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BTA President attends TBC Border Fence Forum in Mc Allen

Published by Accounting.
June 8, 2007 – 8:55 pm in Advocacy, Environ & Health, Infrastructure 3 Comments

Last week, BTA President Maria Luisa O’Connell attended a forum on the border fence sponsored by the Texas Border Coalition. At the meeting various stakeholders including farmers and ranchers, landowners, border communities and environmentalists met to discuss the construction of the border fence by the Department of Homeland Security. David Aguilar, Chief of the Border […]

Immigration Reform Bill Stalled

Published by Accounting.
June 8, 2007 – 8:36 pm in Legislation, Travel & Immigration 0 Comments

Failing to generate enough support to end debate on two separate occasions yesterday on the comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the legislation from the floor. Though possible, the Senate is not likely to revisit the measure this year. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has stated that the House will not […]

BTA Border News Roundup: Immigration Reform Bill, Senate Votes

Published by Accounting.
June 7, 2007 – 7:03 pm in Border News, Travel & Immigration 1 Comment

Earlier today the Senate failed to agree to end debate on comprehensive immigration reform, threatening the fate of the bipartisan legislation. Senators supporting the effort are scrambling to achieve a last-ditch attempt to save the measure. The Border Trade Alliance continues to monitor this legislation and will post developments as they occur […]

SENTRI Program Now Accepting Applications On-line, Ending Backlog.

Published by Accounting.
April 24, 2007 – 5:00 am in Advocacy, Legislation, Border Tech 89 Comments

ATTENTION: BTA can not offer expedited processing or assistance with attaining a SENTRI pass at this point. CBP has a Frequently asked questions page that should be able to assist you through the applications process, which can be found here: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trusted_traveler/sentri/faqs/

In Order to register online for the GOES system and […]

Border Trade Alliance 2005 - 2001 Advocacy Case Studies

Published by Accounting.
December 11, 2005 – 8:06 pm in Advocacy 0 Comments

BTA is an influential,
tri-national organization with a proven record of affecting
change in all three NAFTA […]

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Published by Accounting.
July 27, 2001 – 11:18 pm in Uncategorized 0 Comments

Since 1996, the
Border Trade Alliance has served as the voice for border communities
before the U.S. government regarding the imposition of an
integrated entry and exit control system at the U.S.-Canada
and U.S. Mexico borders.
The establishment
of an entry/exit control system originally appeared in statute
in Section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of 1996.  After […]

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