Border Control

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

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

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