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    <title><![CDATA[TransBorder Project |Commentary | CIP RSS Feeds]]></title>
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    <description>Articles, Letters, Op-eds, Policy Briefs, Testimony</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cowboys and Indians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cowboys-and-indians</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/cowboys-and-indians#When:09:38:40Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As tensions rise in Chihuahua over water, farmers take to the streets in protest of the government's failure to protect their rights]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-06-03T09:38:40+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magic and Realism in a Homemade Chihuahua Museum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/magic-and-realism-in-a-homemade-chihuahua-museum</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/magic-and-realism-in-a-homemade-chihuahua-museum#When:10:03:27Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Through a visit to a homemade museum in Chihuahua, Tom Barry explores the region's water crisis from a different angle]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-23T10:03:27+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-over-the-homeland-from-border-security-to-national-security#When:11:57:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarization of border control, especially in the management of the border drone program]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-19T11:57:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changing Perspectives on U.S.-Mexico Relations Article]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations-article</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/changing-perspectives-on-us-mexico-relations-article#When:09:51:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[It’s unfortunate that the two presidents chose to hold their May 2-3 summit in Mexico City. Both nations and Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto would have been better served by a meeting at the border—where the grim reality of neighborly relations would not be masked by the pomp and circumstance of the grand presidential residence of Los Pinos]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-05-07T09:51:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[America is a Smuggler Nation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-is-a-smuggler-nation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/america-is-a-smuggler-nation#When:15:43:56Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Peter Andreas' new book, Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, offers lessons and advice on fundamental policy challenges that the U.S. struggles with today, says Tom Barry]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-16T15:43:56+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Coming Water Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-coming-water-wars</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-coming-water-wars#When:15:11:19Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Small farm owners in the arid northern regions of Mexico are mobilizing to protect their water sources, which are gradually becoming depleted by the vast agribusinesses of the area's Mennonite farmers]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-02T15:11:19+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Immigration and Debt]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigration-and-debt</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/immigration-and-debt#When:12:56:49Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses author, researcher David Stoll's book "El Norte or Bust!," a product of his dedication to telling the story of the Ixil Maya people of Nebaj, Guatemala]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-01T12:56:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predator Drones Stalk US Borders Without Budget or Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predator-drones-stalk-us-borders-without-budget-strategy-truthout</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predator-drones-stalk-us-borders-without-budget-strategy-truthout#When:13:44:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The US Customs and Border Patrol launched its drone program "as the homeland counterpart to the foreign 'war on terrorism,'" but all strategy and cost evaluation procedures were ignored. Now eight years later, the drones' role and efficiency are in question]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-31T13:44:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[With the Resurrection of Immigration Reform We&#8217;ll Hear a Lot About Securing Our Borders, But What Do]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-does-immigration-reform-really-mean</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/what-does-immigration-reform-really-mean#When:14:35:37Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As Republicans and Democrats recognize the political logic of finally fixing the country’s restrictive and harsh immigration policies, there is bipartisan support for immigration reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-09T14:35:37+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crossover Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crossover-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/crossover-drones#When:15:58:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The rapid advance of drone technology has sparked interest by police and sheriff offices in acquiring drones. This new eagerness of many nonfederal law enforcement agencies to acquire drones has been also closely nurtured by the federal government]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-01T15:58:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Currency War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/currency-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/currency-war#When:15:33:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter to Foreign Policy, Tom Barry debates Robert Zoellick's vision for reintegrating economics into U.S. foreign policy]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Letter,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-01T15:33:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Border Security Muddle Post 9/11]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-muddle-post-9-11</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-muddle-post-9-11#When:16:10:28Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the nation transitions away from its post-9/11 fears and wars, US border strategy needs to be overhauled and updated. A new strategy for border control should be closely linked to a penetrating review of counterterrorism, the drug war, and immigration policies]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-26T16:10:28+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Border Security and Criminal Alien Consensus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-and-criminal-alien-consensus</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-border-security-and-criminal-alien-consensus#When:10:21:55Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Barry explores the questionable bipartisanship for immigration reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-21T10:21:55+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Past US Example Could Stem Border Marijuana Arrests and Violence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/past-us-example-could-stem-border-marijuana-arrests-and-violence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/past-us-example-could-stem-border-marijuana-arrests-and-violence#When:10:46:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The federal government's nearly 100-year-old move toward cracking down on marijuana consumption with regulation, enforcement, and prohibition has resulted in a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization and incarceration in the US. Perhaps it's time to change direction?]