...Is The Mexico-US border fence justified? The United States Congress approved the "Secure Fence Act of 2006" which sanctioned the construction of numerous separation barricades at the Mexican-American border and the installation of a virtual fence entailing surveillance cameras, sensors, and other equipment to cover those parts of the border that do not have a physical wall. The debate is related to the American debate on immigration, and controversies about the fence centre on its effectiveness, expense, representational value, and more. How accurate however, is the claim that the Mexico-US border fence is justified? The main argument for the preservation of the Mexico-US border fence is economic. It is claimed that illegal immigrants drain the benefits system leaving less money to be spent on other areas such as health care and reforms. It is a common misconception that Mexican immigrants do low paid unskilled work which the majority of American citizens are unwilling to undertake. However these facts are disputed by the writer Steven Camarota who states ‘Of the 465 civilian occupations, only four are majority immigrants. These four occupations account for less than 1 per cent of the total U.S. workforce. Moreover, native-born Americans comprise 47 per cent of workers in these occupations.’ Drug trafficking and the resultant violence in Northern Mexico is a real problem for the United States and for the Mexicans themselves. However by constructing a fence which has been called...
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...ippingU.S.-Mexico Shipping Options White Paper In brief Understanding what can happen at the U.S.-Mexico border with your truckload shipments could impact the decisions you make—and whether or not you will actually get what you pay for. By reviewing the process and your options, you will be able to develop better, more efficient strategies to help minimize costs and risk. Contents Cross-Border Shipping: A Primer 1. Carrier restrictions 2. Cargo inspections 3. Cargo insurance 4. Equipment availability Northbound Shipments, Step by Step Southbound Shipments, Step by Step 7 Tips for Choosing a Cross-Border Provider C.H. Robinson | U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Services 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 2 If you’re not already shipping products via truckload across the U.S.-Mexican border, it’s probably only a matter of time, considering that Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner.1 More than 18,000 companies with U.S. investment already have operations in Mexico,2 and many others ship their products across the border. This white paper will better prepare you to join them. There are two distinct methods of truck transportation across the border: transloading and direct service. In transloading, product is transferred from one trailer or container to another at a warehouse or terminal before crossing the border and being taken to FIGURE 1 Main land-border the final delivery. In direct service, a trailer or container crossings...
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...Is fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border an effective immigration policy? Although the fence will channel the illegal immigrants to the areas where border patrol can seize them, it is not an effective immigration policy. The fence is not able to keep illegal immigrants from going around it, climbing over it, or digging under it; furthermore, it only covers one-third of the border. The US Mexico border is roughly 2,000 miles long. The fence, constructed by The Department of Homeland Security, is 18 feet high, 700 miles long, and built mostly near urban areas. A fence alone is not the solution because there are so many ways to overcome the obstacle, going to the areas not fenced, vehicle smuggling, and climbing. The other accessible way around the fence is to dig under it. Global Security.org has sited 40 tunnels were being burrowed under the fence between 2001 and 2006. The main reason I believe the reason the fencing is not an effective immigration policy is because there is not the manpower to monitor all the fence points. There is no way to have all the people needed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to make sure no one is entering our country illegally. What draws these immigrants to make such a risk to cross the border into the United States? They believe they can make more money to send to their families in Mexico. They also believe, because we are a free country, we have more to offer them than their county. We are “the land of the free, home of the brave.” ...
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...United States Border Security Post 9/11 ABSTRACT U.S. border security in the post 9/11 era requires careful attention to all potential threats with particular focus on mitigating circumstances that lead to reductions in citizen safety and security. These efforts must be balanced with protection of U.S. citizens’ rights to freedom of movement and commerce. Additionally, security activities must protect borders while minimizing interference with international trade. Primary concerns at the land borders include tracking movements of people into and out of the U.S. (including potential terrorists) at the traditional borders, curtailing illegal immigration and stopping drug trafficking. Sea borders are the primary route of illegal smuggling and now have more coordinated efforts between federal agencies, law enforcement, and private interests. Skies are protected by the DHS and its private entity the TSA but often include invasive search procedures for passengers. With the post 9/11 realization of America’s vulnerability to external threats, border security became a subject of greater inquiry and action. United States border security can be categorized by the three mediums of transportation across borders – land, sea, and sky. Significant changes have occurred in the domestic security protocols utilized in all three mediums to reduce terrorist threats on U.S. soil, drug trafficking, and illegal immigration. While it seems obvious in the post 9/11 perspective that domestic...
