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

Published by Policy.
June 28, 2007 – 4:20 pm. Also posted in Border News 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 […]

Immigration Reform: Shotguns and Clay Pigeons

Published by Director of Policy.
June 26, 2007 – 9:05 pm. Also posted in Infrastructure, Legislation 0 Comments

Today by a vote of 64-35 the Senate agreed to limit debate on the Comprehensive Immigration Reform measure. The move leaves 30 hours of debate to consider nearly two-dozen amendments pending to the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) in concert with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have agreed to pare down […]

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, Border News, 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, Border News, 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 […]

Immigration Reform and Border Security – Chicken or the Egg?

Published by Director of Policy.
June 18, 2007 – 9:40 pm. Also posted in Infrastructure, Legislation, Border Tech 2 Comments

Having pressed his case directly to Republican Senators, President Bush and the White House are proposing additional dollars toward border security in an attempt to gain traction with Senators opposed to immigration reform. The announcement by the Administration illustrates both its commitment toward immigration reform and its worry that without such a commitment […]

Border Security Spending Bill Drives Immigration Reform - BTA Border News

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

Travel Initiative Overwhelms Feds

Published by Director of Policy.
June 12, 2007 – 2:35 pm. Also posted in Advocacy 0 Comments

Last Friday, the Departments of State (DOS) and Homeland Security (DHS) announced a reprieve from the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative for air travelers flying from the U.S. to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or the Caribbean. After repeated assurances that the new passport requirement would be readily implemented by January 1, 2008 at land and sea […]

Immigration Reform Bill Stalled

Published by Accounting.
June 8, 2007 – 8:36 pm. Also posted in Legislation 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 […]

BTA Border News Roundup: Immigration Reform Bill, Senate Votes

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

The Border Fence, Immigration Reform, and One Guy with Tuberculosis

Published by Director of Policy.
June 5, 2007 – 3:41 pm. Also posted in Advocacy, Infrastructure, Legislation, Border Tech 1 Comment

Sounds like the opening line from that poor attempt of a joke told to you by your brother-in-law over the barbeque during Memorial Day. However, the border fence, immigration reform and the case of the Atlanta lawyer with TB have more in common than you think - and it’s not a joke.
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