Daily Border Bulletin: Simon Op-Ed Administration’s Border Strategy Is Working, Cornyn Amendment, Border Apprehensions Up

Submitted by Emma Buckhout on 6/5/13

Your Daily Border Bulletin is up:

Simon Op-Ed in Huffington Post: "The Administration's Border Strategy Is Working" Ahead of next week’s Senate floor debate on immigration reform, NDN and New Policy Institute President Simon Rosenberg published a timely op-ed in The Huffington Post today in which he addresses ongoing questions about border security strategy.

Breaking: Cornyn Presents Solution for Gang of Eight Action is heating up as next week’s Senate floor debate on immigration reform fast approaches. Supported by Gang of Eight member Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) announced today that he would be offering an amendment entitled the RESULTS (Requiring Enforcement, Security and Safety, & Upgrading Legitimate Trade and Travel Simultaneously) Amendment. Cornyn says he wants to solve the problem of border security, and if the amendment passes, he will support the Gang of Eight bill.

Border Apprehensions Up Again. Big Blow to Immigration Reform Efforts? Recent CBP data shows an uptick in apprehensions at the border in the last year, though they remain at historic lows, evidencing progress made on both sides of the border in the last decade. While the US has increased its border security, Mexico has continued to modernize and improve its economy.