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...Ever Stop? INTRODUCTION The United States and Mexico share a border that stretches 2,000 miles. The border is a product of the clash of the British and Spanish Empires. It is a place of lawlessness and violence. Drug cartels have used the border to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States for years. The United States market for drugs is a multibillion dollar a year industry. 90% of the illegal drugs that are smuggled into America come through our southern borders. As a nation we consume over 50% of the worlds illegal drugs, which exemplify the problem that America has with drug consumption. The demand for illegal drugs in the US allows drug cartels in Mexico to make billions of dollars by smuggling Marijuana, and Methamphetamines through the US/Mexican Border. Efforts to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the US have been unsuccessful. Drug Cartels use various methods in the transportation of their merchandise. Such methods include using underground tunnels, semi trucks, automobiles, and humans to transport these illegal drugs. Only 3 to 8 percent of the drugs that are smuggled from Latin America into the United States is confiscated, which is a very discouraging number. Our border patrol and DEA need to do a better job securing our borders and preventing the flow of such harmful drugs into America. There are a reported 7 cartels that operate in Mexico; the biggest players in the drug trade between Mexico and the US are the Tijuana, Juarez, Sinaloa, and the Gulf cartels...
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...States-Mexican Border Wall 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 control. For years there has been talk of a stronger border and in some cases there has been action. However, with the opinions in favor of a stronger border security, such as a border wall, there are also strong opinions against the idea. A border wall would help the United States with security issues; it might also slow down the number of immigrants coming across the border every year. The fact is that something must be done to slow down illegal immigration before this country becomes over populated. Illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from American citizens, who at this moment during the recession need those jobs more than ever. The United States government must take action; a border wall needs to be placed along the border for the safety...
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...Senate leader Mcconnell said its estimated between 12-15 billion dollars. It would run roughly over two thousand miles. Going across four states texas to california. Trump said that mexico would pay for the wall. But the mexican president has said several time that they would not be paying for anything to do with the wall. The way trump would make the wall to be paid for is by implementing an impound remittance program and charge illegal wages and raise cost for visas in the U.S. . along the border the head of homeland security has said that the wall would have constant patrolling for extra...
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...1. The purpose of this paper is to describe key points of the economy and political systems of Mexico and to discuss why they are important United States (US) interests. This paper will focus on trade, economic stability, political stability, and transnational partnership. 2. The Mexican economy presents opportunity and potential to the US. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) relieved numerous cross-border tariffs along Mexico’s northern border.1 The enactment of NAFTA heralded a 41 percent increase in US-Mexico cross-border traffic and was noted as the busiest border in the world.2 Mexico’s two most dominant exports include manufactured goods and crude oil.3 Mexico was rated the 7th highest nation for foreign investment opportunity due to its macroeconomic stability and enticed manufacturers.4 In addition, Mexico was determined the 12th biggest oil exporter in the world.5 The Chicontepec basin contains 40 percent of Mexico’s natural oil reserves and remains mostly untapped due to lack of oil extraction technology.6 Despite recent gains, roughly half of Mexicans live below the poverty line.7 Epidemic poverty offers a...
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...Have you ever wondered how we got territory from Mexico? The United was justified in going to war with Mexico because US was giving resources Mexico,mexico passed the border and killed a lot of americans, and mexico's government can’t command their people. The US government gave food,supply,ect. to places that needed the things. Source A says “The anglo saxon foot is already on california's borders marking its trail with schools and colleges,courts and representative halls,mills and meeting houses” (Polk). The US government are giving resources to schools,colleges,courts,etc. The us is justified because the us wants to help people so they give them resources. The US invaded mexico. Source B says, “Mexico passed the boundary of the US and killed...
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...U.S. - Mexico Border What is the purpose of this "Great Wall" between Mexico and the U.S.? Cost? Approval? Before we get into that, lets review what the borders consist of now. The U.S. - Mexico Border is an international border separating Mexico, from the border of the United States; ranging from California in the west, to the far-east end of Texas. It is the most frequently crossed international border in the world. The border is made up of several different terrains. Ranging from mass-populated areas, to absolutely uninhabitable deserts, from rugged hills, to two rivers (the Colorado and the Rio Grande). With 763 million legal crossings, and 170,000 illegal crossings (a 90% drop since 2005) annually. The U.S. - Mexico border is enforced...
