Cons: Leaves terrorist’s safe haven in Tamaulipas from which to train and plan attacks on US targets. Limited anti-crime policy could further Mexican drug cartel’s violence and its illegal activities. Slow in the process to rebuild other state’s institution.
3. Increase border security. Invest in border infrastructure. Combine perimeter protection with security in depth through the use of intelligence, risk assessment, shared capabilities, and joint actions with Mexico throughout the border region. Strengthen penalties to combat human smuggling rings that traffic in drugs, weapons, money, and people including terrorists. Use technology to achieve 100 percent detection and safer, more efficient operations without increasing Border Patrol staff. Build 600 miles of double-reinforced security fencing in the Mexican border prone to drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
Pros: Difficult for terrorists to enter into US from the border between the US and Mexico; Reduces the illegal immigration.
Cons: Comprehensive immigration reform is needed; Building a border fence can be expensive; harm to the environment; Smugglers can charge more due to the high risk of crossing the border.
Recommendation:
Option 2 plus. Focus on professionalizing Mexico’s police forces and strengthening its court system to diminish corruption. It would …show more content…
spy planes to Mexican airspace for the purpose of gathering intelligence. Provide electronic signals technology, ground sensors, voice-recognition gear, cellphone-tracking devices, data analysis tools, computer hacking kits and airborne cameras to support Mexican military and federal police raids against drug targets. Encourage exchanges between officers and forces on both sides of the border. On the justice side, help Mexican officials as they work to rebuild or remodel court rooms, rewrite textbooks, redesign law school course syllabi, and train lawyers, judges, and court officials in the new
3. Increase border security. Invest in border infrastructure. Combine perimeter protection with security in depth through the use of intelligence, risk assessment, shared capabilities, and joint actions with Mexico throughout the border region. Strengthen penalties to combat human smuggling rings that traffic in drugs, weapons, money, and people including terrorists. Use technology to achieve 100 percent detection and safer, more efficient operations without increasing Border Patrol staff. Build 600 miles of double-reinforced security fencing in the Mexican border prone to drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
Pros: Difficult for terrorists to enter into US from the border between the US and Mexico; Reduces the illegal immigration.
Cons: Comprehensive immigration reform is needed; Building a border fence can be expensive; harm to the environment; Smugglers can charge more due to the high risk of crossing the border.
Recommendation:
Option 2 plus. Focus on professionalizing Mexico’s police forces and strengthening its court system to diminish corruption. It would …show more content…
spy planes to Mexican airspace for the purpose of gathering intelligence. Provide electronic signals technology, ground sensors, voice-recognition gear, cellphone-tracking devices, data analysis tools, computer hacking kits and airborne cameras to support Mexican military and federal police raids against drug targets. Encourage exchanges between officers and forces on both sides of the border. On the justice side, help Mexican officials as they work to rebuild or remodel court rooms, rewrite textbooks, redesign law school course syllabi, and train lawyers, judges, and court officials in the new