Alan Bersin, a high ranking Department of Homeland Security official, has been nominated by President Obama to head the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Bersin, a former U.S. Attorney in California ...

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is naming a "border czar" to oversee issues related to drug-cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and the hundreds of thousands of ...

Homeland Security Sec. Napolitano, coming from Arizona, recognizes the menacing Mexican drug cartel problem. This latest move is very commendable, so long as Alan Bersin gets the resources to make a ...

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin announced his resignation effective Dec. 30, and Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar has been named acting commissioner. President Barack Obama ...

As the country and the world transition from Presidents Biden to Trump, we should expect the most dramatic changes in the short term to involve migration management at the U.S.-... Mexico’s monumental ...

The Obama administration is naming a former federal prosecutor from San Diego to fill the newly created position of "border czar." Alan Bersin will help the White House keep its promise to crack down ...

He’s been here before. Alan Bersin, President Obama’s pick for “border czar” essentially had the same job under President Clinton. This time, however, instead of serving under Attorney General Janet ...

The administration's new 'border czar' Alan Bersin is charged with improving security and quelling drug violence along the Mexican border. Analysts assess his biggest challenges. Given the recent ...

DHS's Alan Bersin says the goal of border security should be to detect threats long before they reach the border. The Department of Homeland Security's biggest weapon in securing American borders is ...

“I venture to project that over the next generation all nations will turn to joint border management and wonder in retrospect, as we do, how they could have functioned otherwise. As philosopher Arthur ...

The idea of closing the border with Mexico was raised as one possible defense against the spread of the swine flu, but rejected. Alan Bersin, the Obama administration's "border czar," more formally ...

Alan Bersin served as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and assistant secretary and chief diplomatic officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He also was the U.S.