Abstract
This paper provides a broad overview of the nature of the hiring standards found at the U.S. Border Patrol. There is an emphasis on the qualities that this agency looks for during the interview process and what the candidate can expect to receive in terms of future job propsects.

Abstract
This paper discusses immigration reform which is currently one of the most important long-term issues facing the United States outside of its War on Terror, although border security is related to some degree to this issue as well. The paper notes that the growing Minuteman movement, in which armed vigilantes have taken to patrolling the border, has brought the immigration reform issue and President Bush's guest worker program to the forefront of the public consciousness. While this author supports border security, it is just as clear that immigration needs to be expanded in order to validate what is occurring anyway, which is immigrant labor made illegal by current policies but required for continued economic health and ongoing mass movement across the borders that will persist in any regard.

From the Paper
"This paper discusses immigration reform which is currently one of the most important long-term issues facing the United States outside of its War on Terror although border security is related to some degree to this issue as well. The growing Minuteman movement, in which armed vigilantes have taken to patrolling the border, has brought the immigration reform issue and President Bush's guest worker program to the forefront of the public consciousness. While this author supports border security it is just as clear that immigration needs to be expanded in order to validate what is occurring anyway which is immigrant labor made illegal by current policies..."

Tags:immigration, reform, minutemen

Abstract
This paper explains that for the United States, the main problem with illegal immigration is from Mexico because of the porous border between these countries. The author points out the problems with illegal immigrants are (1) that they work in the United States but they pay little or no taxes and yet receive the various benefits of citizens and legal immigrants, such as claiming unemployment compensation, resulting in an outflow of money but little or no inflow from income taxes for the U.S. government and (2) people associated or linked with terrorism seep into the United States through these porous boarders. The paper recommends that the resolution of the problem of illegal immigration requires (1) clarification of the law, (2) stricter enforcement necessitating sufficient funding for the border patrol force and (3) elimination of "birthright citizenship", which attracts illegal immigration because it offers any child born in the United States American citizen regardless of the citizenship or immigration status of his or her parents.

From the Paper
"Last year President Bush took some steps to solve this problem. In 2004, he planned to allow about eight million illegal immigrants to achieve a temporary work permit that would make their stay in the United States as legal. This was a bold step and many illegal immigrants actually want to become legal in the United States. So they would get their legal status while the country would receive its taxes from them. Moreover, this would bring a lot of illegal immigrant on record and would filter out any terrorists or people with other negative agendas. However, this would only solve the problem of the illegal immigrants who are already within the borders of the United States."

Tags:porous-borders, birthright, compensation, work-permit, enforcement

Abstract
This paper discusses the pros and cons of legalizing the mostly Mexican illegal immigrants currently working in the United States. It begins by laying out the hardships at present which those working and trying to gain legal citizenship face and the burdens to the U.S. economy. This is followed by a well composed argument for legalization, include points such as; the need for agricultural workers, reduced border patrol and increased taxation.

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?The issue of the legalization of illegal Mexican immigrants now living in the United States has long been controversial. Opponent's feel legalizing the immigrants will take away jobs from U.S. citizens, and that it sends the wrong message to the thousands of immigrants who entered the country through the proper legal channels. ABC News reports "'This is a kick in the teeth to the thousands of individuals across the world who are legally attempting to enter the United States,' said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. 'Instead, the U.S. is saying, "Why wait? Sneak on in! Whether you enter illegally or not, you will be a resident or citizen in no time." The first lesson these new residents will learn about the U.S. is it is OK to break the law.'"

"Current estimates show at least 4 million undocumented workers live in the U. S. About one-quarter of them live in California, and most of them are Mexicans. Mexican immigrants have received amnesty before. ABC News reports, "The last time the United States granted amnesty to illegal immigrants was in 1986, when President Ronald Reagan signed a law that eventually resulted in the regularization of about 2.7 million people, mostly Mexican immigrants in California."?

