Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence
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The homeland security secretary waived several environmental laws to continue building a border fence through a national conservation area in Arizona.
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The selection of Boeing Co. to erect a "virtual fence" along 6,000 miles of U.S. border marks a potential turning point in the government's long quest to stop illegal immigration, but its success hinges on overcoming obstacles that doomed past efforts, funding shortages and other problems with the...
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Concerned about a crackdown on immigrant labor, more farmers have been moving across the border to Mexico.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Jun. 13--When it comes to natural resources, whether the issue is endangered species, air, water or federal lands, the unfailing response of the Bush administration has been to seek fewer protections.
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The US Senate approves the building of a fence along the Mexican border designed to keep out illegal migrants.
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THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Dec. 18 (IPS) - Uruguay urged the International Court of Justice  Monday to force Argentina to take measures against environmental  activists who block three access roads to Uruguay, where a  controversial pulp mill is being constructed.
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SCRANTON, Pennsylvania  - A Pennsylvania town's anti-illegal-immigration law created a climate of fear in which businesses failed and people moved out, a lawyer argued on Monday as a trial seen as a test of U.S. immigration policy began.
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DOUGLAS, Arizona  - Building a fence to try to secure the U.S. border with Mexico is impractical and would simply lead illegal immigrants to cross elsewhere, according to former Customs and Border Protection agents and other experts.
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By J.B. Smith, Waco Tribune-Herald, Texas  Jun. 24--A leader in the Stephenville-area dairy industry faces penalties  from the state for failing to apply for a permit in the environmentally  impaired North Bosque watershed.
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The bill would require construction of two layers of reinforced fencing in stretches of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
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PHOENIX, Ariz./MONTERREY, Mexico  - An  Arizona-based citizens group is recruiting hundreds of  volunteers to patrol the border with Mexico this spring, saying  that U.S. government has failed to stem the flow of illegal  immigrants.
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The House neared action Wednesday on requiring Americans to show proof of citizenship in order to vote, and the Senate moved to build a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border, sharpening attacks on illegal immigration before the midterm elections.
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ON THE RIO GRANDE, Texas  - The riot of green vegetation that lines both sides of the Rio Grande river along the southeast Texas and Mexican border can give a canoeist the impression of gliding past unbroken wilderness.
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HAZLETON, Pennsylvania  - Officials in the   Pennsylvania town of Hazleton on Friday strengthened a local   law designed to drive illegal immigrants away in a bid to   defend the measure against legal challenges.
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Hundreds of miles of new fences along the U.S.-Mexico border would be funded under a bill passed on Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of an election-year clamp-down on illegal immigration.
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The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly agreed to authorize construction of a fence along the U.S. border with Mexico, sending to President George W. Bush before the November 7 elections a bill that Republicans hope will showcase their efforts to stop illegal immigration.
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Stepped-up border enforcement has exacerbated a labor shortage for the agriculture industry.