Are Our Borders As Secure As The American People Believe They Are?

The border between the United States and Mexico consists of 1,952 miles of land border that divides a “first” world and “third” world nation. Any border is an environment of opportunity. People flock to borders around the world to exploit the regions’ resources and people. There are always plenty of people at the borders of nations to build large factories, or to traffic narcotics and weapons into neighboring nations.

One of the pros for building the fence is that “control of the borders are required for national security”. With the rise of terrorist groups around the world including

Borders between nations are, largely, used to control and monitor the movement of people internationally. One of the fundamental problems with the border control of states is their ineffectiveness in preventing and deterring people from crossing borders. The most notorious border, the Mexico-United States border, spans an area of 1,989mi (International Boundary & Water Commission, 2017) and has become increasingly militarised over the years due to the, ever increasing, influx of Mexican immigrants attempting to cross the border. The US border security claimed an 81% success rate in preventing illegal immigrants from crossing the border in 2015. However, alternative estimates suggest that the border security’s success rate was in the 40-55% range

national security because Canada has an “undefended border”. (Simonsen & Spindlove, 2013, Pg. 89) Canada was unknowingly able to set up a headquarters for terrorist to handle all their business such as organizing and transportation. In 1970, was the first time Canada had come in contact with terrorist violence when the Front du Liberation de Quebec crisis occurred. Since Canada was a country created from immigration, it appeared very easy for international terrorist to set up and plan attacks especially since the United States was so close to Canada (Simonsen & Spindlove, 2013, Pg. 89). Canada and United State held a major issue of drugs being brought over the borders and this could produce major terrorist organizations because they could get past the check points which were supposed to be very secure. All of these issues between the U.S. and Canadian borders flew up red flags for the Department of Homeland Security especially because the Canadian government knew that the immigration policies were being abused, but they failed to fix the problem (Simonsen, 2013, Pg.

Terrorists were the key to mass chaos in the United States. The northern border of the United States was one the longest unprotected borders in the world. The Northern United States Border was 4000 miles long. Furthermore, Canada receives twice as many immigrant as the United States every year. Also, when it comes to the law in Canada they were the most welcoming of immigrants. This was away for terrorist to enter into the United States undetected (Custred). The job of Border Patrol was to stop the flow of terrorists and terrorist weapon from entering the United States. This has remained the goal since 1924 when the agency opened its doors (“Border …”). Even with the size of this agency terrorists still make it into the United States (Custred). With poverty to the south and one of the most welcoming of immigration to the north the need to protect the borders were need more than ever.

The United States border stretches for thousands of miles of harsh desert and forest landscape, between two oceans, over lakes and rivers and deals with the highest amount of immigrant traffic in the world. The U.S. has one of the toughest jobs in dealing with border security and the other issues that arise from economic and political ramifications, to securing the land, sea and air borders from unwanted entry by illegals immigrants, terrorists and contraband. Due to all these aspects, these make it difficult for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to get a handle on securing our nations border. Securing the border from illegal entry falls under the jurisdiction of the Custom Border protection (CBP) and Border Patrol, which both agencies are under the large DHS umbrella. These agencies were both created to handle these types of problems and have increased its work force numbers after the 9/11 attacks. This is actually when the U.S. really started to look at borders and locking them down from unwanted entry. With the creation of the Department of Homeland Security in March of 2003, the increase in the amount of federal officers on the border has nearly doubled to the sum of over 17,000 (DHS.gov, 2017).

The United States border with Mexico is one of the most interesting borders in the world. Although it is not a military front like the border between the Koreas or as militarized as the border of Russia and the Ukraine, there is a lot going on that requires attention. The southern border of the United States is different from almost all of those in the world because many of its problems are based off of the economic disparity between each country. The difference between wealth and quality of life is substantial and results in people going beyond regular means to cross the border to have a better life. There is also a large difference in the legal and law enforcement system that is exploited by Mexican cartels to make money through drug and human trafficking. The differences between these two

America’s Border Control is a security system that protects America’s borders and makes sure that no terrorist or illegal immigrants enter America without a green card. The border control has been paid billions and maybe trillions of dollars to protect our borders.

