The Infamous Southern Great Wall Of America

In our past history, The United States Customs and border officials have been focused on relatively common matters of enforcing laws regarding trade and immigration, watching over agriculture and economic interests from pest and disease, and processing people, vehicles and goods. After the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, the primary concern was the homeland security. The threat of terrorists and terrorist tools coming through our borders all add to an increased set of dangers to The United States. Is it the responsibility of our United States Military to defend our country from these threats? The following myths are often understood as true, when in fact they are not.

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

A nation without borders is not a nation. Today, every country is putting efforts to secure its borders not only from terrorists and drugs smuggling, but also from the illegal immigration. All these recurring activities have sparked the United States to secure its borders against illegal immigrants and terrorism by creating a special department named the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS is headed by the Secretary of Homeland Security. After the terrorist attack of 9/11, terrorism and illegal immigration were two striking issues for the DHS. To solve these issues, the Department of Homeland Security further created two immigration enforcement agencies: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in year 2003. The United States has over seven-thousand miles of border to cover each day. The US shares its borders with Canada and Mexico. That’s why the CBP was established to safeguard our borders through the deployment of technology, personnel, and infrastructure. The US Border Patrol is the most visible of DHS’s agencies and is now touching majority of population than ever before. It has increased its strength to more than 21,000 agents, up from 8,500 in 2001and 4,000 in 1994(17). The primary function of the Border Patrol Agency is apprehension of terrorists, drug interdiction and immigration enforcement. The book ‘Border Patrol Nation’ by Todd Miller is a classic example of the Border Patrol

Immigration is an important public policy that the United States is facing today because as mentioned earlier, there are currently 11.3 undocumented immigrants. There are two things that will strongly affect these programs and the future of immigration reform. The first is the upcoming presidential election in November 2016. For example, a Democratic nominee may want to continue that work that Obama has laid out, while a Republican nominee may

The security and management of our nation’s borders remains an emotionally charged and controversial topic. The DHS goals are to control U.S. air, land, and sea borders, safeguard lawful trade and travel, and the disruption and dismantlement of transnational criminal organizations (U.S. Department of

Border patrol/immigration has become a huge topic in not only the United States government, but also to the everyday people. Not only has immigration and border security become a main issue in the last presidential election in 2016 it has also become a main topic for the safety of the citizens of the United States Of America. This is becoming a huge problem because currently there are “10 million illegal immigrants in the United States and this number is growing by 700,000 each year.” (Pearce, 1) Why are these numbers so high? It is because we do not have the right amount of security at our borders in America “On one hand, the presence of so many aliens is a powerful testament to the attractiveness of America. On the other hand, it is a sign of how dangerously open our borders are.” (Johnson, 1) as American citizens, we should be fighting for a

In this CAP, I will address both sides of the argument over the introduction of a wall built on the southern border of the U.S. The U.S borders with Mexico, which spans over 2,000 miles from California to Texas. Issues have arisen with not having a secure border, which includes: illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and other breaches that reduce our overall security. George W. Bush, signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, which mandated the construction of almost 700 miles of fences along the Mexican border. This act also introduced the expansion of vehicle barriers, checkpoints, and technological systems designed to monitor the boundary. The current fencing has two sections. The primary fencing, which is typically 18 feet high, while the secondary

To prevent a future attack, our government must take necessary measures to defend the homeland from obvious terrorist threats rather than wait for proof in the form of dead civilians, Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement officers. Our government’s unwillingness to fully enforce our existing immigration laws only compounds the potential threat. While many people view illegal border crossings as acts of love, or as last ditch efforts for a

One goal of President Trump is to build a wall near the southern border. According to the LA Times, President Trump insists that,“We will build a great wall along the southern border. And Mexico will pay for the wall. One hundred percent. They don't know it yet, but they're going to pay for it. And they're great people and great leaders but they're going to pay for the wall. On day one, we will begin working on intangible, physical, tall, power, beautiful southern border wall. We will use the best technology, including above and below ground sensors that's the tunnels. Remember that, above and below”(LA Times 7). President Trump is claiming that if a border wall is established, Americans will be benefitting from it, even though he is kicking out immigrants from the U.S. in order to create those opportunities.

Immigrants founded the United States of America and ever since then there have been people from all over the world coming to America for a chance at a better life for themselves and their families. Immigrants from all over the world come, some legally and some illegally. A majority of these immigrants come from southern-border country Mexico. Everyday, the United States has hundreds of illegal immigrants come into the country. They cross over from the Rio Grande into Texas; they cross over into Arizona, New Mexico, and California. With all of the problems that the United States is facing from illegal immigration, maybe it is time that the American government should have a stronger form of border

Both the Canadian border and the Mexican border need to bolstered in order to have a closer eye on terrorists. This is a key factor that can be used to fight terrorism. Every state has the obligation to make sure that the environments in the boundary are not accessed by terrorists. Unlawful entries must be blocked using whatever means necessary. The U.S recently intensified border security watch by putting in place Border Patrol Agents and ready military personnel. All states must therefore instruct their migration and registration ministries accordingly. This will minimize terror by lawful registration and passport issuance. Emphasis on terror policy has greatly helped. The U.S and U.K encourages the international community to concentrate on the same in order not to be left behind in the fight. This will help the governments to set aside enough resources left to fight terrorism. Such resources include money, time and forces to combat the unlawful actions. The department of defense under the command of Barack Obama changed its name from war on terror to Overseas Contingency Operation in 2009. This was to energize their effort on dealing with this

Despite the many battles overseas and the threats from Islamic terrorism, The U.S needs to prevent terrorist from entering U.S soil. In Mark Krikorian’s “Safety Through immigration Control” article, Krikorian suggests that The Department of Homeland Security needs to control immigration because it is critical for the United States’ safety. In addition, weather the terrorists use guns, airplanes, or bombs, they cannot be let in U.S ground. Krikorian presents a study conducted which finds that almost all sections from immigration systems have been pierced by the opposition. Of the 48 Al-Qaida operatives who have committed terrorizing attacks since 1993, almost 33% of them were on different temporary visas. Another 33% were accounted as legal citizens in the U.S, and 25% were on U.S soil illegally. The 8% left had pending asylum application granted them entry to the States. Furthermore, With Al-Qaida adapting and improving their ways of attacks

I believe barrier defense should be focused on in order to make the United States a harder target by physically securing the border through patrols, additional Federal Law Enforcement Officers being hired, and utilizing more people within the Intelligence sector in an attempt to identify and stop attacks before they go from being an extremists dream to an American reality. I’d have to say that after taking a step back and evaluating what I’ve seen through research and firsthand events overseas that many countries rely entirely too

President-elect Donald Trump plans on building a  "impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall" between the US and Mexico. "I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively," Trump said, on June 16, 2015. "I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall."  The big question is how realistics is donald trump wall between the United States and Mexico.

The 9/11 incident crippled the American economy and its impact is still felt at present times. Following this tragedy, a commission was initiated by President George W. Bush and the congress to investigate the reasons behind the bombing and provide recommendations to help avert such occurrences in the future. Therefore, this paper discusses the impact of making the US border more secure, the rationale behind replacing the "need to know" with the "need to share". Moreover, the paper highlights the DOD's role the role in border and coastal security, its relationship with the Department of Homeland Security and how DOD supports civil authorities.