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Jan
2

In and out the US borders

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One of the biggest challenges for the US today is in the protection of its borders. This responsibility was given to the USCBP or the US Customs and Border Patrol. They are in charge of both the northern border in Canada and the southern border in Mexico. With millions of citizens and non-citizens crossing these borders; the department always find themselves busy in protecting the country.

To address this problem the Global Entry System was established. This system is geared towards US citizens who have been proven to be low risk for the country. Instead of going through rigorous inspection by the border patrol, they just have to go through the Global System with their credentials to gain entrance to US.

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Dec
15

Prop 8 could backlash the tourism

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With millions of dollars spent, the campaign for and against Proposition 8 became a record breaking spending spree. Those who are for Proposition 8 (or Prop 8) have spent more than $35 million while those against Prop 8 have spent more than $37 million. Because of the spending and the effort, the losing end after the voting will be very angry at the result. 52.3% have voted Yes while 47.7% voted No.

Those against Prop 8 have pointed to Utah as the major reason of their loss. Utah is one, if not the most conservative state in the country and some businessmen in Utah have donated considerable amount in support for Prop 8.

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