Border Security: CRS Experts

The following table lists the names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns related to border security. Policy areas identified include the following:

Mission: scope, magnitude, relationship to departmental mission, functions and their interrelationships.

Border surveillance: airports and air space; detection of nuclear and radiological materials; land borders; seaports and waterways.

Immigration and foreign visitors: immigration; border “look out” systems; illegal entry; visa issuance and alien tracking.

Transnational issues: border violence; foreign cooperation with Canada; foreign cooperation with Mexico; trans-border crime.

Intelligence to support border and transportation security: intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the U.S. Coast Guard; biometrics; terrorist travel; terrorist watch lists and the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).

Operational functions: animal and plant health inspections; U.S. Border Patrol; Coast Guard services; immigration enforcement and investigative services; State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs; transportation security.

Trade and imports: customs services; food imports security;

Transportation systems: air; land—passenger; land—freight; sea.

Border Security: CRS Experts

August 13, 2014 (R40905)

The following table lists the names and contact information for CRS experts on policy and legal issues related to border security. Issue areas identified include border surveillance; immigration and foreign visitors; transnational issues; intelligence to support border and transportation security; operational functions; trade and imports; and transportation systems.
  

Legislative Issues

Name/Title

Phone

E-mail

Border surveillance

Airports and airspace

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Aviation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Detection of nuclear and radiological materials

Jonathan Medalia
Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Land borders

Lisa M. Seghetti
Section Research Manager

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Legislative Attorney

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Seaports and waterways

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Transportation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Immigration and foreign visitors

Immigration

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

William Kandel
Analyst in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Border "look out" systems

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Illegal entry

Lisa M. Seghetti
Section Research Manager

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Legislative Attorney

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Visa issuance

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Transnational issues

Border violence

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Domestic Security

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Foreign cooperation with Canada

Ian Fergusson
Specialist in Trade and Finance

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Foreign cooperation with Mexico

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Latin American Affairs

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

June Beittel
Analyst in Latin America Affairs

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Trans-border crime

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Domestic Security

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Intelligence to support border and transportation security

Intelligence activities of DHS, including CBP, ICE, TSA, and U.S. Coast Guard

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Biometrics

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Terrorist travel

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Legislative Attorney

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Terrorist watch lists and the Terrorist Screening Center

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Operational functions

Animal and plant health inspections

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Agricultural Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

U.S. Border Patrol

Lisa M. Seghetti
Section Research Manager

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

 

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Organized Crime and Counter-Terrorism

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Coast Guard services

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Transportation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Immigration inspection and enforcement

Lisa M. Seghetti
Section Research Manager

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Visa Security

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Immigration Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Transportation security

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Aviation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

National Guard on the Border

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Military Manpower Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Trade and imports

Customs services

Lisa M. Seghetti
Section Research Manager

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Food imports security

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Agricultural Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Transportation systems

Air

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Aviation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Land—passenger

[author name scrubbed]
Analyst in Transportation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Land—freight

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Transportation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]

Sea

[author name scrubbed]
Specialist in Transportation Policy

[phone number scrubbed]

[email address scrubbed]