Border Security Critique

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Border Security Critique

Let’s say a new neighbor has moved in right next to you, do you really know who they are? In other words, do you believe you can trust them? I believe that the United States need to increase border security because of the acts of terrorism within our country. Most of them occur from individuals that aren't citizens of our country.

According to the Immigration and Terrorism article written by Janice Kephart, “Of the 94 foreign-born terrorists who operated in the United States, the study found that about two-thirds (59) committed immigration fraud prior to or in conjunction with taking part in terrorist activity.” This piece of evidence supports my thesis by stating statistics of the crime committed by foreign-born

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