Border Protection
The growth of illegal immigration across the nation's borders, particularly those with Mexico, has led DHS to begin erecting a fence across hundreds of miles of open land, beef up the Border Patrol, promote its SBInet program and engage CBP in a huge effort to encourage legal immigration while staunching the flow of illegal migrants.
Which NASCAR racing team will CBP wind up sponsoring?
February 26th, 2008
In an effort to bolster the Border Patrol’s ambitious recruitment goals for new agents, Customs and Border Protection plans to sponsor a NASCAR racing team during 29 domestic races on the Nationwide Series, formerly known as the Busch Series.
CBP officer trades sex for passage across northern border
February 19th, 2008
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was convicted last month of accepting sexual favors from a Canadian woman who owned a Vancouver escort service in exchange for repeatedly allowing her to cross the U.S.–Canadian border at Blaine, Washington, without checking her car for contraband.
Barbed concertina wire for U.S./Mexico border fence
February 19th, 2008
As the battle intensifies to keep illegal immigrants from climbing over barriers erected along the U.S./Mexican border, Customs and Border Protection officials are planning to add 36-inch coils of "Supermaze" barbed wire atop more than four miles of fencing near San Diego, CA.
DHS plans $12.1 billion border security budget
February 13th, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security announced that it plans to allocate $12.1 billion for border security and immigration enforcement efforts in its fiscal year 2009 budget.
The figures, announced by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, represent a 19 percent increase in funding over FY 2008 figures.
Their own words...
February 12th, 2008
Border fence opponents challenge SBInet
January 10th, 2008
Mounting opposition to plans to build 700 miles of fencing along the nation’s southern border is forcing the Department of Homeland Security to revise its Secure Border Initiative strategy.
One way to spot an underground culture
December 28th, 2007
With funding from the DHS science and technology directorate, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi and the University of Alberta in Canada is developing an innovative way to detect underground tunnels with the use of seismic sensors.
Boeing passes a Project 28 milestone
December 17th, 2007
The work Boeing has completed on an initial portion of the Secure Border Initiative known as Project 28 has been "conditionally approved" by the Department of Homeland Security, Doug Baker, a White House special assistant for homeland security, told an investor conference in DC December 10.
