NYTimes: The Obama administration will soon issue new rules curtailing the use of profiling, but federal agents will still be allowed to consider race and ethnicity when stopping people at airports, border crossings and immigration checkpoints, according to several government officials.
The new policy has been in the works for years and will replace decade-old rules that banned racial profiling for federal law enforcement, but with specific exemptions for national security and border investigations. Immigration enforcement has proved to be the most controversial aspect of the Obama administration’s revisions, and law enforcement officials succeeded in arguing that they should have more leeway in deciding whom to stop and question. Read more.
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Showing posts with label border inspection. Show all posts
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Dec 3, 2014
Mexico halts immigration inspection at Otay Mesa
UTSanDiego: Following protests from Baja California business and political leaders, Mexican immigration authorities on Tuesday suspended a program at the Otay Mesa border crossing requesting that foreign pedestrians show a passport and say how long they plan to stay in Mexico.
The head of the Baja California office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, Rodulfo Figueroa Pacheco, confirmed that it was back to business as usual at the port, where some 6,000 visitors cross southbound on foot on any given day. Pedestrian visitors can voluntarily register with Mexican immigration authorities, but won’t be asked to do so, he said. Read more.
The head of the Baja California office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute, Rodulfo Figueroa Pacheco, confirmed that it was back to business as usual at the port, where some 6,000 visitors cross southbound on foot on any given day. Pedestrian visitors can voluntarily register with Mexican immigration authorities, but won’t be asked to do so, he said. Read more.
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