http://www.hispanictips.com Essential Hispanic & Latino News :: Relevant, Trusted, Comprehensive and Useful Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:04:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/24/chertoff-pumps-up-homeland-security-business/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/24/chertoff-pumps-up-homeland-security-business/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:28:05 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/?p=59031 HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=59031 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/24/chertoffs-strategic-partnership-with-pr-firm-from-hell/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/24/chertoffs-strategic-partnership-with-pr-firm-from-hell/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:26:22 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/08/24/chertoffs-strategic-partnership-with-pr-firm-from-hell/ HispanicTips :: Hispanic & Latino News & Information]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=59030 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/02/16/michael-chertoff-the-former-secretary-of-the-department-of-homeland-security-is-writing-a-book-about-his-experiences-at-the-department-and-his-previous-time-as-the-head-of-the-justice-departments/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/02/16/michael-chertoff-the-former-secretary-of-the-department-of-homeland-security-is-writing-a-book-about-his-experiences-at-the-department-and-his-previous-time-as-the-head-of-the-justice-departments/#comments Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:21:01 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2009/02/16/michael-chertoff-the-former-secretary-of-the-department-of-homeland-security-is-writing-a-book-about-his-experiences-at-the-department-and-his-previous-time-as-the-head-of-the-justice-departments/ HispanicTips is Essential Hispanic & Latino News & Information
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My readers say it best: "love it," "addictive,""useful," "great," & "invaluable." - View quotes & testimonials]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=45320 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:58:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/30/the-border-fence-folly-six-simple-reasons-the-border-fence-is-terrible-policy/ "In this political season, immigration is the issue that everyone's taking pains not to discuss. The presidential candidates are merely paying the same lip service to border security. Congress has all but abandoned comprehensive immigration reform, and the Bush administration continues to pile all their immigration-policy eggs in the border-security basket. But that doesn't mean nothing is happening. Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff, in an April trip to the U.S.-Mexico border, made clear his determination that 670 miles of border fence, already under construction in Arizona and California, be completed by the end of the year. The border fence project has faced embarrassments--illegal immigrants employed to build the wall, a "Virtual Fence" project that cannot distinguish humans and vehicles from livestock and bushes--but those setbacks pale in comparison to its fundamental flaws. Below, six simple reasons a fence spanning the U.S.-Mexico border is bad polic" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=40577 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/11/dhs-remarks-by-homeland-security-secretary-michael-chertoff-and-department-of-commerce-secretary-gutierrez-at-the-state-of-immigration-address/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/11/dhs-remarks-by-homeland-security-secretary-michael-chertoff-and-department-of-commerce-secretary-gutierrez-at-the-state-of-immigration-address/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:34:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/11/dhs-remarks-by-homeland-security-secretary-michael-chertoff-and-department-of-commerce-secretary-gutierrez-at-the-state-of-immigration-address/ HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39849 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/10/boeing-awarded-contract-on-border-fence-chertoff/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/10/boeing-awarded-contract-on-border-fence-chertoff/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:38:31 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/10/boeing-awarded-contract-on-border-fence-chertoff/ "The U.S. government has decided to award Boeing contracts for the construction of two sections of a high-tech fence to be built along the border with Mexico in Arizona, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Monday.

The two fence sections would be an "operational configuration" of a much-criticized 28-mile (45-km) section of "virtual fence" built by Boeing and tested earlier, Chertoff told a news conference.

He said the fence would include fixed towers, with radar sensors, remote control cameras, ground sensors and software linking border agents to give them a "common operating picture" of the areas they are enforcing." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39785 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/immigration-prosecutions-hit-new-high-critics-say-increased-use-of-criminal-charges-strains-system/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/immigration-prosecutions-hit-new-high-critics-say-increased-use-of-criminal-charges-strains-system/#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:00:57 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/03/immigration-prosecutions-hit-new-high-critics-say-increased-use-of-criminal-charges-strains-system/ "Federal law enforcement agencies have increased criminal prosecutions of immigration violators to record levels, in part by filing minor charges against virtually every person caught illegally crossing some stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to new U.S. data.

Officials say the threat of prison and a criminal record is a powerful deterrent, one that is helping drive down illegal immigration along the nearly 2,000-mile frontier between the United States and Mexico. Skeptics say that the government lacks the resources to sustain the strategy on the border and that the effort is diverting resources from more serious crimes such as drug and human smuggling.

Before Operation Streamline, as the program is known, most Mexican nationals caught at the border were fingerprinted and returned to Mexico without criminal charges. Since 2005, people other than Mexicans are generally held until removed." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39439 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/wildlife-coalition-to-file-federal-suit-over-waiving-of-environmental-laws-for-border-fence/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/wildlife-coalition-to-file-federal-suit-over-waiving-of-environmental-laws-for-border-fence/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:09:39 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/06/02/wildlife-coalition-to-file-federal-suit-over-waiving-of-environmental-laws-for-border-fence/ "A coalition of wildlife protection groups will file a federal lawsuit Monday in El Paso challenging the Department of Homeland Security's authority to waive state and federal laws to build a border security fence.

