Michael Chertoff

Border Patrol says fence slows attacks on agents

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Border Patrol has finished installing razor-sharp barbed wire atop a 5-mile stretch of fence on the Mexican border, an addition critics call heavy-handed and an...

DHS Finalizes GA Border-Crossing Rule

A final rule issued by the Department of Homeland Security this week is not as bad as it might have been for GA pilots, but it still will have an impact on all across-the-border operations. That's the bottom line from AOPA's...

Governor wants to ensure criminals here illegally don't avoid deportation

Perry demands immigration action by feds After a Chronicle investigation, governor urges steps to ensure criminals here illegally don't avoid deportation About this series This three-day Houston Chronicle investigation examines...

Bush Touts Immigration Policy as Legacy, Hispanic Advocates Don’t All Agree

As the Bush administration winds down and the Obama administration ramps up, immigration policy is right where it was at the start of the Bush administration: an unfulfilled promise, many Hispanic advocacy groups and...

San Diego's Best Kept Secret

As we speak, a costly federal project is in progress at the southern tip of San Diego County: Sector VI of the new triple border fence, more accurately called "the border wall" in Texas, is carving a deep scar into the...

Mobile phones will cut off Al Qaeda says DHS

US puts faith in mobe-issued boarding passes Michael Chertoff, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, reckons that putting boarding passes onto mobile phones will stop terrorists boarding plans with forged documents, making the...

TSA Clears Remaining Hurdle To Implementing Secure Flight

The Department of Homeland Security last week said that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has issued the final rule for implementing the Secure Flight program early next year, enabling the agency to takeover...

More Rules for Private Jet Flyers

U.S. Will Soon Collect More Passenger Information on Private Flights With just over 60 days before a new presidential administration takes power, the Department of Homeland Security is still taking measures to close gaps in...

U.S. sets manifest rule for private planes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Operators of international private-plane flights to and from the United States will be required to electronically provide full advance manifests of their passengers and crew an hour before departure, the...

New Private Aircraft Requirements

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced additional measures to strengthen private aircraft security by requiring more detailed information about arriving and departing private aircraft and persons onboard, within a...

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