Patrick Jackson Dr. Doyle ENG101-S4 08 October 2014 Protect Our Borders The United States and Mexican border has been the focus of an abundant amount of controversy the past decade in the States. The border wall, or border fence, is one of several barriers preventing illegal Mexican and South American immigrants from entering the United States. However, as statistics prove, immigration and drug smuggling has been on the rise the past few decades and our “three prong approach” is not confronting the escalating issue at hand. America’s border security is not resilient enough to deter these illegal immigrants and drug smugglers; our border wall must be fortified immediately. The Mexican-American border barriers were originally built as part of a three-pronged approach to diminish illicit contraband, drug smuggling, and illegal immigrants. This operation would curtail drug transport routes from Central America. Three headquarters were established along the Unites States border: operation gatekeeper in California, Operation Hold-the-Line in Texas, and Operation Safeguard in Arizona. These strategically placed headquarters have done an outstanding job securing our borders the past decade, however with drug smuggling on the rise, they require much more support from the government. Regrettably, adversaries of the barriers claim that they are more of a political gambit to instigate foreign affairs and a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. These opponents see the United States-Mexico barrier as an unsuccessful deterrent to illegal immigrants and unwanted drugs that ultimately and inaptly endangers the security and wellbeing of immigrants seeking refuge in the States. The border between the United States and Mexico is fraught with a combinat... ... middle of paper ... ...ion and drug smuggling has been on the rise the past few decades and our current approach is not confronting the escalating issue at hand. America’s safekeeping at our borders is not robust enough to deter these illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. Our border wall and security checkpoints must be strengthened immediately. Works Cited "As Growth Stalls, Unauthorized Immigrant Population Becomes More Settled." Pew Research Centers Hispanic Trends Project RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Oct. 2014. Nazario, Sonia. Enrique 's Journey. New York: Random House, 2006. Print. O 'Reilly, Andrew. "Border Patrol on Alert after 71 People from Hard-hit Ebola Countries Illegally Enter U.S. This Year." Fox News Latino. N.p., 03 Oct. 2014. Web. 07 Oct. 2014. "Teens Who Crossed US-Mexico Border Alone Entering Schools." Fox News. FOX News Network, 29 Sept. 2014. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
The article by Rob Guerette is a case study involving the widely-reported increase of immigration into the United States. It tackles migration issues as well as related issues such as border security , security initiatives by individuals.. The article also provides in-depth research about the impact of illegal immigration into the United States including migrant deaths, deaths of non-migrants at the border, border security and the challenges faced by United States border patrol officers. The main purpose of the article was to provide an explanation as to whether the Border Patrol has any effect in saving the lives of people attempting to enter into the United States (Guerette, 2007).
The border wall debate has become one of the most significant talking points in the United States and countries around the world. Many people believe that the wall is unnecessary and many think that it is necessary. Building a border wall may cost billions of dollars, but it might be able to save the country money as well. Some positive impacts of a border wall are for example a decline in apprehension rates, creating a safer America and putting a damper on the flow of illegal drugs. As well as the positive impacts, we will look at the negative implications as well. Some of these are that the symbolism, cost, effect of diversity, environmental impact and the higher death impact.
Dougherty, Jon E. 2004 “Illegal: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border” Publisher: Thomas Nelson.
There are other ways to get into America if some people are determined to get into America. Some people are stating that “ The wall isn’t going to stop anyone.” Therefore stating that there other ways to get in here. According to The New York Times Magazine.com a video called “Mexico's drug tunnels”. “They actually l have film of tunnels that immigrants dug to smuggle drugs. They said they are going to patch them up.” But is that really going to stop them from digging more tunnels. I say no, that’s not going to stop them. Trump would be only throwing away 25 billion dollars that we are paying from our
The US and Mexican boarder has been a common political debate now a days because of the overwhelming flow if illegal Mexicans in the United States. People feel that these illegal’s are stealing jobs and threatening security and the boarder needs sealed off and guarded from these intruders. However there are to many problems with that theory. Some include the dangers of Illegal’s crossing, maintaining a boarder that big and, the big problem, the cost.
Preston, Julia. "Number of Illegal Immigrants in U.S. May Be on Rise Again, Estimates Say." The New York Times 24 September 2013: A16.
When we look at the Mexican American border we see it as something that holds our future. Its so big and tall that it stretches from end to end. We look at it and seems great and strong just letting us wait for our time. It holds something great for us on the other side. We just have to wait for our time to be able to get there. Sometimes that time doesn’t ever come but it does to our children. They are able to get to the other side of
Vaughan, Jessica M. “Aliens Who Overstay Their Visas Are a Serious Security Threat.” Opposing Viewpoints: Immigration. Eds. David M. Haugen, Susan Musser and Kacy Lovelace. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2009. 182-193. Print.
