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Congress to Adjourn for August Recess

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August 3, 2007 – 3:23 pm in Advocacy, Legislation 0 Comments

Pending the completion of floor action on several pending measures, the House and Senate are expected to adjourn until September 4th. The Senate is considering a series of Pro Forma sessions during the August recess to prevent any recess appointments from being made by President Bush. However, this effort led by Senate Democrats may […]

BTA President, Committee Chairs meet with CBP

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August 1, 2007 – 6:27 pm in Advocacy, Border Tech, Import & Export 0 Comments

Also this week, Maria Luisa, Import-Export Committee Chair Dan Garcia, and Kay Olive, Chair of the Border Technologies Committee met with Todd Owen, Executive Director of Cargo and Security Conveyance for Customs and Border Protection, to discuss the Customs and Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program and cargo security standards. The BTA also shared […]

BTA Board Member Gives Presentation at San Diego State University

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July 23, 2007 – 3:11 pm in Advocacy 0 Comments

Last week, BTA Board Member and Import-Export Committee co-chair Kirk Lanz gave a presentation to San Diego State’s Graduate Program in Homeland Security. The presentation provided the graduate students an overview of the BTA and the role it plays in facilitating the secure movement of people and goods at our borders. A special thank […]

Policy Director Makes Capitol Hill Visits

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July 20, 2007 – 3:11 pm in Advocacy 0 Comments

While in Washington, Matt Howe made visits to several congressional border offices including meeting with staff from Senators Hutchison and Cornyn and Representatives Cuellar, Rodriguez, and Grijalva. At these meetings, Matt provided congressional staff with an update of BTA activities in support of our border communities and trade.
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BTA Submits Comments on the WHTI Draft PEA to CBP

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July 19, 2007 – 10:18 pm in Advocacy, Environ & Health 1 Comment

The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) Environment and Health Committee developed and submitted comments on the WHTI Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday July 18th, 2007. The Draft PEA analyzes environmental consequences of three alternatives and one “no-action” alternative for changes in procedures and document requirements for U.S. […]

Mexican Border Trade Climate - BTA News Roundup

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July 5, 2007 – 9:13 pm in Border News 0 Comments

Headlines this week about Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim surpassing Bill Gates as the world’s richest man, has once again placed a media spotlight on Mexico’s current economic climate. There are many varied opinions about Mexico’s economic outlook for the coming year, but it is certain that Mexican cross-border trade is critical to the […]

Border Trade - Looking Forward

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July 5, 2007 – 2:04 pm in Advocacy 0 Comments

Wednesday marked the 231st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Since that fateful day in July of 1776 the United States has grown and evolved into a major economic and political force in the world. The U.S., as part of a global economy increasingly reliant upon trade and especially after the inception of the […]

Immigration Reform Bill Final Hours: Votes, Amendments, Implications - Border News Roundup

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June 28, 2007 – 4:20 pm in Border News, Travel & Immigration 0 Comments

With the immigration reform bill facing a critical “test” vote today, Senate proponents continue to try creating a bill that will have the necessary votes to pass, in turn voting out potentially contentious amendments from both sides. Supporters of the bill must achieve 60 votes to limit debate, opening the door to […]

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI): Continued Concern over DHS Passport Implementation Deadline - BTA Border News

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June 21, 2007 – 7:18 pm in Advocacy, Infrastructure, Border News, Travel & Immigration, BTA in the News 1 Comment

Despite a massive backlog of passports and so far lacking the implementation of new PASS Card technologies that could improve border wait times, Department of Homeland Security continues to provide an uncertain, and confusing implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). Border Trade Alliance (BTA) has been advocating for the implementation date […]

Border Security Spending Bill Drives Immigration Reform - BTA Border News

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June 15, 2007 – 4:47 pm in Infrastructure, Border News, Travel & Immigration 0 Comments

The Homeland Security Appropriations bill (HR 2638) is currently the latest bargaining chip being used to resurrect the Immigration Reform Bill in the Senate. The Immigration Reform Bill was revived when President Bush called for $4.4 billion in border security spending to be added to the bill to win support for those in the […]

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