The United States Border Patrol USBP has a long and storied history as our nation's first line of defense against unauthorized migration. Today, the USBP's primary mission is to detect and prevent the entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and illegal aliens into the country, and to interdict drug...
This article discusses the process by which the law of cross-border securitization evolves and becomes uniform. New forms of cross-border securitization and new legal issues emerge while old forms and settled issues solidify into rules. In the beginning, article defines the meaning of a unified cross-border securitization "law." It also...
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- CopperCom today announced the deployment of its Converged Switching eXchange (CSXR) next-generation switch at Border to Border Communications, an independent telephone company based in Zapata, Texas. Border to Border Communications selected the CSX softswitch as the foundation for a major infrastructure upgrade that will extend Internet...
This report addresses the scope of the government's authority to search and seize individuals at the border pursuant to the constitutional framework that encompasses the border search exception to the warrant and probable cause requirements of the Fourth Amendment. This report also describes the varying levels of suspicion generally associated...
With international border security tightening worldwide, the Hungarian Border Guard is using a high-tech briefcase to catch unauthorised travellers and speed up cross-border traffic. Guards along three Austrian border crossings carry specially-design With international border security tightening worldwide, the Hungarian Border Guard is using a...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security DHS. U.S. Customs and Border Protection have taken a number of steps to increase security across our borders during the "period of increased risk" leading up to the presidential election. These actions and...
UPS has announced it will acquire Trans-Border Customs Services Inc. The New York-based Trans-Border is a provider of full-range brokerage services ... UPS has announced it will acquire Trans-Border Customs Services Inc. The New York-based Trans-Border is a provider of full-range brokerage services...
Border and transportation security is a pivotal function in protecting the American people from terrorists and their instruments of destruction. This report uses a series of graphical presentations to form one possible framework that might assist policy makers in understanding the complex nature of border and transportation security. It makes...
Deregulation and advances in information technology have intensified cross-border competition and fostered globalization in the banking industry. Loan syndication and cross-border acquisition are certainly two of the more popular ways in which banks can extend their reach globally and in particular their reach into developing nations. This study compares the...
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Alloptic, Inc., a global leader in the design and development of Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Networks GEPONs, the most widely deployed next generation access network solution, announced that they have been selected by Border to Border Communications in Zapata, Texas to provide their FTTP access solution in...
In September, the informal Ecofin Council in Scheveningen discussed the issue of lagging cross border consolidation1 in the banking area. This low level of cross-border consolidation is not confined to banking, but is relevant for the whole financial sector, with some nuances. In the upcoming Financial Integration Monitor report, the...
PLANO, Texas -- America's Border Security Group, a strategic partnership led by Ericsson Inc. of Plano, Texas, offers a fully operational and comprehensive border protection system to address the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative SBInet. Based on commercial high-speed mobile broadband technology and IP applications, this proven-performance...
EL PASO, Texas & CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced today the expansion of the FedEx Transborder Distribution service for cross-border trade between Mexico and the U.S.
The greater growth rates for cross-border shipments of vehicles and parts indicate a growing interdependence between the Canadian and U.S. auto industries and place a greater level of importance on keeping the primary automotive commercial Canadian- U.S. crossing points as efficient as possible. The industry is looking at the current...
States and municipalities are scurrying to provide border-to-border wireless communication access. But there's still lots of room - and use - for fiber.
"While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers," reported the Ontario, California-based Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, "the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen--and telling the Mexican government where they are." News of the charge that the Mexican government was receiving intelligence...
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