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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, 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 […]

Immigration Reform and Border Security – Chicken or the Egg?

Published by Director of Policy.
June 18, 2007 – 9:40 pm. Also posted in Legislation, Border Tech, Travel & Immigration 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 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 […]

BTA President attends TBC Border Fence Forum in Mc Allen

Published by Accounting.
June 8, 2007 – 8:55 pm. Also posted in Advocacy, Environ & Health 2 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 […]

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, Legislation, Border Tech, Travel & Immigration 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.
The Senate is […]

BTA Meeting in Nogales on C-TPAT Rail

Published by BTA Staff.
May 18, 2007 – 7:55 pm. 0 Comments

BTA President Maria Luisa O’Connell and Policy and Project Coordinator Diana Lauritson met with participants of the C-TPAT Rail pilot project in Nogales to discuss the status of the project. The meeting resulted in better coordination among the stakeholders, and the BTA anticipates the launching of the project to be sometime in the next […]

A Busy Week for US-DOT Pilot Program

Published by BTA Staff.
May 2, 2007 – 11:43 pm. Also posted in Advocacy, Legislation 1 Comment

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee yesterday unanimously approved, by a vote of 66-0 , legislation restricting the Administration’s pilot program to allow Mexican trucks access to U.S. roadways. H.R. 1773, the Safe American Roads Act of 2007, establishes benchmarks for safety requirements and oversight while also limiting the pilot program to a […]

Congress taking steps to limit US-DOT pilot program

Published by BTA Staff.
March 26, 2007 – 5:05 am. Also posted in Advocacy, Legislation, Border Tech 1 Comment

Last week, Senate Appropriators approved an amendment that would impose restrictions on DOT’s proposed pilot program for Mexican trucks. Senators Murray (D-WA) and Feinstein (D-CA) succeeded in passing an amendment during the Appropriations Committee markup of the supplemental Iraq war funding bill (S. 965) to require a public comment period for DOT’s proposed pilot […]

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