Tags:amnesty, labor, Mexicans, Regan, Vicente, Fox, guest, worker

Abstract
This paper introduces, discusses, and analyzes the topic of legal migration. Specifically, it discusses the benefits of allowing legal migration from Mexico to the U.S. and the damaging effects of not allowing legal migration. In addition, it analyzes the problems and dangers that have come from the increased border patrols. Allowing more legal migration from Mexico into the United States is a controversial issue that has been addressed by many, but never acted upon. The writer points out that the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico into the U.S. takes its toll in many forms; allowing more legal immigrants to enter the U.S. would solve many problems, including death in the deserts, smugglers trafficking in human lives, and reuniting families separated by time and borders. It argues that legal immigration from Mexico must be addressed and increased for the benefit of so many Mexican citizens who want to better their lives.

From the Paper
"The history of legal and illegal immigration into the country from Mexico has not always been fraught with problems. In the 1940s, the "bracero" program allowed Mexican farm workers to immigrate to the United States to work primarily in the farmlands of California and Texas. The program was temporary, and allowed workers to come into the country because of a labor shortage in the US caused by World War II. It continued rather sporadically until 1964, when the US ended the program, feeling it artificially lowered the wages for American farm workers. When the program ended, the Border Patrol, the enforcement division of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), (now called the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS), apprehended perhaps 42,000 illegal workers attempting to enter the country along the Mexican border. By 1974, that number had skyrocketed to at least 710,000 illegal immigrants apprehended attempting to enter the country, and in 1986, the peak year, 1.7 million people were apprehended. Today, at least 1,000,000 workers are apprehended each year (Borjas and Fisher 626). In 1986, President Reagan and the Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), a form of amnesty that allowed many illegal aliens already in the country to remain in the country legally. It also created many sanctions against employers who hire illegal aliens."

Tags:illegal, aliens, foreign, human, trafficking

Abstract
Behind the recent upswing in anti-immigration activism is an array of groups who work together, with their leaders frequently holding cross memberships in several organizations at once. This paper shows that in the eyes of most of these groups, immigrants (typically, non-white immigrants) are responsible for nearly all the country's problems. From poverty and inner city decay to crime, urban sprawl and environmental degradation, all have been attributed to the immigrants coming from the south. The paper takes a closer look at the group established by John Simcox whose volunteers patrol the borders of Arizona, preventing Mexicans from crossing over. It examines Simcox's idea put forward to the U.S. government - The Minuteman Project, whereby an elite group of patrolmen would block against entry into the U.S. by illegal aliens. The paper looks at the public, media and U.S. administration's reaction to the Project.

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"Of course, this led to many more politicians having to add their comments on the issue. Most notably was Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. On April 21, 2005, she announced the introduction of legislation calling on Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to appoint a Northern Border Coordinator. The Northern Border Coordinator would be responsible for devising and implementing measures to increase the security of the border between the United States and Canada and the ports of entry located along the border. This person would improve the coordination between the agencies responsible for that security and serve as the primary liaison with state and local governments and law enforcement agencies regarding security along the border between the U.S. and Canada (clinton.senate)."

Tags:smuggling, border, patrol, Civil, Homeland, Defense, immigration

Abstract
This paper explains that section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act can be used to combat illegal immigration because, under limited conditions, it gives law enforcement agencies the authority to use immigration-related information to advance local policing efforts. Next, the author reviews the three basic permitted types of 287(g) enforcement agreements: correctional, which is the most common usually involving a county jail system, highway patrol and task force investigations. The paper recommends a decentralized approach to the 287(g) program instead of one agency enforcing of illegal immigration and a required review of all prisoners in every criminal detention facility to ascertain their immigration status. This paper contains a table.

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"In particular, the law enforcement perspective of agency administrators and personnel, as it relates to state and local enforcement of immigration law, varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Some law enforcement administrators and personnel believe the enforcement of immigration law is solely a federal responsibility. Some chiefs do not believe that local law enforcement agencies should spend much of their limited resources to take on what has essentially been a federal responsibility for illegal immigration enforcement in their communities."

