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Numbers

05/27/2008 - 18 The percentage drop in apprehensions at the southern border for the first quarter of 2008. According to testimony by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the reduction is a trend (apprehensions dropped 20 percent overall in 2007 from the previous year) and indicates that fewer immigrants are attempting to enter the country illegally.
Legal Report: Border Security

U.S. Federal Legislation: Border Security

04/30/2008 - A bill (H.R. 3916) introduced by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) that would encourage the development of new border security technology has been approved by the  House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Under the bill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be required to spell out the requirements, expected use, and operational concept of any new border or maritime security technology.
Daily Headline : Border Security

DHS Scraps — or Replaces — Virtual Fence Prototype

04/23/2008 - The government is taking down 28 miles of prototype “virtual” fence on the U.S.-Mexico border amid technological problems. Officials say it’s an upgrade, not abandonment.
Daily Headline : Border Security

Virtual Fence Won't Be Operational for 3 Years

02/28/2008 - Technical problems discovered in the virtual fencing system's prototype have led DHS officials to push back its deployment date to 2011.
Daily Headline : Border Security

Bush's Budget Proposal Bolsters Border Security

02/01/2008 - The additional funding will increase the number of fences, border agents, and illegal immigration raids on workplaces.
International: Border Security

Numbers

01/29/2008 - 958 The number of investigations into human trafficking carried out by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last three fiscal years. These investigations have resulted in 281 convictions and the seizure of $9 million in assets.
Daily Headline : Border Security

Honor System at Border Will End Thursday, Says DHS

01/29/2008 - In response, senators from northern U.S. states have implored DHS to maintain oral border declarations until June 2009.
Daily Headline : Border Security

ICE Plans Major Immigration Database

01/25/2008 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans a major database that will draw from more than nine federal sources to close information-sharing gaps.
Daily Headline : Border Security

Chertoff Says Muscular Border Security is Increasing Violence

01/23/2008 - His comments were provoked by the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol Agent in California over the weekend.
Daily Headline : Border Security

No More Oral Declarations At Northern Border

01/18/2008 - DHS chief Chertoff tells critics to grow up.
Daily Headline : Border Security

U.S. Will Seek Access for Border Fence

01/10/2008 - The U.S. government is pursuing court orders to make landowners on the U.S.-Mexico border allow the government to assess their land for the construction of the border fence.
Daily Headline : Border Security

Security, Legitimate Travel Focus of Border Hearing

01/04/2008 - The House Committee on Homeland Security visited the El Paso-Juarez border to discuss security and cross-border travel.
Homeland Security: Border Security

Numbers

12/17/2007 - 75The number of fugitive-operation teams now in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office, up from 15 in 2005. The increase has helped ICE catch 35,000 fugitive aliens.
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