Secure Fence Research Paper

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The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was enacted October 26, 2006 and is a part of President George W. Bush's effort on immigration reform which was intended to allow the Department of Homeland Security to gain operational control over the entire United States-Mexico border and maritime border. It will have 700 miles of double-layer fencing , about 1,989 km long. This fence includes 18-foot steel fencing, high-tech surveillance, unmanned aerial vehicles, increased prosecutions of illegal border crossers and new deployments of the Border Patrol and National Guard. 9/11 has had a huge impact on the world and border security because before 9/11 the word terrorist was rarely used because we didn't think that something like that could ever happen to us. When it happened we looked at immigrants like they were the problem but in all reality all immigrants aren't terrorist. Saying all immigrants are terrorists is like saying all black people like chicken and all white people don't use seasonings it’s very …show more content…
Know a days there are border fences around the world trying to keep immigrants out or keep them in. Building a border Fence in the U.S wouldn't work or help the immigration problem because all it does is buy time for the U.S to react to the immigrants trying to cross. Eventually knew plans such as cutting through the fence and digging under the fence will come to play and the U.S wouldn't know what to do.

The border wall has led to the deaths of thousands of humans. Studies have estimated over 5,000 migrants have died from dehydration and drowning. Many bodies lie undiscovered in remote areas- wallace 2004. The immigrants are coming here to try and get a better life then the ones back at home. I could understand if they were trying to do harm to the U.S and try and establish war but majority of the foreigners want to give their families better