Border checkpoint

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 false…

Straddling the Fence, an American journalism from The New York Times named Thomas Friedman speaks with Palestinian suicide bombers to get their perspective. One of the men shares his experiences at Israeli checkpoints, saying “When a soldier asks me to take my clothes off in front of girls (at a checkpoint), it’s a great humiliation to me” (Straddling the Fence). A two state solution would allow for two separate governments, and issues of discrimination towards a country’s own people would be…

mutual trust and shared understanding. This is completely pragmatic, suitable, and acceptable in the Army of the U.S., where a field grade officer is able to adhere with the philosophy of mission command, but it is not pragmatic in the Kyrgyzstan’s Border…

note is the Bedouin smuggling activities along the Sinai border with Egypt. Though their movement in Israel is restricted by checkpoints and ID card checks are regular the smuggling business across the Sinai border is extensive. This is because of many factors, the biggest being Bedouin culture. Historically the Bedouin have never respected state borders, they did not believe the borders applied to them. Since the early 1900s, when the borders of states in the region drastically changed, the…

Border Patrol Every single day, the United States Border Patrol has to constantly keep an eye out for the smuggling of drugs, terrorists, and weapons at our Nations perimeter. Since violence has been known to travel alongside these things, agents have been working around the clock to keep American citizen’s safe. Before you can truly understand the efforts of the Border Patrol, you must understand the history, mission, effectiveness of patrol, and daily role of the agents. History Border…

The end of World War II ushered in an era of new fears. American officials agreed that the best defense against the Soviet Union was to contain them and not allow for expansion of their physical state or ideology. It was President Truman’s that declared in 1947 that it was the United States responsibility to support a body of people attempting to resist suppression. The strategy would be considered containment. An arms race of nuclear force shortly followed. America developed atomic weapons that…

After the United Kingdom 's recent exit from the European Union (EU), the union is inching closer to instability is now facing the risk of other countries following suit. Should another country exit, Greece would be the likeliest party as it has long struggled economically within the union, finding itself in a perpetual state of recession. It’s current debt as a percentage to GDP is in excess of 170% and is rising as it struggles to gain debt relief from the Eurozone. Multiple bailout measures…

the east side increase as they received a huge number of skilled workers. With this the economy of the communist side was threatened, so Khrushchev ordered to close the border for good. They built a concrete wall that divided the city. With this it became impossible to get from east to west side with the exception of the checkpoints where principally diplomats were allowed to enter or…

countries? U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents have now searching the phones and other digital devices of international (foreign) travelers upon entry into the United States. We might turn a blind eye as they are only searching non-citizens but it questions just how far the surveillance state is willing to go – just in the name of safety.…

separated in many ways. Over time as the wall grows larger the need for it to stop can be seen. The research done leads to the border between Mexico and the United states needing to be destroyed because it is like Germany in 1961, based on its similarities, the issues caused by it, and the feelings towards the wall based on an economical and political standpoint. The Mexican border and the Berlin wall have enough similarities based on the patrolling units, creating a horrible view of it in the…