Iraq's government condemned the weekend attacks as a "terrorist act" that "creates a serious threat to the security of the border areas and the joint security of Iraq and Turkey, " spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh on Saturday.
The new federal plan, developed by the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, calls for doubling the number of border security task force teams and moving a significant number of other federal agents, equipment and resources to the border.
He was a key member of a bipartisan Senate group that put together the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, which would have beefed up border security and increased the number of Border Patrol agents, but also would have created a guest worker program.
Lord Henley did not accept that characterisation, saying it was "a bit rich" for Labour to accuse the government of poor standards on border security as some of the failures acknowledged in Mrs May's statement "were failures of the party opposite when in government".
Obama, meanwhile, signaled disagreement with Republicans over the state of border security, saying in his speech that the Southwest border was more secure than ever.
Among other things, the eight senators have reached agreement on a path to citizenship that could affect up to roughly 11 million undocumented residents, as well as the creation of a system to assess the state of border security.
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He said that part of the problem is how demoralized security forces have been since the fall of Ben Ali, sapping their ability to maintain border security as well as in the past.
Back in 1996, Congress had authorized the construction of a border security fence along the southwestern border to deter illegal crossings.
The agreement did not address the status of disputed areas along the border and the fate of Abyei, critical security issues that must be resolved if the two countries are to have lasting peace.
Details of what federal authorities are calling "Operation Iraqi Heritage" were discussed Wednesday at a news conference by representatives of the Department of Homeland Security and the bureaus of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection.
Overall, the issues of border security and economic concerns dominated the first committee hearing on the long-awaited plan, which was unveiled against the backdrop of the deadly Boston Marathon bombings and subsequent manhunt.
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The local commander of the Indian Border Security Force, KC Sharma, told the BBC it was now up to Delhi and Dhaka to sort out the problem.
President Obama discussed border security in his State of the Union address last week, ensuring his commitment to border safety, so border security will remain an issue, which companies can benefit from.
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Welcoming the resumption of the high-level dialogue between the Governments of Sudan and Chad, as well as their singing of the Accord on Normalization of Relations, the Secretary-General underlines the importance of translating the normalization of diplomatic relations into increased security on the ground, particularly along the common border between the two countries.
"As long as the main priority of the government of South Sudan is maintaining security, especially along the border region, the less it will be able to focus on delivering the types of services and development the populace expects, " he says.
This presumably reflects improved border security, particularly along the more isolated stretches of the border.
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They said a Rabha tribesman had been shot dead on the Assam side of the border by security forces for creating trouble.
The border security piece of the legislation is critical to getting support from Republicans, but some Democrats have opposed making a path to citizenship contingent on border security.
The nature of the border-security problem has evolved.
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Officials with the Department of Homeland Security testified Tuesday that the U.S.-Mexico border is more secure than ever but they said the provisions in the bill would help them make it even stronger.
We will strengthen the coordination among the government officials on both sides of the border to reinforce security.
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Mr. McCaul says the bungled project called SBInet, which included the virtual fence plan, set back the cause of border security five years.
The contours of the tough new border security plans emerged as senators moved closer to unveiling sweeping legislation within days that would put some 11 million immigrants living here illegally on a path to citizenship and allow tens of thousands of high- and low-skilled workers into the country on new visa programs, in addition to securing the border.
Provisions must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism, to stop the infiltration of weapons, and to provide effective border security.
He made clear that security provisions must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism, to stop the infiltration of weapons, and to provide effective border security.
The immigration bill, the larger point of which is to boost border security and provide a path to citizenship for 11 million people living illegally in the U.S., would impose steep fees for companies such as Indian outsourcers that have more than half their U.S. staff on the permits and also require them to pay higher salaries.
The bipartisan "Gang of 8" senators introduced an act recently, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, that takes a promising new approach.
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