border security
RSS border securityBorder Security in the Tijuana-San Diego Region: Some Concern and Challenges
White Paper This document discusses some concern and challenges regards with the U.S-Mexico border security, especially with the role of Mexican local governments to manage the transnational nature of the border issues, such as drug trafficking, public... [03 Jul 2008]
Border Security
White Paper The article discusses the border security in U.S.after the terrorist attacks of September 11th which unsettled the public's confidence in the nation's security and raised concerns about whether the institutions are up to the task of intercepting... [01 Dec 2004]
Border Security Systems: The Hungarian Case Study
White Paper Over the past ten years, Hungary has re-organized the structure of its Border Guard, changing it from a military organization with staff that is enrolled, into a police organization with solely professional staff. [01 Dec 2004]
Border Security: Joint, Coordinated Actions by State and DHS Needed to Guide Biometric Visas and Related Programs
White Paper In this report GAO presents the findings of its report on State's Biometric Visa Program, as well as discusses other aspects of visa processing and border security that require coordinated, joint actions by State and DHS. [21 Dec 2004]
Border Security: New Policies and Increased Interagency Coordination Needed to Improve Visa Process
White Paper This testimony is based on the two reports on the visa process that contained observations and recommendations on ways in which national and border security could be strengthened through the visa process, implementation of clear visa policies and... [21 Dec 2004]
Border Security in the Wake of September 11th
White Paper This brief and preliminary article reviews some of the main issues and changes emerging in U.S.border security and immigration policy in the wake of the terrorist attacks on America. The analysis proceeds by placing recent developments in the... [27 Dec 2004]
Border Security Going Digital
White Paper This document provides the details of how THE Department of Immigration will build a giant database to store digital photographs, fingerprints and other biometric identifiers from visa applicants and immigration detainees as part of a multimillion... [05 Nov 2004]
Border Security: Inspections Practices, Policies, and Issues
White Paper The decision by DHS officials to further integrate the inspection duties so that there is "one face at the border" now means that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspectors are essentially interchangeable and responsible for all primary... [21 Dec 2004]
Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
White Paper The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to improve border security is a technique that has garnered congressional attention. UAVs are also known as drones or remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs). The Department of Defense defines a UAV as a powered... [20 Jan 2005]
Border Security: Immigration Issues in the 108th Congress
White Paper Enhancing border security has emerged as a significant policy issue after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Prior to the terrorist attacks, the priorities for border security policy were beginning to shift from immigration-related issues to... [20 Jan 2005]
United States-Mexico Cooperation on Border: Security and Development
White Paper This new regime has made possible to evolve into an increasing and more effective bilateral interaction on the border, particularly on security issues, for the benefit of the two countries. Since S-11, international relations have experienced a... [03 Jul 2008]
Border and Transportation Security
White Paper The Department and its partners will conduct border security functions abroad to the extent allowed by technology and international agreements. A single entity in the Department of Homeland Security will manage who and what enters the homeland in... [21 Dec 2004]
Border Control Services and Security Sector Reform
White Paper This paper provides a baseline of knowledge and reference materials to support future work on the role of border control services in security sector reform (SSR). It summarizes the current state of research on border control services in the broader... [03 Jul 2008]
Border Choices: Balancing the Need for Security and Trade
White Paper To reduce the need for intensive border inspections, more has to be done to enhance security elsewhere. Security concerns have heightened significantly which will affect trade flows, and therefore Canada needs a fundamental re-evaluation of how the... [27 Dec 2004]
Coping With the Homeland Security Border
White Paper Since 9/11, Swedish exports to the U.S.face increasingly complex and security-conscious U.S.border, now patrolled by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The paradigm shift to a Homeland Security border also presents opportunities to market... [27 Dec 2004]
