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Summary: The Importance Of US-Mexico Border Patrol

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The US-Mexico border hold a great importance when it comes to national security. In this regard the Border Patrol plays an important role. The certain problems which highlight the importance if Border Patrol include, Illegal Immigrants, drug smuggling and human traffickers. Although all these situations can be handled by investing time and effort to improve the border.
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The US-Mexico border is and International boundary separating USA and Mexico. The length of the boundary is 3,145 kilometers (1,954 mi), excluding the maritime boundaries of 29 km (18 mi) in the Pacific Ocean and 19 km (12 mi) in the Gulf of Mexico. Borders are the chain connecting two countries borders are the entering and exit points of all conveyance, …show more content…

In this scenario the responsibilities of the US-Border Patrol become very important. The importance of this can be understood by analyzing the past events happened at the US-Mexico border have how it has affected the homeland security of USA. Illegal immigrants are one big problem of this domain illegal immigration issue point to any number of social ills of illegal immigration. On one hand there are humanitarian concerns for the immigrant of the dangers of the migration itself, vulnerability to crime, sub-standard pay, poor working conditions and …show more content…

By increasing giving smart security to the border. Currently the system used for this purpose is cameras, dogs, walls but there is always a room for improvement. An example of a smart approach to border security is the Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (BEST). BEST is a program that couples U.S. federal, state, and local law enforcement with Mexican law enforcement to share information and collaborate on matters such as border crime. Similarly by increasing the man force but A few critics contend that the U.S. should spend more cash on innovation and less on labor referring to the expense of employing and preparing new operators. Preparing one new operator at the Border Patrol Academy was evaluated to cost $14,700 in monetary year (FY) 2006. While the expense of preparing new specialists is high, Border Patrol specialists are helpful for an assortment of missions, including drug prohibition, capturing displaced people, forestalling demonstrations of terrorism, and guaranteeing the free stream of business over the ports of section exercises that can 't be taken care of only by innovation. In addition to these some of the suggestions include, Improvement of US Mexico Relationship, Expand DHS Border Enforcement Security Taskforces (BEST), Provide full funding for the Coast

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