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"Vigilantes" Set for Mexican Border Patrol

Article about the April 2005 project of a group of volunteers to observe the Arizona-Mexico border, where "hundreds of immigrants ... each night seek illegally to cross the wire fence separating the US from Mexico." Includes links to the of ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4384855.stm

Borders and Law Enforcement: Merida Initiative

Background about the Merida Initiative, "a multi-year proposal to provide equipment and training to support law enforcement operations" to stop the flow of drugs and weapons between the U.S. and Mexico and Central America. Includes an April ...

http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/eng/eborders_Merida_Initiative.html

CBP.gov

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection's (CBP) official site offers information about importing (duty rates, international agreements, ports of entry), exporting (documents, licenses, and requirements), travel (travel warnings and restricted and pr ...

http://cbp.gov/

Operation Liberty Shield

The website of a national security plan developed by the office of the United States Homeland Security to protect against terrorist attacks on the U.S. "while maintaining the free flow of goods and people across our border with minimal disruptio ...

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/homeland/liberty.html

Federal Register: November 2, 2006, Notice [Automated Targeting System]

Notice published in the November 2, 2006, Federal Register about the Automated Targeting System (ATS) "which is the enforcement screening module associated with the Treasury Enforcement Communications System" and provides anti-terrorist ...

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/06-9026.htm

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side)

Companion website to a 2006 PBS P.O.V. documentary which "tells the human story behind illegal immigration and drug trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico through the eyes of Magdiel, a 23-year-old fisherman and aspiring composer who dreams of ...

http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/alotrolado/

U.S. Department of Homeland Security: US-Visit

This site describes the program that "records biometric and biographic information to verify the identities of foreign visitors to the United States." It is "part of a continuum of security measures that begins overseas and continues t ...

http://www.dhs.gov/xtrvlsec/programs/content_multi_image_0006.shtm

Special Report: The New Frontier/La Nueva Frontera

Collection of articles from 2001 about economic, cultural, and political issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. Article topics include immigrants' use of "coyotes" for illegal border crossings, the impact of NAFTA on border cities, crime and ...

http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010611/

Borders and Law Enforcement

Overview of legal issues related to the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Topics include Border Liaison Mechanisms (BLMs), environmental cooperation, narcotics trafficking control, and trade. Also includes news about recent border issues and links ...

http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/eborder_mechs.html

U.S. Customs & Border Protection: Border Wait Times

This table shows "the estimated wait times for reaching the primary inspection booth, the first point of contact with CBP when crossing the Canada/U.S. and Mexico/U.S. land borders. Each border location updates its estimated wait times h ...

http://apps.cbp.gov/bwt/

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