine how useful these scanners might be in the future on a broader basis. continue reading »
New Legal challenge to ICE Searches at Border
September 8, 2010 | by Homeland Security Newswire | Latino Daily News
The Obama administration has continued a Bush administration policy which permits officers at U.S. borders to detain travelers' laptop computers and examine their contents even without suspecting the traveler of wrongdoing -- continue reading »
Border-Wide Drone Aircraft Set to Deploy Providing Surveillance to Entire Southwest Region
August 31, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that Predator Unmanned Aerial System flights, also known as drones, will begin out of Corpus Christi, Texas, beginning on Wednesday, Sept.1. With the deployment of drones in Texas, DHS unmanned aerial capabilities will now cover the Southwest Border—from the El Centro Sector in California continue reading »
Unauthorized Vigilantes Patrolling AZ Border, Legally
July 17, 2010 | by CBS/AP | Latino Daily News
Unauthorized Vigilantes Patrolling AZ Border, Legally Jason “J.T.” Ready is a different type of civilian border watcher. He and his group are carrying assault weapons, wearing army fatigues, body armor and gas masks. "We're not going to sit around and wait for the government anymore," Ready continue reading »
Robot Armies Could be the Next Border Defense Agents
July 14, 2010 | by AOL News | Latino Daily News
Tomorrow the House Homeland Security Committee will meet to discuss the use of robot aircraft to patrol America's borders. continue reading »
