A Web site funded by a grant from the state of Texas, allows people around the world to watch the U.S./Mexico border for illegal activity. WUSTL immigration law professor Stephen Legomsky comments.

References:

1. March 12, 2009 — Guarding the U.S.-Mexico border, live from suburban New York in the CNN.com

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Robots are increasingly taking over more soldier duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, with predictions that as much as 30 percent of the U.S. Army will be robotic by 2020. Two WUSTL scientists, Bill Smart and Doug Few, are on the cutting edge of this new wave of technology.

References:

1. Aug. 4, 2008 — Military use of robots increases in U.S. in the Xinhua News Agency (China)

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WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections.

References:

1. Feb. 27, 2008 — Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race in the Associated Press

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A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities.
He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments.

References:

1. Feb. 7, 2008 — Drug Informant Fights Deportation in the NPR Day to Day

California's attorney general today filed criminal charges against former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn and four others involved in the corporate spying scandal.
WUSTL law professor Samuel Buell comments on the case.

References:

1. Oct. 4, 2006 — Charges filed in HP spying scandal in the NPR Marketplace

The Department of Homeland Security today awards a multi-billion dollar contract to beef up border security. The anticipated winner is Boeing. Despite the aerospace giant's background, Boeing's border security plan is less high tech than you might expect.
WUSTL computer science professor Robert Pless comments on surveillance technology. He is assistant director of WUSTL's Center for Security Technologies.

References:

1. Sept. 21, 2006 — U.S. to Deploy Proven Technology on Borders in the NPR - Morning Edition

WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's annual State of the Union address and looks back on his previous speeches.

References:

1. Jan. 27, 2006 — Bush Has Hits, Misses in Annual Speech in the CBS News online

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