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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
Border Control
• Investment in Border Control
• Differences between U.S.-Canadian border and U.S.-Mexican border
• Investment in Border Control
• Fence
• Border Patrol Agents
• Technology
– Surveillance
– Radar
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.minutemanproject.com/newsmanager/templates/mmp.asp?articleid=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
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