Tags:community state, border patrol, incarceration partnership

Abstract
This paper reviews a positive and negative aspect of both the Homeland Security National Strategy and the USA PATRIOT ACt. The paper first discusses a positive aspect of the Homeland Security National Strategy, which is the removal of barriers to sharing terrorism information among law enforcement agencies. The writer then addresses the category of border and transportation security as a negative of this strategy. With respect to the USA PATRIOT Act, the writer describes Title VI, which provides for victims of terrorism, as a positive, and the way in which this Act threatens our right of privacy as a negative.

Outline:
Homeland Security National Strategy Pro
Homeland Security National Strategy Con
USA PATRIOT Act Pro
USA PATRIOT Act Con
Conclusion

From the Paper
"One of the outcomes of the hearings held after 9/11 was that fragmentation of law enforcement hindered the possible prevention of the 9/11 attack. The first task of the Department of Homeland Security was to remove the barriers to sharing information among law enforcement agencies as that information relates to terrorism. The Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) was set up to consolidate terrorist watch lists for federal, state and local screeners and law enforcement (FBI, 2007). The Department of Homeland Security Information Network is connected to not only the 50 states but also to 50 major urban areas (International & Homeland Security, 2007). Warrants were made applicable across state lines thus avoiding the time consuming task of obtaining warrants from each state where a suspected terrorist may be operating."

Tags:intelligence emergency preparedness response drug customs immigration, Border Patrol

Abstract
The paper details how illegal immigrants cost legal taxpayers billions of dollars a year. The paper presents the Republican and Democratic views on illegal immigration and discusses how an unsecured border could allow another terrorist attack. The paper includes personal stories of how the issue of illegal immigration impacts individuals. The paper strongly contends that since the problem of illegal immigration has been overlooked and avoided for years, the situation is becoming dire with potentially catastrophic consequences.

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"What would you do with $1.3 billion? You could buy 419,490 widescreen HDTV's. How about 5,002 new 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti's? Or perhaps you could use that obscene amount that Arizona alone spent on illegal immigrant's education, healthcare, and incarceration fees to hire 38,229 new border patrol agents to reinforce a broken and battered border. Or consider California taxpayers who, in contrast, spent $10 billion on illegal immigrant fees. That's a whopping 3,226,847 HDTV's, 38,483 of those Ferrari's, or 294,074 new border patrol agents. There were around 1.1 million border arrests last year with 51%, or 516,109 in Arizona. The reason our state has the largest influx of illegal immigrants is because Arizona has lagged behind the advancements made along the borders in California and Texas. They have stepped up measures to put an end to this invasion, which has channeled this steady stream of aliens into Arizona's open borders. Border control is like a balloon: squeeze one area and another area expands. Arizona needs to squeeze back. There are now an estimated 34 million immigrants in the United States, with about a third of them, 11 million, being illegal."

Tags:alien, illegals, border, patrol, Arizona, Mexico, terrorism, taxes

Abstract
This paper examines how the digital explosion has reconstituted markedly the surveillance and data-collecting behaviors of the state and federal government to the detriment of the constitutional liberties of American citizens. The areas designated as "constitutional free zones" are analyzed and the digital technologies used in surveillance of these areas are described. The paper also discusses the infringement of constitutional rights and other dangers of constitutional free zones. In addition, the paper presents dialogues with individuals, friend, students and police officers about their opinions on the movement towards zero-privacy and the breakdown of constitutional liberties.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Constitutional-Free Zones
Digital Technology Used to Patrol Boarders and Costal Zones
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
Data Collection and Retention
Automated Targeting System (ATS)
Some of the Other Border Technologies
Informal Survey of Cambridge Residents
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Some individuals maybe concerned about the increasing data surveillance techniques of private data aggregator companies. However, the greatest threat to privacy and constitutional liberties comes not from corporations but from our own government, Big Brother. Historical, but more increasingly since 9-11, our government has demonstrated that it is willing to compromise our individual constitutional rights in pursuit of nameless, unidentified, unjustified, unknown threats or terrorist."

Tags:zero-privacy surveillance border database, coastal states