Border Control Border Control Why Border Control Before
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Border Control • • • Why Border Control? Before and after 9/11 - border Security Policies – Illegal Immigration and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996 – Operation Gatekeeper – Border Control not just immigration related issue now is part of National Security and the War on Terror – Sensenbrenner Bill in House of Representatives in 2005 (H. R. 4437) • State of Economy • Effect on the United States economy • Condition in neighboring countries • NAFTA
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Border Control • • Investment in Border Control Fence Border Patrol Agents Technology – Surveillance – Radar • • Investment in Border Control Differences between U. S. Canadian border and U. S. Mexican border
Border Control • • Outside Organizations Propaganda and Media – USBC. org (U. S. Border Control) Grassfire – The Minutemen Project • "a citizens' Neighborhood Watch on our border“ • Minuteman Project Incorporated • Minuteman Civil Defense Corps • http: //www. minutemanproj ect. com/newsmanager/te mplates/mmp. asp? articlei d=723&zoneid=24 Impacts • • • Actual Views (Polls) Cost and place in job market – 66% of Americans want tougher penalties of employing undocumented immigrants Border control and effects Importance of border control – 64% of Americans want National Guards at U. S. Mexican border Effects of immigrants – 58% of polled: illegal immigrants didn’t have much of an effect – 68% of polled: there isn’t much difference in the number of immigrants involve din crime than native-born
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Border Control • • Biases and Perceptions Two Reasons for Concerns – Terrorism – Drugs/Gang Control Statistics – Since 2005, 11. 5 -12 million (4. 5 -6 million legal/ 6 -7 million illegal) – 11, 000 Border Patrol Agents (89% U. S-Mexican border/ 980 U. S. -Canadian border) Policies/Bills – Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 – Operation Against Smugglers (and Traffickers) Initiative on Safety and Security (OASSIS) 2005 • • Current Administration Secure our borders Improve our immigration system Remove incentives to enter illegally Bring people out of the shadows Work with Mexico Crack down on Employers
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