Border Control

In Mexico, U.S. border 'surge' proposal stirs outcry
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 00:00
"Neighbors don't do this to each other," Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos wrote in the newspaper Reforma
Sun, frost, thirst and bullets: A deadly border could become even more dangerous under Senate plan
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 00:00
The "border surge" — a Senate proposal to double U.S. agents on the Mexican boundary and extend 700 miles of fencing — would squeeze even more incoming migrants onto perilous and scorching overland paths, likely boosting the death toll.
Senate immigration overhaul advances with border 'surge'
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 00:00
The border "surge" would dramatically change life along the border with 24-hour unarmed drone patrols and twice as many Border Patrol officers
Canciller Rivas afirma que Peru y Chile acataran el fallo de la Corte de La Haya
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 00:00
La ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Eda Rivas, aseguro que tanto Peru como Chile se han comprometido a acatar el proximo fallo de la Corte de La Haya, que define los limites maritimos entre ambos paises.
Want tough border security? Hope for an awful economy
Tuesday, June 25, 2013 - 00:00
Such a reference sounds tongue in cheek, but if we're going to have 40,000 agents on the border, 700 miles of significant border barriers, and drones in constant circulation, how far are we from Soviet style border security?
Cost of border deal questioned
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Based on Congressional Budget Office estimates, the cost of hiring and deploying 20,000 additional agents over the next decade would be $34.3 billion.
Want tough border security? Hope for an awful economy
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Such a reference sounds tongue in cheek, but if we’re going to have 40,000 agents on the border, 700 miles of significant border barriers, and drones in constant circulation, how far are we from Soviet style border security?
The US-Mexico Border: Secure enough
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
The bill currently being debated in the Senate devotes $4.5 billion to border security, including yet more drones, fences and guards with guns
Testimony: Mark Feierstein, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean,to Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on "Security Cooperation in Mexico"
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
In Mexico, USAID’s collaboration with the Government on citizen security has three principal goals: to improve the effectiveness of the judiciary; bolster the capacity of communities to reduce crime; and protect and defend human rights
Testimony: Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies, to Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on "Security Cooperation in Mexico"
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 00:00
The challenge for the United States is to work with the new Mexican administration and legislative branch in ways that are both congruent with their objectives, and that also enable both countries to push past the current limits on security cooperation an

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