Immigration Insight

recent posts

about

Category: Customs and Border Protection

  • Conversation with Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks

    Here is a September, 2025 conversation between Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies and Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks about recent changes at the southern border.

  • ICE has diverted over 25,000 officers from their jobs

    David Bier, Director of Immigration Studies at the CATO Institute, has written this post which lists the number of personnel that are now assisting ICE. They are from DHS (Customs and Border Patrol, Homeland Security Investigations, USCIS) and DOJ (ATF, DEA, FBI, etc) along with state police, local law enforcement (both 287g and not 287g).…

  • Big Ugly Bill Pours Billions into Border & Surveillance Tech

    This overview of various surveillance and data collection technologies (provided by Just Futures Law) covers biometric data, social media review, hacking cellphones and car data being contracted for and/or used at or near the US/Mx border and explains how various companies are involved with contracts with the federal government.