Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 109th Congress (open access)

Mexico-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 109th Congress

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Date: February 21, 2006
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress. December 2006 (open access)

Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 109th Congress. December 2006

This report provides an overview of U.S. relations with Latin American and the Caribbean, focusing on the role of Congress and congressional concerns in the 109th Congress.
Date: December 21, 2006
Creator: Sullivan, Mark P.; Cook, Colleen W.; Hornbeck, J.F.; Ribando, Clare M.; Taft-Morales, Maureen; Veillette, Connie et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Undocumented Aliens: Questions Persist about Their Impact on Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Costs (open access)

Undocumented Aliens: Questions Persist about Their Impact on Hospitals' Uncompensated Care Costs

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "About 7 million undocumented aliens lived in the United States in 2000, according to Immigration and Naturalization Service estimates. Hospitals in states where many of them live report that treating them can be a financial burden. GAO was asked to examine the relationship between treating undocumented aliens and hospitals' costs not paid by patients or insurance. GAO was also asked to examine federal funding available to help hospitals offset costs of treating undocumented aliens and the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security (Homeland Security) for covering medical expenses of sick or injured aliens encountered by Border Patrol and U.S. port-of-entry officials. To conduct this work, GAO surveyed 503 hospitals and interviewed Medicaid and hospital officials in 10 states. GAO also interviewed and obtained data from Homeland Security officials."
Date: May 21, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Understanding Threats at U.S. Borders (open access)

Border Security: Understanding Threats at U.S. Borders

This report focuses on the first major step in managing border-related risks: assessing the risk posed by different types of threats at U.S. borders.
Date: February 21, 2013
Creator: Rosenblum, Marc R.; Bjelopera, Jerome P. & Finklea, Kristin M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border (open access)

Border Security: Barriers Along the U.S. International Border

Congress has been considering expanding the barriers currently deployed along the U.S. international land border. Currently, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) deploys fencing, which aims to impede the illegal entry of individuals, and vehicle barriers, which aim to impede the illegal entry of vehicles (but not individuals) along the border. A number of policy issues concerning border barriers generally and fencing specifically may be of interest to Congress, including, but not limited to: their effectiveness; their costs versus their benefits; their location; their design; and their potential diplomatic ramifications. Prominent bills include House-passed H.R. 4437 and H.R. 6061, and Senate-passed S. 2611, and H.R. 5631.
Date: September 21, 2006
Creator: Nuñez-Neto, Blas & Viña, Stephen R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis (open access)

H.R. 10 (9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act) and S. 2845 (National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004): A Comparative Analysis

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Date: October 21, 2004
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library
9/11 and Terrorist Travel: Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (open access)

9/11 and Terrorist Travel: Staff Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission) describing research into the events of September 11, 2001. It contains the Commission's findings based on the thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews collected during the course of the investigations.
Date: August 21, 2004
Creator: Eldridge, Thomas R.; Ginsburg, Susan; Hempel, Walter T., II; Kephart, Janice L. & Moore, Kelly
System: The UNT Digital Library