Border Security Policy Analysis

Imagine you’re on a big crowded ship that’s swinging back and forth, seeking for a better life, for protecting on U.S. You are considered as an immigrant. In the 19th and 20th centuries, many people around the world started immigrating to U.S for a new life. The time period of industrialization of the 1800s caused economic growth, and social changes in U.S. Immigrants provided an unskilled workforce fueling prejudice among the American citizens. Industries grew a big gap between the rich and poor. Many started to wonder whether the immigration policy should be open or restricted. Some say that the immigration policy should be restricted because it makes U.S over populated and creates job problems. Other say that there should be

Immigration policies have had a tendency to violate human rights. These immigration policies, along with others, resulted in the global apartheid in the U.S. Some policies required more patrol enforcement at the border which made the journey for immigrants to the U.S. more rigorous. This enforcement has caused for immigrants to actually not look into migrating to the U.S. Also, with the local law enforcement working together with the border patrol has resulted into a huge problem, racial profiling. In racial profiling, even though there are immi-grants from all over the world, Latinos are mostly targeted. The policies, while they have in-creased deportation rates, they have affected the deportee’s U.S. citizen children.

November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall falls amid the thawing of the Cold War. Consequently, an elated Europe welcomed a new ‘borderless’ continent. The Schengen agreements dissolved anachronistic boundaries that once separated nations, allowing peoples, such as the Ruthenians, to exercise a loyalty to the states within their immediate realm of influence, while simultaneously preserving their independent identities. A quarter of a century later the continent is amid a refugee crisis unseen since World War II. Detention, deportation, bureaucratic barriers, military, and satellite technologies have all been a part of the some of the most extensive and aggressive border enforcement programs in history. Endeavors that have stoked xenophobic fears and spawned grievous confrontations between some of the wealthiest nations on earth and a stateless people from the most impoverished.

The U.S. Border Patrol to me is very important to the United States of America and to me as well. Without the Border Patrol, America would be a goat standing in the middle of a wolf cage. The Border Patrol and their agents border the boundaries of America so we can be safe in our homes. People don’t realize how important any kind of law enforcement is, until the day that they need assistance comes. I don’t take our men and women who protect us Americans; it is something that not everyone can say that they have. I have no one in my family that has worked with the Border Patrol, and I want to be the first in my family to join the Border Patrol. I am from Del Rio Texas, a border town neighbors with Mexico. The U.S. Border

The concept of securing the border limiting immigration is reliant on the fact that by having a “fence” it captures more illegal immigrants, rather than not having one at all. To better secure the border the fence is a first step. I think that there are better ways to secure the border such as employing more unemployed Americans to help patrol this barrier. I feel that in today’s society many Americans would rather see their tax dollars going to use. I would also suggest we pull more troops out of Iraq and encourage their use on our home soil.

This research will address U.S. immigration, specifically border security. I will evaluate liberal and conservative views on this issue and then present my own ideas.

It is my belief that the dissolution of the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization and Customs Service and the creation of separate agencies under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was sound political decision. It is my belief that it was also a move to show the American people that the government was making attempts to help strengthen our security. In the next

The federal government should not take steps to tighten border security because immigration benefits the United States economy and promotes the success of businesses.With about one million immigrants entering the US each year, immigration helps the US achieve many goals, creating a healthy, advanced nation. Immigrants are held accountable for trillions of America’s GDP, which is how the United States measures the success of the economy. Immigration is essential to the success of the United States since diversity in society, wealth in the economy, and businesses revolve around immigrants.

Immigration has been a critical issue that divides the country for many years. However, the United States of America is a country built by immigrants for immigrants, from the beginning until now. The statue of liberty is facing the rest of the world, holding the torch of freedom, which has the flame of hope that promises a new bright future to all immigrants that come to the nation, regardless of neither their country of origin nor the color of their skin. The United States of America is a country that welcomes immigration and this is one of the reasons why this country is a great country.

The border patrol has been a major problem for many decades concerning illicit drugs entering into the United States (Levinthal, 2012). Controlling the importation of illicit drugs is not an easy task. Statistics confirm the combined United States border stretches approximately 7,000 miles (Levinthal, 2012). The amount of government officials needed to monitor the importation of illicit drugs is unimaginable. Moreover, the government has designated four agencies to reduce the interdiction of drugs entering into United States territory. The four agencies for reducing illicit drug control in the United States, includes (1) DEA, (2) the U.S. Customs & Border Protection Agency, (3) the U.S. Coast Guard, and (4) the U.S. military (Levinthal, 2012).

Even though all the stakeholders are concerned in solving the illegal immigration issues, there seems to be no agreement on the best strategy to be followed. However, all the stakeholders agree that border security needs to be enforced, employers of illegal immigrants punished and they also seem to agree that the illegal immigrants that have been in the country for some time now need to be allowed to work legally and pay back taxes and some fines to the government. The stakeholders listed for the immigration policy reforms include Senator Chuck Schumer of New York State and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida State, both from states with high percentages of the immigrant population. They were part of the eight Senators who drafted the comprehensive

As Americans pushed westward, the demand for laborers on the frontier grew. Asian immigrants began to arrive in North America the mid 1800’s with the hopes of creating better lives for themselves (Jannson, 2014, pg 128). Asian laborers became ideal for employers because they could be paid lower wages, had no political power as they were not considered citizens, and were easily stopped from holding labor strikes (Jannson, 2014, pg 129). With the increased favorability towards Asian laborers, white workers were faced with the fear of losing their jobs or a decrease in their compensation, (Jannson, 2014, pg 129). This period of “fear” ultimately led to the nation instating stricter immigration policies (Jannson,

To create terrorism is to create unlawful violence or war that is intentionally targeted to civilians. It can also be defined as a systematic use of terror to induce violent attacks that often lead to war. The network of Al-Qaeda, created by terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden, was formed by the World Islamic Front for Jihad against Jews and their Crusaders. Right after its creation, there were attacks at the US embassies in Kenya in 1998. Bin Laden then planned for the attacks after 2000, as there was an attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport but it was stopped. In October 2000, the USS Cole bombing occurred. This was immediately followed by the infamous September 11 2001 terrorist attack. This point in time kickstarted the beginning of wartime in North America.

Illegal immigrants at work were shown in The Harvest, but the actual act of illegal immigration is explored in Wet Back. Some may believe that this processes serves no other function other than the passage of people into the United States. When looked at closer from a functionalists perspective, there are many functions revealed to this process. For the people of central America who choose to go out and search for a better life by immigrating to America, this process is a tough one to begin. The path to America is riddled with people who are paid to hunt them down and also who volunteer their time to hunt the immigrants. One function already listed that this process creates is the need for security on the border, which ultimately provides

It was reported in the San Antonio Express News that “Border-Patrolling Drones Would Call Texas Base Home.” Lynn Brezosky reported that “U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin cut the ribbon for the launch of the nation’s fourth base for operating border surveillance drones.” This is important in securing the U.S.-Mexico border, which the U.S. has an approximate 1,933 mile long border with Mexico (Beaver). Brezosky also reported that “the Homeland Security budget called for two drones for Texas.” The new drones in Texas are another step towards securing the U.S. border with Mexico. On the other hand, the so called “border fence” is producing less than favorable results.