AltWeeklies Wire
Border Fence Blocks Access to Important Historical Sitenew

Border Monument 258 can no longer be accessed from the U.S. side.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
12-22-2011 |
International
Groups urge U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end new prison contract with GEOnew

Over a dozen Texas civil and immigrant rights groups this week sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano protesting the new privately-run immigration detention center slated for construction in Karnes County, Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Michael Barajas |
02-28-2011 |
Immigration
Droning In Dollarsnew

With unmanned aircraft now patrolling the Texas-Mexico border, safety risks aren't the only concerns.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa del Bosque |
08-26-2010 |
Policy Issues
Long journey for helpnew

Locals needing services worry about distance to buildings the county is buying.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Debbie Kelley |
08-13-2010 |
Unclassified
Boston Musician Freed After Three Months in Security Detentionnew
Percussionist Vicente Lebron intends to seek US citizenship -- now that he has discovered that the government is able and willing to ruin his life, at the drop of a hat, and for no discernible reason.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
09-11-2008 |
Civil Liberties
The Real ID Act Leads to a Civil-rights Nightmare on the Bordernew

To date, DHS has issued five waivers for "expeditious" implementation of the Secure Fence Act, including last April Fool's no-joke waiver of 36 federal acts along with "all federal, state, or other laws, regulations and legal requirements of, deriving from, or related to the subject of" those laws, from California to Texas.
San Antonio Current |
Nat Stone |
09-03-2008 |
Immigration
Secure Borders? Try Fenced Innew

With $860 million spending sprees, high-tech surveillance towers that don't work and Operation Streamline show trials, it's still the same old catch-and-release game.
L.A. Weekly |
Marc Cooper |
06-13-2008 |
Immigration
New Immigration Rules Could Empty the Kitchensnew
Tough rules leave restaurants looking for cooks with green cards.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
10-15-2007 |
Immigration
In Immigration Battle, Letters as Leveragenew
Bay Area activists are leading the fight against a new Bush administration crackdown on undocumented workers.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Joseph Plaster |
09-20-2007 |
Immigration
Red State, Meet Police Statenew
Is Homeland Security's harrassment of a federal employee for the stickers on his car a mistake, a new rule or part of a trend of the First Amendment being bullied out of existence?
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
02-15-2006 |
Civil Liberties