America’s Border Control is a security system that protects America’s borders and makes sure that no terrorist or illegal immigrants enter America without a green card. The border control has been paid billions and maybe trillions of dollars to protect our borders.

You really did a great job this week outline the topics provided. In the free riding part of your writing you did not mention a country. Me myself a country that great benefits from both our southern border security is Canada. With security, so tight at the Mexican-United States border, Canada does not have to deal with any of the problem of contraband and human trafficking. So, Canada benefits greatly from our southern border strategy as well. Our southern border has been the primary focus of our security even more so since 9/11 due to the increasing threat of terrorist organization possibility using our southern border to gain illegal entry into the United States. However, our current president would like to hardened our nation’s

Every four years, people from all over this country argue and debate what is best for this country, the so-called winner of these series of debates, becomes our next president. These people want what is best for this country, but often times are unwilling to try anything absurd, with the exception of Donald Trump. One of the biggest issues currently debated within the candidates, and all over the country, is the dilemma of the border between Mexico and the United States. Millions of people every year, not just Mexicans, cross this border in hopes of finding a better life, just as the pilgrims and everyone since them has done. The argument arises of what we, as the people of The United States, should do with the border. Our current administration

Furthermore, the Harper government had laid out a plan which would have led to collaborating and, to an extent, harmonizing border policies with the U.S. This action plan was set out in the Beyond the Border: A Shared Vision for Perimeter and Security and Competitiveness. One of its big proponents was to “establish a common approach to perimeter screening to promote security and border efficiency,” as well as to “push out the border [in order to stop] threats before they arrive either in Canada or the United States.” As such, one of the key elements of the CBSA's approach to “combat irregular migration is its ‘multiple borders strategy’ that strives to ‘push the border out’ so that people posing a risk to Canada's security and prosperity are

When the United States decided to place a small limit to the amount of border crossings, people decided to take it upon themselves to cross over illegally without considering consequences. The Mexican- United States border and the Northern Canadian – United States border have much in common. The Northern border is handled only so far by patrol before a fence of trees takes the place, making it difficult to get through as they zigzag. Because so many illegal immigrants began to start their lives in America, the United States placed a high fence that ran 200 miles across the states desert territory on the south end. This cause the people over in the Mexican border to create tunnels that ran underground which had no surveillance and were unknown. Canada also faced the same issues as tunnels were ultimately found leading from the Canadian border to American soil. With that being said, drug trafficking was acknowledged as it was playing a huge role in both of the countries tunnels. Over the decades, it has been a suspicion that drug dealers have been transporting their business through the tunnel over to America on both ends. Suggestions and efforts were developed to forget the fence all together, and come up with a surveillance system but ultimately were shut down. As the fence still stands, illegal immigrants still find their way around the system on both sides. With the drag trafficking

I enjoyed reading your post and you make some great points. From all of the news media reports, and reading informative documents it appears that the borders are more secure today than ever before. According to Andreas “border law evasion is as old as border law enforcement, and policing these border crossings has been elevated from the status of low politics to high politics”(2009, 3). I believe illegal entry into the country has been slowed with the new advancement in technology and the addition of the Nation Guard backing the patrol officers. With the “addition of aerial surveillance assets allows the Nation Guard to better support DHS by shifting surveillance from fixed sites to mobile”(DHS, 2011). With this upgrade the ability to

At first glance, it was odd to start Canada as the building block for the new Homeland Security architecture; there were 19 hijackers who flew on planes from outside of Canada and not through Canada and it was believed one or more had entered the United States on boats from Nova Scotia. There was a French citizen named Zacarias Moussaoui, who was arrested in Minnesota for wanting learn how to fly a Boeing 747; this act underscored the susceptibility of the visa waiver program; which allowed Europeans, including radicalized Muslims to travel to the United States with no previous checks. However, here are some reasons why Canada should be the starting point for their new approach on border security architecture; for instance from 1973 to 2003 there were over 400