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-11T10:46:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Bizarre Politics of Border Security]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bizarre-politics-of-border-security</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-bizarre-politics-of-border-security#When:15:25:51Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As the border security hawks again begin to circle, Tom Barry explores the politics behind border security]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-05T15:25:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing the Homeland Against Marijuana]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing-the-homeland-against-marijuana</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing-the-homeland-against-marijuana#When:14:19:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[What does marijuana have to do with national security, homeland security, or border security? That's a pressing strategic question for the Border Patrol, and also for the second Obama administration. Barry looks at marijuana's changing role in the U.S.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-04T14:19:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-summit-killing-spying-remote-control#When:11:11:29Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Congress seems more interested in promoting drone proliferation than in oversight. A Washington, D.C., summit seeks to educate the public on the use and abuse of drones]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-12T11:11:29+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Shut Out of US, Lawyer for Pakistani Drone Victims Speaks Out]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/lawyer-for-pakistani-drone-victims-speaks-out#When:14:43:42Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry interviews Pakistani lawyer, Shahzad Akbar, about the upcoming drone summit in Washington, D.C.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Middle East, Pakistan, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-11T14:43:42+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones Flying Under the Radar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-flying-under-radar#When:10:24:54Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry discusses the expanding use of drones and the lack of control over their proliferation]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Common Defense Campaign, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Middle East, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T10:24:54+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Sotol Story]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/a-sotol-story#When:00:14:31Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tom Barry explores the story of sotol, a classic Mexican liquor, on a trip to the U.S. - Mexican borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-02T00:14:31+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Predators on the Border, Hawks Across the Border and a Homeland of Drones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/predators-on-the-border-hawks-across-the-border-and-a-homeland-of-drones#When:18:02:07Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Drones are proliferating. First, the Pentagon joined with military contractors to breed fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as airborne drones are formally called]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T18:02:07+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Who Is Securing the Texas Border? How Private Contractors Mislead the Public, Then Get Rich Off Taxp]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/who-is-securing-texas-border#When:16:24:21Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Roy “Mac” Sikes wasn’t wearing a white 10-gallon like the other top Texas Rangers attending the 2010 Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition meeting in El Paso. Mac, as the Texas Rangers and sheriffs call him, was going hatless. But that may have been because it’s not entirely clear which hat Mac should have been wearing – ranger, cop, or consultant? ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-12T16:24:21+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Bonanza]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-bonanza#When:14:31:45Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Antelope Wells is the place to go if you want to see the Obama administration's economic stimulus package at work. Three years after the administration launched the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the stimulus funds committed to Hidalgo County are still working. But some may question whether the investment in this tiny, unincorporated dot on the map — where the population apparently totals two people living in trailers — is the best use of tax dollars]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-31T14:31:45+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[&#8220;Fantastic&#8221; Drone Technology Comes to Rescue on the Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/fantastic-drone-technology-comes-rescue-border#When:16:21:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Candice Miller, the Republican chair of the House Border and Marine Security Subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, is effusive in her praise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), referring to the drones at a March 15, 2011, hearing on Capitol Hill as "fantastic technology" that have proved "incredibly, incredibly successful in theater." As the new chair of the subcommittee that oversees the air operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Miller has become one of the leading Congressional advocates of increased domestic drone deployment]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-26T16:21:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Curve and the Conjuncture]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-curve-and-the-conjuncture#When:15:52:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the United States has led the way in drone proliferation, Americans are not alone in addressing the issues and challenges associated with the new weapons, surveillance, and intelligence systems. This Cato Unbound forum is stirring “strong passions” and “vigorous debate” about the morality and strategic value of drones—passions and debate that Cortright contends are already spreading in America]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-20T15:52:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drone Proliferation: Other Chapters and Other Challenges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drone-proliferation-other-chapters-and-other-challenges#When:15:47:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the “accelerating use of drone weapons has opened a new chapter in the history of warfare,” as David Cortright contends in “License to Kill.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-17T15:47:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Numbers Game: Government Agencies Falsely Report Meaningless Deportations and Drug Seizures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/numbers-game-government-agencies-falsely-report-meaningless-deportation#When:15:22:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security says it needs a fleet of two-dozen Predator and Guardian drones to protect the homeland adequately. Designed for military use, 10 of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are already patrolling U.S. borders in the hunt for unauthorized immigrants and illegal drugs]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-16T15:22:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government, Big Fence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-big-fence#When:17:31:11Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Time has worn down embossed lettering on the bronze plaque on the 6-ft. obelisk marking the U.S.