SEALING THE BORDER
Tags: BORDER security; NATIONAL security -- United States; BORDER patrols; NATIONAL security; UNITED States -- Emigration & immigration; ELECTRONIC surveillance
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- VAST EXPANSE. Phillips, Zack // Government Executive;Apr2007, Vol. 39 Issue 5, p24
The article reports on the efforts of the U.S. Homeland Security Department to equip its border patrol agents with new equipment to control U.S. borders. The earlier defense systems included sensors, cameras and databases, which were based on Deepwater program, however, they did not work...
- Detecting the THREAT. Harris, Shane // Government Executive;Jul2002, Vol. 34 Issue 10, p51
Focuses on the deployment of technology for homeland security in the U.S. Reliability of biometrics in scanning passports; Shortcomings in syndromic surveillance system; Relevance of human intuition in technology deployment.
- CLOSING REMARKS. Lubbers, Jeffrey S. // Administrative Law Review;Summer2007, Vol. 59 Issue 3, p621
The article presents the closing remarks of the 2007 symposium "Holes in the Fence: Immigration Reform and Border Security in the United States" of the "Administrative Law Review" (ALR). The author congratulates ALR for returning the significant issue of immigration reform and appreciates the...
- Great Blunders?: The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall, and the Proposed United States/Mexico Border Fence. Langerbein, Helmut // History Teacher;Nov2009, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p9
The article discusses and analyzes the reasons for erecting the Great Wall of China and the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, which demonstrates that both grew from political, historical, geographical, cultural, and economic circumstances. It is suggested that this article provides a beginning for...
- BORDER BLUES. Zeller, Shawn // Government Executive;Sep2003, Vol. 35 Issue 14, p8
Merging into the Homeland Security Department was supposed to solve core problems for Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) managers and employees. So far, little has changed for the better. At Border Patrol stations, not much has changed. They're against any effort to perform Customs'...
- Border security reported tightening. Waxman, Lionel // Inside Tucson Business;10/8/2001, Vol. 11 Issue 29, p5
Calls for tightening security for the southern border of the United States. Aims of the Border Patrol Citizens Academy; Role of citizens in controlling the entry of illegal immigrants; Increase in the number of Patrol officers at ports of entry.
- Blocking the Border. Grose, Thomas K. // ASEE Prism;Jan2007, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p15
The article offers information about the construction of a 6,000 mile long high-tech fence along the boundary separating U.S. from Mexico to keep out illegal aliens. Aircraft maker Boeing Co. gained ground to the $2.5 billion contract from the Department of Homeland Security to build the virtual...
- Illegalizing Illegals. Buckley Jr., William F. // National Review;12/31/2004, Vol. 56 Issue 25, p51
Suggests that the immigration problem in the United States is the primary unmet challenge of modern times. Reference to the fact that the threat to national security currently is from foreign terrorists; Impact of the need for cheap labor and the passion to avoid any appearance of ethnic or...
- Information Security: Homeland Security Needs to Immediately Address Significant Weaknesses in Systems Supporting the US-VISIT Program: GAO-07-870. Wilshusen, Gregory C.; Rhodes, Keith A. // GAO Reports;8/3/2007, p1
Intended to enhance the security of U.S. citizens and visitors, United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program encompasses the pre-entry, entry, status management, and exit of foreign national travelers who enter and leave the United States at 285 air, sea,...
