Apprehension And Detention of Non-criminal Aliens And Children by Immigration Authorities
by William K. Zimmer
It seems fair to presume that many members of the American public associate apprehension and detention of individuals with police actions based on probable cause to believe the targeted individuals are criminal law violators for the purpose of punishing and rehabilitating such individuals. Thus, the apprehension and detention of individuals for the purpose of civil immigration law enforcement are sometimes confounded with the enforcement of criminal laws by police authorities.
Independent Courts
by William K. Zimmer
United States immigration courts operate on the tension line that has existed for at least 135 years in the United States between our romantic notion of the United States as a land of immigrants and the aspirational notion of the United States as a nation of laws.
Physical Control of the International Border
by William K. Zimmer
Regardless of what immigration policies Congress commits to legislation, failure to physically secure the borders of the United States will frustrate the purpose of such legislation or otherwise make enforcement impossible.
If physically securing the United States borders is not possible, as some have argued, the United States must eventually succumb to the very real hazards of a dangerous world and ultimately cease to exist as a nation. The term, “nation without borders,” is an oxymoron.
If physically securing the United States borders is not possible, as some have argued, the United States must eventually succumb to the very real hazards of a dangerous world and ultimately cease to exist as a nation. The term, “nation without borders,” is an oxymoron.