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...Should The United States Militarize Its' Borders What does the word territory mean to you? Could it mean simply an area of land that is ruled under the jurisdiction of a state or leader? Territory is one of the never ending battles humans of the Earth will face. We fought over it hundreds of thousands of years ago. And we are still fighting over it today. The battles we face today are different that in the past. Today the United States are fighting to keep the U.S. of America free and not overrun. But is that victory we envision in our future worth the cost it will entail. The only thing that is separating the United States border and Mexico’s border is simply an imaginary line. It is nothing we can see just what we are told is there. Then there are the official structures, the fences and wall and the use of border patrol agents to enforce the laws and boundaries. Yet you still have illegal immigrants crossing into United States territory without permission. What can we do to solve this issue at hand? We can invest in the use of heavy force. We can militarize our borders. Militarization is the organization or aggregation of military force in a territory. (Wickham, n.d.) The United States can send thousands of men and women to the borders to stop this from occurring. They can increase the size of the fences and walls. Invest in drones and spy planes. The only problem is how many will it take, or how will this affect the economy of the United States. This could lead to higher...
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...things in the United States; how should illegal immigration from Mexico be handled? Many people believe that illegal immigrants destroy the economy and that we need to take drastic measures to prevent it such as forcing people to carry federal identification cards, increasing the number of Border Patrol officers, or even building barriers on the border. I believe that we need to begin caring about and understanding why these people are leaving their homes to come into the United States. Many people believe that these immigrants are coming over and causing problems, but in reality, they aren't causing as many problems as we think. They are taking jobs, but they are jobs that pay...
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...The article “Border Walls and Taxes: Bad Medicine for the Wrong Diagnosis”, by David Dapice, discusses the effects a border wall and trade limitations with Mexico may have on the US. Leaders of the recent Republican campaign promised high paying manufacturing jobs by restrictive trade with Mexico and a border wall to prevent immigration. However, these actions may have unintended consequences. A tax on goods imported from Mexico is intended to be how the border wall is funded. Yet, it will more likely be the case that US consumers bear the tax. Dapice demonstrates this with an example in the housing market. If real estate taxes increase, owners of rentals are the ones to physically pay the tax; however, renters experience that tax in the form of increased monthly rent. As the price of the Mexican imports increases, US prices will increase to offset the tax; therefore, US consumers will pay the tax. Mexico is currently the third largest US trading partner. In turn, they also import many goods from the US, making the two economies closely tied. Dapice points out that “Mexico’s imports from the US were 80 percent of their exports to the US in 2015.” Mexico’s economy also relies heavily on trade with the US. One goal...
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...Mexico and the United States are neighbors and a relationship between them has existed for a long time. However, immigration, specifically illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States has caused inconvenient for many years. The history of the border caused much hostility among the Mexicans and Americans. Now it is very difficult to immigrate legally in the United States because it takes an immigrant visa, the support of a sponsor or asylum status. It is also very expensive for immigrants to entry legally because they need to pay five to ten thousand dollars. There is a very specific type of immigrants that is called wetbacks. This phrase means immigrants from Mexico who came into Texas across the Rio Grande. Almost all people who immigrate illegally to the United States risk their lives. There are many examples. An example is that many Mexicans use coyotes. In this case, coyotes are not animals but are people who get pay about a thousand dollars for transportation to the United States. The illegal drug market in the United States is one of the most profitable in the world. As such, it attracts the most ruthless, sophisticated, and aggressive drug traffickers. The most common way the trafficker’s use is tractor- trailers and migrants on foot. Diverse groups traffic and distribute illegal drugs, but the most powerful trafficker is Joaquin Guzman, linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, who goes by the nickname El Chapo. This criminal groups operating from South America smuggle...
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...discussed is about Border Patrolling. During the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Border Patrol and other federal agencies merged were called into a new U.S. Agency Customs and Border Protection. By tradition, the mission of U.S. Border Patrol has always been the protection and prevention of the illegal entry of aliens and smuggling of illegal contraband into the U.S. The federal agencies US Border Patrol is charged with the responsibility to protect the U.S. not because of the influx of immigrants into the country, also by the violence that has raged on the border with Mexico for drug trafficking and weapons. However they have to monitor roads and airports in some areas where more illegal immigrants.To further this discussion I will be going into detail about our boarder regulations specifically concerning Mexico with illegal immigrants. America is a nation of all nationalities and cultures. Some might even say that America was built by immigrant hands. But, immigration is becoming a hot political and ethical issue nationwide due to the number of illegal immigrants illegally crossing Americas’ borders each day. Today with the struggling economy, terrorist acts, and the highest unemployment rate in decades states that share borders with Mexico are implementing strict immigration laws that are seen by some as unethical and a violation of human rights. There are multiple major concerns about the U.S borders, especially when considering Mexico and the expected...
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