-Mexico border. My friend and I had stopped to look at the boundary monument, and were trying to decipher the lettering]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-11T17:31:11+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Drug War Transformed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-drug-war-transformed#When:01:11:47Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“This is a terrorist insurgency,” says Connie Mack, the Republican who chairs the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Mack, who introduced the Enhanced Border Security Act in mid-December, believes that the Merida Initiative has failed and that the administration needs to revamp the counterdrug assistance program to include a “counterinsurgency plan"]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-21T01:11:47+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Drones are Coming to a Theater Near You]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/drones-are-coming-to-a-theater-near-you#When:14:22:05Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[“The UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, are coming.”  So says Candice Miller, the Republican congresswoman from northern Michigan borderlands]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-08T14:22:05+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Obama&#8217;s Other Wars - on Immigrants and Drugs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/obamas-other-wars-immigrants-drugs#When:14:16:08Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[President Obama came to office promising immigration reform in his first term. As a candidate and as president, Obama also made it clear that he stood firmly in supporting the “rule of law,” even if the law was overdue for reform]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-06T14:16:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Return of States&#8217; Rights]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/the-return-of-states-rights#When:14:19:17Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry rose from dirt-poor origins on the desolate plains of northern West Texas to become the state’s longest-serving governor]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-07T14:19:17+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Warriors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-warriors#When:11:08:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[As a border state, New Mexico has been blessedly free of the anti-immigrant vigilantism and the ranting of border hawks that have agitated Texas and Arizona]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-01T11:08:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rick Perry Is Just Fine with &#8220;Big Government&#8221; When It Gives Him the Power to Crack Down on Immigrant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/rick-perry-fine-with-big-government-when-gives-him-power-crack-down#When:11:39:15Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[More than other border hawks, Rick Perry has infused border security with a populist rage]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-21T11:39:15+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Government Breaks Bad in Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/big-government-breaks-bad-in-drug-war#When:16:26:41Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Rick Perry and the other Republican presidential candidates are right. Americans are fed up, as Perry writes in his book Fed Up!]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-30T16:26:41+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[How Unaccountable Private Contractors Pocket Your Tax Dollars Militarizing the Texas Border]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/private-contractors-militarizing-border#When:15:11:24Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heavy on outsourcing and lacking documented success, the "Texas model"of border security's features are not original, but borrowed directly from the DHS or the military.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-27T15:11:24+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Border Security After 9/11: Ten Years of Waste, Immigrant Crackdowns, and New Drug Wars]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/border-security-after-911-ten-years#When:10:02:35Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks, the term "border security" was rarely used. Today, however, it is both a fundamental goal of US domestic security and the defining paradigm for border operations.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-11T10:02:35+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ground Zero in the Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/ground-zero-drug-war#When:10:11:52Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Arizona and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands are the “ground zero in the war on drugs.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-09T10:11:52+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Failure of Vision US Drug War Turns to International Combat]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/failure-of-vision-us-drug-war-turns-to-intl-combat#When:10:15:30Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime, released in late July by the White House, offers the strategic context for the increasing rhetorical focus of the Obama administration on “transnational crime,” “transnational threats,” and “transnational criminal organizations.”]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Policy Research, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-07T10:15:30+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Think Tank Behind Rick Perry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/think-tank-behind-rick-perry</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/think-tank-behind-rick-perry#When:10:21:14Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If Rick Perry goes to Washington, it's likely that he will bring with him the conservative policies and principles of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-01T10:21:14+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aiding Insecurity: Four Years of Mexico&#8217;s Drug War]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/aiding_insecurity_four_years_mexicos_drug_war#When:13:31:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Mexico's drug-trafficking organizations constitute a threat to regional security and to US national security, says the US government. Yet the region is becoming less secure and less safe as the result of the security emphasis of US counternarcotics initiatives.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-07-16T13:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Securing Arizona]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/securing_arizona#When:16:26:38Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A sense of solidarity led the Tea Party Patriots to Phoenix for their American Policy Summit in February. It’s “our ]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Advocacy, Policy Research, Transparency & Accountability, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-03-21T16:26:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arizona&#8217;s Immigration Debate Gets Dirtier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arizonas-immigration-debate-gets-dirtier</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/arizonas-immigration-debate-gets-dirtier#When:13:09:22Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arizona backlash story needs to be told.  Arizona is a social and economic cauldron. The state’s unusual demographics, boom-bust conditions, and home-grown 
]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-12-10T13:09:22+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title><![CDATA[At War in Texas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/at-war-in-texas</link>
      <guid>http://www.ciponline.org/research/entry/at-war-in-texas#When:17:40:02Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Heads bowed in prayer, we stand at a bucolic spot on the banks of the Rio Grande known by locals as Neely’s Crossing. Like most of West Texas, there is nothing here.]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Latin America Rights & Security, TransBorder Project, Americas, Mexico, Article,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2010-09-01T17:40:02+00:00</dc:date>
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