Posts Tagged ‘Customs Enforcement’

DHS orders border patrol to stop transportation checks

Part of pattern regarding immigration enforcement     by Jack Minor –   In yet another sign of lax enforcement on the border, the Department of Homeland Security has instructed Border Patrol agents to stop conducting random searches of vehicles at transportation hubs.   Prior to the directive, border patrol agents would often conduct what [...]

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Government seizes website prior to law’s passage granting authority to do so

By Jack Minor In anticipation of an upcoming federal law that will grant the Attorney General the authority to seize websites accused of abetting digital piracy, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has preemptively shut down various websites last weekend. The Combatting Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act passed the Senate Judiciary Committee but has not yet passed the full Senate [...]

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