United States Border Patrol

The U.S. Mexican Border If you’ve paid attention to political news, you’ve probably heard of Donald Trump’s controversial claim: we should build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The implementation of a wall on the U.S-Mexican Border is an adverse decision. Not only will this be detrimental for the financial state of America, but it could also disturb wildlife, and diplomatic relations, due to Trump’s claim regarding Mexico to pay for the wall. With the 2016 presidential election…

When Americans think of the United States southern border they believe its rife with illegal activities primary done by illegal immigrants. In reality most illegal crimes such as drug smuggling are being committed by United State citizens. This information that Americans were mainly transporting drugs over the border was widely unknown to the public particularly when authorities mainstream foreign suspects especially from Mexico. For this reason, it appears the border is not secure and gives a…

coming into the United States from Central America is largely made up of adolescents. I will be using P.J. Tobia’s article, “No Country for Lost Kids,” for context of this particular immigration crisis. In this case there are two main sources of push and pull factors which lead to immigrating: fleeing from violence in their country and family reunification. The article describes the violence these children meet, with the dangers they must overcome to even make it to the U.S. border, all with the…

violence that is happening at the Mexican-American border is one of those problems that will just continue to grow if not addressed properly. Frey (2013) states that “Fatal shootings by Border Patrol agents were once a rarity… Even more rare were incidents of Border Patrol agents shooting Mexicans on their own side of the border” ( p. 28). Now, “[o]f the nineteen cases we have uncovered over the past two years in which people died at the hands of Border Patrol agents- six (were) on Mexican soil”…

works and contributes to the United States criminal justice system. The Police Looking at the police on the state level, this can include a wide variety of state level policing forces such as a highway patrol or even fish and game. The police responsibilities in the United States criminal justice system holds a plethora of duties, and interestingly enough many do not relate directly to controlling and/or preventing crimes. A police officer’s role can include routine patrol within communities…

Border v. Legalization Introduction to the Research Question / Statement of the Research Question Immigration is a progressing issue in America with over 42.4 million immigrants in the United States out of a population of 318.9 million people, according to the ACS, and still growing as years pass by. In order, to come to the U.S. legally by applying for citizenship, it roughly costs $680, which goes to citizenship application fees and a background check; however, this does not guarantee a…

Have you ever heard or seen those scary border stories? Do you ever watch documentaries or television shows, even the news on the border safety? Over 32% of all inmates in state prisons in the U.S. were under the influence of drugs or caught with possession of drugs. Drug enforcement agencies or DEAs makes over 30,000 arrests each year due to illegal narcotics. Nearly 48,000 people have been killed over the past 5 years in Mexico due to suspected drug-related violence. Also, remember the guilty…

Starting in the colonial era, America became a nation of immigrants. In 1904, watchmen, Border Patrol Agents now days, would patrol the United States border to avoid the illegal entry of immigrants. However, their jobs were not as constant. Watchmen would only patrol when there was enough money to pay for their services. Now days, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s primary mission is to protect America’s borders at all times from the illegal entry of immigrants, drugs, weapons as well…

and greatest gadgets and technology. In contradiction with border security technocrat is seen as addition to new technical initiatives that were to try to stop a terrorist from infiltrating the country to devise more strikes. Such methods as the Absconder Apprehension Initiative, which was considered by Attorney General John Ashcroft to be one of the answers that would help discourage and eliminate illegal Absconder in the United States. This led to numerous difficulties for the administration…

classified, have been released recently. These materials have paved the way to the possibility that distorted facts led to the United States engagement in the Vietnam War. There is no arguing the fact that a North Vietnamese patrol boat attacked the USS Maddox while the ship was patrolling in the Gulf on August 2nd, 1964. What is in contention are the subsequent actions of the United States officials in the coming days. The actions taken by the U.S. officials has been shrouded in mystery since…