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Category Archives: Border News

Digest of Recent Border News on BTA Advocacy Topics - Border Blog

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

Published by Policy.
June 28, 2007 – 4:20 pm. Also posted in 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

Published by Policy.
June 21, 2007 – 7:18 pm. Also posted in Advocacy, Infrastructure, 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 […]

WHTI: Confusion and Concern

Published by President.
June 21, 2007 – 12:51 am. Also posted in Advocacy, Legislation, Travel & Immigration, BTA in the News 1 Comment

BTA apprehensive of yet another ambiguous phase.
The Border Trade Alliance (BTA) is concerned that the June 20th’s announcement that the Department of State (DOS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have revised their intended time frame to implement the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) for land and sea ports of entry. Last year Congress […]

Border Security Spending Bill Drives Immigration Reform - BTA Border News

Published by Policy.
June 15, 2007 – 4:47 pm. Also posted in Infrastructure, 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 […]

BTA Border News Roundup: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) - Passport Extension

Published by Accounting.
June 13, 2007 – 4:28 pm. 0 Comments

According to a US State department release: The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security announced today that U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda who have applied for but not yet received passports can nevertheless temporarily enter and depart from the United States by air with a government issued photo […]

BTA Border News: SBInet Pilot

Published by Policy.
June 11, 2007 – 7:19 pm. 0 Comments

With a pilot program to begin operation after training finishes next week, SBInet will be testing for one to two months along the Arizona Border near Tuscon. BTA will continue monitoring the success of SBInet and “Project 28,” reporting details as they become available.

New border protection system to start operation within days - […]

BTA Border News Roundup: Immigration Reform Bill, Senate Votes

Published by Accounting.
June 7, 2007 – 7:03 pm. Also posted in 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 […]

BTA Border News Roundup: Border Trade Record High, Mexico’s Economy, Canada Border Costs

Published by Director of Policy.
June 6, 2007 – 2:30 pm. 0 Comments

Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Reached a Monthly Record High in March 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 2.3 percent higher in March 2007 than in March 2006, reaching $69.8 billion, the highest monthly […]

BTA Border News Round Up: Border Tax, Border Fence, Border Patrol

Published by Director of Policy.
June 4, 2007 – 2:21 pm. 0 Comments

Canada cries foul over U.S. border taxes
The Harper government cried foul yesterday about a U.S. decision to plow ahead with controversial new border taxes and inspections of Canadian trucks and railway cars that took effect abruptly June 1. Read the full article…
Texans seek delay on border fence: But legislation could boost federal sense of […]

Daily News Roundup: Border Library, Leap of Faith

Published by Director of Policy.
May 29, 2007 – 1:36 pm. 0 Comments

Border with Canada runs through library in Vermont village - Canada.com
Step through the front door of the Haskell Library and you’re in the United States.
Walk across the carpeted floor to the circulation desk and you’re in Canada. But if you sit down on the couch, you’re back in the U.S.
The 106-year-old Romanesque building, which straddles […]

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