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US Border Fence Extending 300 Feet Into Pacific

Mark Russell — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:35:00 CST

For some people, "from sea to shining sea" just isn't good enough, not when it comes to keeping illegals out of America the beautiful. The Great Wall of America is getting a $4.3 million upgrade at its westernmost point, at scenic Imperial Beach, where an 18-foot-high steel fence will...

Arizona: Please Donate to Help Build Border Fence

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:20:05 CDT

If the federal government won't complete Arizona's border fence, then gosh darn it, the state is going to do it itself. Arizona lawmakers have a plan that would get the fence built using online donations and 50-cents-an-hour prison labor, and Gov. Jan Brewer recently signed a bill setting the plan...

Aussie Anti-Porn Rule Has Honeymooners Baring All

Matt Cantor — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:24:00 CDT

A controversial new rule requiring people entering Australia to declare any illegal porn they're carrying has confused many—especially one couple returning from their honeymoon. When border guards told them they had to hand over "anything explicit," they sheepishly showed them iPhone photos they had taken of themselves naked on...

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's a Cowboy; Obama's a Pansy

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:39:27 CDT

Who better to talk about securing our borders than Walker, Texas Ranger? In an essay for World Net Daily , Walker—er, Chuck Norris—calls Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer a “lone ranger” and says he agrees with Sarah Palin that President Obama " lacks 'the cojones' to deal with illegal immigration." But...

US Troops Headed to Mexican Border

Jane Yager — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:30:00 CDT

National Guard troops are headed to the Mexican border next month to beef up security along the border fence. As part of President Obama's new border plan, the 1,200 troops will spend a year in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, where they'll help border patrol agents monitor and...

Arizona to Prez: Do Your Job, Secure the Border

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:43:59 CDT

Did President Obama's slam against Arizona's immigration law make the governor quake in her boots? Hardly. "Do your job. Secure the border," Gov. Jan Brewer shot back at the president in a speech to a Republican group. Brewer pledged to "defend this law against every assault, including attacks by the...

Napolitano: The Border Is More Secure Than Ever

Kevin Spak — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:13:42 CDT

Janet Napolitano pushed back against immigration alarmists yesterday, even as she touted the the White House's latest efforts to secure the border. The Obama administration will deploy an unmanned aerial drone in Texas, and allow local police communities to temporarily “deploy” to assist the National Guard along the border, the...

Calderon: US Appetite Drives Drug Trade

Thu, 20 May 2010 12:30:44 CDT

Mexican President Felipe Calderon took his opposition to Arizona's new immigration law to Congress today: "It is a law that not only ignores a reality that cannot be erased by decree but also introduced a terrible idea using racial profiling," he told a joint session. Speaking in English, he warned...

Fingerprint Surgery Fools Japanese Immigration

Rob Quinn — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:39:00 CST

An illegal immigrant slipped past Japan's biometric security system by having surgery to swap her fingerprints, according to Japanese authorities. The Chinese woman, deported after overstaying her visa last year, had skin patches on thumbs and index fingers removed and regrafted onto the opposite hands, the BBC reports.