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Immigration February 24th, 2009 More Special Coverage about Immigration »

Boom Times on the Border as Homeland Security State Grows By Tom Barry, Americas Policy Program Residents are alternately bemused and angry at the border security buildup. Read more »   Immigration: No More Secret Prisons By Julie Greene, Huffington Post Across the United States, tens of thousands of immigrants are being held in detention facilities that violate basic standards of humanity. Read more »   Human Slavery Is Thriving in the Shadows By Mirela Xanthaki, IPS News Over 10 million people around the world are victims of human trafficking. Read more »   Why Is the U.S. Deporting Assets While Ignoring Threats? By Douglas Rivlin, National Immigration Forum It is impossible to argue that our immigration enforcement priorities make any sense. Read more »   Janet Napolitano Is Just Finessing Bush's Crackdown on Migrant Workers By Tom Barry, Americas Policy Program Napolitano doesn't have the power to change immigration law. She's there to administer the department, enforce the law, and keep the homeland secure. Read more »   The New Political Economy of Immigration By Tom Barry, Dollars and Sense The "enforcement only" policy has fostered a national immigrant prison complex that feeds on ever-increasing numbers of arrested immigrants. Read more »   America's Immigration Gulags Overflowing With Mentally Ill Prisoners By Laura Tillman, The Brownsville Herald The number of mentally and developmentally disabled detainees in federal immigration detention centers has surged during the past year. Read more »

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