The lawsuit by the Frontera Audubon Society, the Friends of the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and the Friends of the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge claims that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff violated the Constitution's separation of powers when he waived 36 federal environmental laws to speed up construction of the fence." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39400 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/29/texas-cities-join-suit-against-mexico-border-fence/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/29/texas-cities-join-suit-against-mexico-border-fence/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 15:42:37 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/29/texas-cities-join-suit-against-mexico-border-fence/ "Despite efforts by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to push ahead with erecting 670 miles of fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, even issuing waivers to bypass environmental concerns, a groundswell of opposition is growing - with two more Texas border communities joining in a lawsuit to halt the project.

City officials in El Paso and Presidio this week joined with the Texas Border Coalition (TBC) in a lawsuit charging that Homeland Security officials, including Mr. Chertoff, "blatantly ignored federal law in their zeal" to complete construction of the fence by year's end and failed to consult with property owners as promised." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39303 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/department-of-homeland-security-will-face-questions-on-care-of-detained-immigrants/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/department-of-homeland-security-will-face-questions-on-care-of-detained-immigrants/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 13:30:48 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/department-of-homeland-security-will-face-questions-on-care-of-detained-immigrants/ "Top lawmakers in Congress criticized the Department of Homeland Security yesterday for failing to provide adequate medical care to detained immigrants, and said they plan to demand explanations today from Secretary Michael Chertoff and Julie L. Myers, assistant secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39042 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/border-agents-wont-slow-hurricane-evacuations-but-no-clarification-on-whether-or-not-illegal-immigrants-taken-to-shelters-during-a-hurricane-will-be-allowed-to-return-home-or-if-they-will-be-depor/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/border-agents-wont-slow-hurricane-evacuations-but-no-clarification-on-whether-or-not-illegal-immigrants-taken-to-shelters-during-a-hurricane-will-be-allowed-to-return-home-or-if-they-will-be-depor/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 16:27:59 +0000 tomasz http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/22/border-agents-wont-slow-hurricane-evacuations-but-no-clarification-on-whether-or-not-illegal-immigrants-taken-to-shelters-during-a-hurricane-will-be-allowed-to-return-home-or-if-they-will-be-depor/ "Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff clarified that federal border agents would not impede a hurricane evacuation from south Texas by checking fleeing residents' documents, diverting from plans confirmed by Border Patrol officials in the state only days earlier.

Speaking at a hurricane preparedness gathering Tuesday at FEMA headquarters in Washington, Chertoff said he wanted to "drive a stake through the heart of a misapprehension which is out there."

"In the event of an emergency, and the need for an evacuation, priority No. 1 by a country mile is the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the danger zone," Chertoff said. "Instructions to the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection are clear. They are to do nothing to impede a safe and speedy evacuation of a danger zone."" HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=39040 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/homeland-security-stands-by-its-fence-great-graphic-from-the-ny-times-as-well/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/21/homeland-security-stands-by-its-fence-great-graphic-from-the-ny-times-as-well/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 13:21:56 +0000 Tomas "As the Department of Homeland Security pushes to complete 670 miles of fencing along the Mexican border by the end of this year, it is confronting the sharpest resistance yet while conceding that physical barriers alone do not stop illegal crossings." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=38967 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/temporary-worker-program-blocked-by-congressional-hispanic-caucus/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/temporary-worker-program-blocked-by-congressional-hispanic-caucus/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 14:01:27 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/05/14/temporary-worker-program-blocked-by-congressional-hispanic-caucus/ "The all-Democratic Congressional Hispanic Caucus, which includes 17 Latino members of Congress, has dug in its heels in an effort to bring relief to undocumented workers and their families who are currently being subjected to immigration raids. But in return, it is becoming the target of heavy pressure from the hotel, resort, seafood and other industries.

Last fall, the leadership of the Caucus developed a strategy to create leverage for progress on immigration reform. Concluding that the full package of “comprehensive immigration reform” was not achievable until the Democrats increased their congressional majority and replaced Bush in the White House, the Caucus decided to narrow its focus to measures that would undo the harm being done everyday by the immigration raids and other enforcement procedures ordered by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. So the Caucus tentatively adopted a proposal from grassroots immigrants’ rights activists to provide provisional, renewable five-year visas for most undocumented immigrants now living and working in the United States." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=38642 0 http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/virtual-fence-on-mexican-border-deemed-insufficient-20-million-prototype-down-the-tubes/ http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/virtual-fence-on-mexican-border-deemed-insufficient-20-million-prototype-down-the-tubes/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:32 +0000 Tomas http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/04/25/virtual-fence-on-mexican-border-deemed-insufficient-20-million-prototype-down-the-tubes/ "The government is scrapping a $20 million prototype of its highly touted "virtual fence" on the Arizona-Mexico border because the system is failing to adequately alert border patrol agents to illegal crossings, officials said.

The move comes just two months after Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced his approval of the fence built by The Boeing Co. The fence consists of nine electronic surveillance towers along a 28-mile section of border southwest of Tucson." HispanicTips.com - A Blogante News Service For, From & About Hispanics & Latinos]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.hispanictips.com/p=37846 0