Fronteras Desk – A curious compromise was reached in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on immigration reform. The 24/7 surveillance was deemed acceptable for most of the U.S.-Mexico border, except for California. The compromise started last week when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced an amendment to the proposal asking that unmanned air surveillance be limited [...]

Trouthout – DHS says it is the “leading edge” of drone deployment in the United States. Since 2005, DHS has been purchasing Predator drones – officially called unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – to secure the border. DHS will likely double its drone contingent to two dozen unmanned UAS produced by General Atomics as part of [...]

The Hill – The Senate Gang of Eight stayed unified through the third day of marking up immigration reform legislation, frustrating Republican attempts to strengthen the bill’s enforcement provisions. Republican members of the Gang of Eight, Sens. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.), joined with Democrats to defeat a proposal sponsored by Sen. Chuck [...]

Arizona Central – Regarding border enforcement, you would think DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano would have moved beyond the “by guess and by golly” method of counting by now. She was such a stickler for numbers as governor of Arizona. But her motto now seems to be: No worries. The lack of reliable numbers also means [...]

ABC News | Univision – An immigration reform bill in the Senate would create goals for border security over the next 10 years, and tie those goals to legalization of undocumented immigrants. But we can’t say whether the goals are feasible for a few reasons… One reason is the federal government will need to define [...]

The Hill – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said pending immigration reform legislation does nothing to force Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to secure the border before giving legal status to millions of illegal immigrants. “If Las Vegas oddsmakers were laying odds of the probability of the Department of Homeland Security concluding at whatever time it [...]

The Daily Caller – The head of the immigration enforcement officers union harshly criticized both Congress and the Obama administration over the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill. National ICE Council president Chris Crane said the massive bill places little value on the opinions of experienced immigration law enforcement professionals. In a six-part interview, Crane explains [...]

The Daily Caller – Three new polls show strong or increasing public skepticism towards immigration, even as majorities offer conditional support for a regulated amnesty of illegal immigrants. “There is no trust at all that the federal government will actually enforce any provisions on border security,” pollster Scott Rasmussen noted. [Read More]