Essay On Border Security

“Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purpose.” Jeb Bush. Often times we hear of the term border security but do we really understand what it means? Border security refers to countries protecting their borders from illegal entry of person as well as contraband, weapons in order to promote economic prosperity and sovereignty, ( Homeland Security,2017). Based on the definition it can be seen that border security is essential within each and every country, thus this leads to each countries having regulatory bodies to secure its borders. Can you imagine what would have happen if countries did not secure their borders, a lot of terrorism attacks would have been successful,

Prior to these attacks there were a number of issues to be addressed within border security, especially within the aviation sector; as mention before this sector was taken for granted as passengers could enter aircrafts without security screening and because of this terrorist used the aviation sector as a gateway to carry out their terrorist activities. Another area that of concerns before these attacks was actual security at the airport, in which passengers family members and friends could have access to any part of the airport even if they were not travelling, (Steedman, 2003). These attacks showed the motivation of the existing terriorist activities against the aviation industry. The attacks also created fear among the population and may or can paralyze public transportation both at the local and international level. International and regulatory bodies realized that to conqueror these terrorist they have to work together as a unit to think ahead in setting up the necessary security