Since the prohibition of drugs in the early 1900’s, the cartels nearly monopolized the business of smuggling drugs across the border. Unfortunately, drug smuggling is not their only business endeavor. Money laundering, bribery and human trafficking also top the list of involvement. The cartels have quite a bit of control over their own Mexican government. Sadly, they will utilize bribery with police agents in order to cover up a crime. The bribery is not limited to the Mexican government as they often pay a United States guard at checkpoints several thousand dollars just to waive a car through (Couto, 2013). In recent years, the cartels have also added human trafficking and immigrant smuggling to their list of prevailing corruption. The statistics are alarming for kidnappings of young Mexican girls and women being used in sex trafficking rings here in the United States. Sadly, there are currently no laws in Mexico preventing this act; therefore, not much is taking place to prevent this from happening. Immigrant smuggling is also prevalent. Cartels are quite the entrepreneurs when it comes to the different methods of making money. While there are many ways the cartels drive revenue into their pockets, the drug industry is still their strong-hold. Hence, this is likely to remain true without possible solutions from both the Mexican and United
Over the years it seems as though our country has become more populated and unsafe from the illegal immigrants and smuggled goods, such as drugs and weapons, which make it into the United States. Although there are many illegal immigrants and contraband that are able to make it into the U.S undetected, there are a significant amount of people and contraband that are caught by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The CBP is a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and was formed in 2003. “It is one of the world’s largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S” (CBP). One of the departments of the CBP is border security, which is a team of individuals that work together to protect our country from “illegal immigrants, narcotics smuggling, and illegal importation” (CBP). Border patrol was established in 1924 and has changed dramatically over the decades. The one aspect that has not changed is “the overall mission to detect and prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the U.S” (CBP). The border patrol is responsible for patrolling the 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian land borders and 2,000 miles of coastal waters. According to CBP, “In 2013 420,789 nationwide illegal aliens were apprehended and 2.9 million pounds of drugs were seized.” As one could tell, there is a significant amount of illegal immigrants and smuggled goods coming into the U.S. However, the number of illegal immigrants that have been seized is lower than it has been in the past, but I still believe that having a strong border security is necessary in continuing to keep immigrants from trying to come into the U.S illegally and transporting illegal goods. “The primary goal of bo...
The issue today is that we have too many illegal immigrants in the United States. By building a wall we can insure that Americans can have their own jobs. Instead of mexicans stealing americans jobs.We the people of the U.S need to understand that the border wall is here to help us , not block us out from the rest of the world. We can insure that we will get our jobs back. We estimated that 8 million jobs are stolen by illegal aliens each year . The United States should consider building a border wall along the mexican border.
Drug abuse is a plague that is taking over the United States; not just the possession of drugs, but also the sale and use of illegal drugs. People in America depend on the stock of drugs as a breakout for a number of reasons. For some, illegal drugs are the only concern they have through past experience. For others, it’s a way to make money and gain more power over their peers. In other words, it’s their way of climbing to the top of the socioeconomic pyramid. Illegal drugs lead to substantial problems such as health issues, death, and murders. Illegal drugs are also becoming an obstacle when coming in and out of the United States via the Mexico border. Anderson and Gardner states, “Illegal smuggling goes both ways on the United States-Mexico
Trump has frequently said that “a nation without borders, is not a nation,” “a nation without laws is not a nation,” and finally that “a nation that does not serve its own citizens is not a nation. (donaldjtrump.com, 1) This is where the reform that Trump has planned comes into play. Trump’s first part to his plan includes building a wall along the Southern border of the United States. This 2,000 mile long wall is projected to cost about $10 Billion, which ironically is Donald Trump’s net worth. (youtube.com) This wall would keep illegal immigrants from coming into our country. Not only would building a wall along the Southern border keep the illegals themselves out, however it would also keep problems out of our country. (foxnews.com, 1) The struggle with our immigration problem has not been simply just illegals taking over American jobs, however it has been the drug cartels that bring in their drugs and crime. Also, there have been many murders and sexual assaults of American citizens by illegal
The issue of unauthorized immigration through Southwest border crossing has been debated for years, however, it has recently been brought to the spotlight with the presidential election of Donald Trump, as he persistently promises the public that he will stop the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico and Central American countries by securing the borders with a massive wall. Most Trump supporters believe that immigration is a “big problem” because of the negative views they hold against undocumented immigrants. Some of these views include that undocumented immigrants take American jobs from citizens, are less hardworking and honest, or commit serious crimes (Doherty). A significant percentage of of these Trump supporters are in support of
To stop illegal immigrants from entering countries and stealing jobs from legal citizens, some believe that a border fence should be used. A border fence is a big fence that surrounds the country that is attempting regulate the amount of people entering. People believe that by setting up the large fence on the border of their country it will deter immigrants from entering illegally. The reality of this solution is that with today’s technology it will take more than a fence to keep people from crossing the border in search of a new start. There is too many