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4 results foundAuthor: Rosenblum, Marc R. Title: Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes the U.S.-Mexico border as more secure than ever, and the estimated stock of unauthorized immigrants in the United States has fallen by more than 1 million in recent years. Despite that, some national politicians, members of Congress, and others continue to view the Southwest border as out of control, and insist that the United States should consider broader reforms to the U.S. immigration system only after the border has been secured. The absence of timely, reliable, and publicly trusted indicators of immigration control represents a fundamental challenge to resolving this public debate and definitively establishing the degree of effectiveness of border enforcement. Without such metrics, basic questions about changes in immigration flows and the effectiveness of policies and programs cannot be authoritatively answered, and Congress and DHS have difficulty evaluating existing policies and programs or make informed choices about the costs and benefits of current and potential investments. This report identifies four key questions about border security and immigration control. Taken together, the questions provide a full accounting of illegal immigration levels and modes of entry, and accurate answers to these questions would provide a comprehensive accounting of illegal immigration flows. The report also describes what methods and metrics already exist to answer these key questions, as well as the strengths and limitations of existing approaches, and how they could be improved. Details: Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2016. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 21, 2016 at: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/border-metrics-how-effectively-measure-border-security-and-immigration-control Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/border-metrics-how-effectively-measure-border-security-and-immigration-control Shelf Number: 137585 Keywords: Border Patrol Border Security Illegal Immigrants Immigration Immigration Law Enforcement |
Author: Papworth, Tom Title: Harnessing Entrepreneurship to Secure Britain's Borders: The Case for Privatising the Passport and Immigration Functions of UK Border Force Summary: - The UK border is becoming increasingly busy. In 2014-15 118 million passengers entered the UK; air passengers are expected to double by 2050. - UK Border Force (UKBF) is already under strain due to its workload doubling since it has been ordered to undertake exit checks for all people leaving the country. - UKBF has not performed well recently, and its ability to meet these new challenges is questionable. Poorly managed, understaffed, and struggling with outdated and unreliable IT systems and infrastructure, UKBF is failing to secure the UK's borders. - Currently, most of the 90,000 general aviation flights a year entering the UK are not met by UKBF. The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has criticised weak risk assessment and rising numbers of missed passengers. According to a 2013 PAC report, the Border Force missed eight out of 19 seizure and detection targets, six of which were missed by over 10%. Unless UKBF improves productivity, it will require a $1 billion/year increase in its budget (in 2015 pounds) to keep up with its workload. - The Government's most recent attempt to digitise border security failed catastrophically, with Raytheon, the official partner, suing the Home Office - who eventually settled out of court at a cost of potentially over $1 billion to the taxpayer. - According to the Major Projects Authority, the Digital Services at the Border programme is still facing "major risks or issues" such that "successful delivery is in doubt". - The efficient operation of the UK's borders is a core responsibility of the state, but the Home Office and UKBF have struggled to meet that requirement. UKBF and its predecessors have underperformed both as part of an arms-length agency and as an in-house directorate. - The potential cost savings from contracting out the IT and non-law enforcement operations needed to secure the border are the only way border control can be made both effective and affordable for the future. The Government should therefore contract out the border control functions of UKBF and transfer all staff to a new private sector contractor. Details: London: Center for Policy Studies, 2016. 26p. Source: Internet Resource: Pointmaker: Accessed March 8, 2016 at: http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/160223111848-HarnessingEntrepreneurship.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cps.org.uk/files/reports/original/160223111848-HarnessingEntrepreneurship.pdf Shelf Number: 138126 Keywords: Border SecurityImmigration Law EnforcementPrivatization |
Author: National Immigration Law Center Title: States Reject Immigration Enforcement Measures and Advance Inclusive Policies in 2016 Summary: 2016 marked a departure from earlier years, with a high-pitched partisan battle between state elected officials and President Barack Obama on immigration and refugee policy, as well as backlash against localities that had chosen to limit their entanglement with immigration enforcement efforts. Despite significant challenges, the groundwork built by immigrant rights advocates and allies proved effective in defeating virtually all the restrictive bills that were introduced. Thanks to strategic organizing by advocates, directly affected communities, faith-based groups and businesses, and to the testimony of municipal and law enforcement leaders, almost all of the anti-immigrant proposals died. Details: Los Angeles: NILC, 2016. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 7, 2016 at: https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/states-advance-inclusive-policies-2016-10.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: https://www.nilc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/states-advance-inclusive-policies-2016-10.pdf Shelf Number: 145307 Keywords: Illegal ImmigrantsImmigrantsImmigration Law EnforcementImmigration Policy |
Author: Human Rights Watch Title: A Price Too High: US Families Torn Apart by Deportations for Drug Offenses Summary: The United States is home to 13 million lawful permanent residents and 11 million unauthorized immigrants. Over two million immigrants have been deported by the Obama administration. While the government claims to focus on deporting serious, dangerous criminals, data obtained by Human Rights Watch shows that over a quarter of a million deportations from 2007 to 2012 involved non-citizens whose most serious conviction was for a drug offense. And, increasingly, individuals are being deported following convictions for drug possession. This trend contrasts sharply with the reforms many US states are undertaking to legalize, decriminalize, or offer drug treatment instead of prison for low-level drug offenders. A Price Too High is based on interviews with over 130 affected individuals, family members, attorneys, advocates, and law enforcement officials, as well as previously unavailable government data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The report documents the scope of the problem, including a 43 percent increase between 2007 and 2012 in the number of individuals deported following drug possession convictions. It shows how lawful permanent residents and unauthorized immigrants with strong ties to the US, including US citizen family members, regularly face mandatory detention without bond and deportation for offenses so minor they resulted little or no jail time under criminal law. Even expunged or pardoned convictions can trigger deportation. The consequences are devastating for immigrants, their families, and communities. Human Rights Watch urges US lawmakers to reform immigration laws to eliminate deportation based on simple possession convictions alone, and to ensure that all non-citizens in deportation proceedings, including those with convictions for drug offenses, have access to an individualized hearing where the immigration judge can weigh evidence of family ties, rehabilitation, and other equities against a criminal conviction. Details: New York: HRW, 2015. 99p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 16, 2016 at: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0615_ForUpload_0.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0615_ForUpload_0.pdf Shelf Number: 146128 Keywords: DeportationsDrug OffendersImmigrant DeportationImmigration Law EnforcementUndocumented Immigrants |