Borders are the depiction of a nation's statehood, as each government looks to manage subdivisions into its sovereign country. The main responsibility of a government is to protect the security and richness of its citizens. The United States border security has been a matter of both public and government concern over years. This concern has led to the enactment of several foreign policies that particularly features border security. However, security experts have quashed some of these policies with
This is supported by Jeffrey Greene in his article about drunk driving. Greene states that about 800 impaired drivers have been arrested in Ohio over a period of 15 years, while about 25000 are arrested annually through saturation patrols(Greene).
Operation Fast & Furious The Mexican Drug War is a war that’s never going to end mainly because of the corruption that takes place in Mexico. Drug Trafficking dates back to the 1900s, but nobody knows for sure how long this has been going on. It’s said that it all started with liquor during prohibition (Al Capone era); after prohibition liquor was then replaced with drugs like Cocaine, Methamphetamine, and Marihuana. Forward to a century later The US of America made a deal with the Mexican government
Drones: Viable support machine or mechanical creeper? “We walk Main Streets and drive thoroughfares that are monitored by cameras and speed passes. We work at computer terminals that allow our bosses to monitor our behavior and work productivity, minute by minute—and we use social media and search engines that can track our usage and establish personality profiles to sell and share” (Kurlander). So with all this surveillance why are people so uptight about drones, even if there privacy
The importance of a border region has always been an issue of sovereignty--which national or international power can claim the right to control a border? The U.S./Mexico borderlands are no exception, and the transgression between malleable policies and stringent militarization has occurred rapidly throughout the 20th century. The high levels of socioeconomic and political ties that have existed within the border regions of California, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona have evolved since the boom of
The movie Babel was released on October 27, 2006 in New York City. The director of the movie, Alejandro González Iñárritu, is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. The movie tells a story about an accident that connects four different groups of people. It takes place on three different continents, Japan, America and Africa. The storylines involve a Moroccan family, a vacationing American couple in Morocco played by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, a mute Japanese teenager and
wealth of cultural experiences and traditions from the people of Mexico. When I turned 18, I graduated from high school and moved to Southern Arizona to attend college in the city of Tucson. Located approximately 45 minutes north of the US-Mexico border, the City of Tucson had a high percentage of people of Hispanic descent, with a bulk having undocumented immigrant or refugee status. Throughout college, I spent time volunteering at a community Emergency Department halfway between Tucson and the
responsible for the patrol of the United States border to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country. “In the 1990s, INS agents focused on the Mexican-U.S. border, where large numbers of illegal immigrants and huge amounts of illicit drugs entered the United States. INS agents arrest hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants each year, but the number making it safely into the United States still exceeded the number arrested.” (The Nature of Police Work) Customs and Border Protection and Transportation
While the National Guard and active-duty armed forces personnel are used more and more along the border. Local police forces are also being authorized to enforce immigration laws. Possible solutions to the problems are helping illegal immigrants get into the country faster such as NAFTA. Some people say to computerize the I.N.S., increase the number of boarder patrol agents, and build a wall around the U.S. from problem countries. We know most of these solutions will work, but
state, and the local levels. There are reasons of why you need to have various functions and roles of policing in any community. There are a few various functions of police agencies such as patrol, traffic, juvenile services, intelligence and undercover, and special functions. There are many functions of the patrol and