The Importance Of Border Patrol In The United States

“Congress irrationally restricted the number of immigrant visas for Mexicans.,Bracero program , The two countries share a border ....”(Roque Planas) Since congress did this we are having more people that are trying to come over. People are trying to come up with solutions to help stop this problem. Approximately one-third of the US-Mexico border is fenced off. The rest is patrolled by hundreds of border patrol agents, most of whom are centralized in particular areas like Tucson and San Diego. Unsurprisingly, where border patrols are most common, illegal immigration is down most. The wall would be a very good idea this would help strengthen our border, instead of a fence and the wall is like a barrier for us. There are problems with this like any other solutions. The money it would cost to make the border would be expanetchal. It would cost 52 million and 2.4 billion for all of the employs and everything else. So the wall it may be expensive it would help out the illegal …show more content…
They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S...”(Timothy Murphy) If our border patrol does such a good job then why don't we even make it better. Everything can be improved so why don't we add trained volunteers, its not like it would make things worse. It will only strengthen them the more people the better chance that people won't come over. “ Authorize The Use Of Armed Forces On The Border. Authorize The Use Of Volunteer Civilian Groups,Strengthen Interior Enforcement ...”(Listland) If we do this we will so much more secure, but there could be some volunteers that abuse their power. But with every positive there is always a negative. But since they are volunteers it will be easy to cut them and add the next one up. So in every plan there are always things that could go wrong but I think this would be a big improvement in this