Border Fence Analysis

The Issue of a Border Fence in America The issue of a border fence surrounding the divide between the United States and Mexico has been a great debate among many political and social activists. Throughout the years, there has been recent speculation that there needs to be increased border security, especially as it relates to the protective interests of the U.S. against suspected and potential terrorists. As the country faces various issues with the concept behind stronger border security, specifically as relates to investing in a far reaching, secured fence, there are constant arguments against the actual effectiveness behind the idea of a fence and the way it keeps suspected illegal immigrants out of the country. This essay will inevitably argue that although the concept of a border fence exists as an idea to securing the country’s borders, there are far too many reasons that demonstrate how a fence is not only costly, but very ineffective in keeping illegal immigrants from crossing into our borders. One of the main social and political issues facing the nation is how to properly secure the borders in the most efficient and effective way possible. There are many reasons why state and federal agencies desire to keep illegal …show more content…
According to Espejo (2013), “The border seems to show that a commitment to universal equality is incompatible with discrimination along geographic lines. Particularly, that rights to free movement clash with the state’s right to exclude aliens from its territory” (p. 13). In effect, the author is expressing that the wall is an adherent obstruction to the free will of all people and their right to enter and exit a territory freely; thus, not only is the U.S. border wall inefficient but also ethically