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The Legal Basis for International Travel Bans in the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Justin Tobey With over a million and a half cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, the United States is home...
Aug 2, 20203 min read
Balancing Security & Privacy of Electronic Border Searches
By Sasha Brisbon The Fourth Amendment provides the fundamental right to security and privacy from intrusion by the government by...
Dec 2, 20197 min read
Why Elhady v. Kable is a Gamechanger for the Counterterrorism Playbook
By Victoria Tinker Earlier this year on September 4th, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued a long-awaited...
Oct 23, 20194 min read
U.S. Obligations to Refugees & the National Security Exception
By David Manthos Migration can be fraught with risk, both for migrants and host nations facing waves of desperate people. The...
Oct 21, 20195 min read
Defining “National Emergency” is a Distraction
By: Andrew Fiedler President Donald Trump recently declared Proclamation 9844 “Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Southern...
Apr 23, 20193 min read
The Uncertain Constitutional Future of Trump’s Wall
By Alexa August Despite initial relief that the longest government shutdown in United States history finally ended on January 25, 2019,...
Feb 13, 20194 min read
Immigration Policy Shift: Analyzing Trump’s New Asylum Proclamation
By Leemor Banai Throughout centuries, the United States has always been regarded as a beacon of hope for immigrants to come and begin a...
Jan 14, 20193 min read
The Forgotten Border: What the Wall Could Mean for Maritime Migration
By: Heather Wilson The U.S. maritime border spans more than 13,000 miles, approximately ten times longer than the U.S.-Mexico border....
Dec 17, 20184 min read
Walking the Line: The Use of Military Personnel to Secure the U.S.-Mexico Border
By: Daniel de Zayas As 2018 marches to a close, a migrant caravan marches closer to the U.S.-Mexico border, seeking asylum for...
Nov 30, 20184 min read
The Spirit of North Americanism for Security and Diplomacy: A Case Study of the U.S. – Mexico
By: Irving Vidal Terrazas Over the last eighteen months, the long lasting stable relationship between Mexico and the United States (U.S.)...
Jan 6, 20184 min read
Protecting U.S. Borders and the Limitations on Foreign Nationals’ Rights
By Jamie Salazer Technological advances have facilitated the transfer of goods, services, and people around the world and across country...
Oct 12, 20173 min read
Winter is Coming
The enforcement of a recent Florida law forcing international drivers to apply for and carry an international driver’s license (in...
Mar 10, 20133 min read
Could “SMART port security” reverse “SAFE port security”?
In 2006, the British firm Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) was taken over by Dubai Ports World (DPW). Such a...
Nov 21, 20122 min read
Mitigating the “Balloon Effect”: Pressure on Mexican Routes Leads to Trafficking Back to Caribbean,
At a media roundtable in Miami on November 8, 2011, William Brownfield, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International...
Nov 29, 20113 min read
Is the New Arizona Statute on Immigration Constitutional?
Former Arizona governor, current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder are critical of Arizona’s...
Apr 28, 20101 min read
Super Tunnels: The Significance of Sophisticated Passages Below the Southwest Border
The nearly 2,000-mile border between the United States and Mexico symbolizes much of what is dissatisfying about the practical realities...
Jan 22, 20103 min read
Illegal Aliens? The Court Finally Calls Them Undocumented Immigrants
**NOTE – This is an editorial opinion of the Managing Editor – Richard V. Rodriguez and might not necessarily represent the views of the...
Dec 10, 20092 min read
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