U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Border Patrol (USBP), Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Custom Service, and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The lead agencies tasked with patrolling the 8,000 miles of land borders and coastal waterways are the USBP and USCG. Between them, there are 21,000 agents in the USBP and 49…

that dream life they always wanted? Some people will spend their lifetime trying to reach that dream but something from their past is haunting them. Rather they have the proper documentation or migrate here for a better life once they violate the immigration laws they face the consequences; for example, a person with legal document (green card) can have it taken away over a domestic violence charge or a simple DUI charge. Imagine two friends driving around and one of them carrying drugs but his…

a general consensus among lawmakers and private citizens that America’s immigration system is broken. The agreement, however, ends there. An estimated 40.4 million foreign-born people reside in the United States, and of that number, 11.6 million are here illegally (Hipsman). Those here illegally cost American tax payers a staggering $113 billion each year, which is an unsustainable path. Clearly, the current immigration laws are not working. The laws are out of date with today’s social and…

to survive somehow. In Arizona there was a linkage between illegal alien and incidence of crimes. Arizona had the highest rate of illegal aliens in the country and also ranked at the top for crime incidences. According to statistics compiled but the U.S. government, a study reported that, "In our population study of 55,322 illegal immigrants, we found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about 8 arrests per illegal alien. Nearly all had more than 1…

1) Describe the challenges faced by US Customs and Border Protection agents attempting to secure the border. Be sure to include: What is the functional equivalent of the border? What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches? How are seizure statistics used to justify the mission of border security? The United States is considered to be greatest country on earth, because of its wealth, and the opportunity it presents people of different race and ethnicity to excel in…

Illegal Immigration in Canada and the United States: Sanctions against Illegal Immigration and its Overall Impact Should illegal immigrants be forced to leave? This is a question that has been hotly debated for decades in both Canada and United States. While there are obvious drawbacks to illegal immigration, there are many more compelling reasons that effectively argue why undocumented residents in Canada and the U.S. should be permitted to remain in their adopted countries. This paper will…

jumped from about $16 billion in 2002 to more than $43 billion in 2011. Meanwhile, the budgets of the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol have all more than doubled since 2001. In the last 15 years, millions of young U.S. soldiers have been deployed overseas, thousands have been killed, and many have returned home with debilitating physical and mental…

Notably, since the 1990’s illegal immigration has become an immense crisis for America. In fact, roughly twelve million illegal immigrants live in the United States. Unfortunately there are people in this country that believe illegal immigration is ok, and that Americans are just complaining about illegal immigration. However, the people who complain that illegal immigration is wrong are the people who are right. The twelve million illegal immigrants cause large amounts of trouble in America,…

extremely high immigration rate. Unfortunately, that means our country is also experiencing very high illegal immigration rates. The flow of people into our country has begun to reach serious levels. Our border states, specifically along the southern border, have struggled with controlling the overflow of illegal immigrants. With this upsurge of undocumented peoples, our country is being greatly affected. We need to find a means of slowing down and hopefully ending the illegal immigration…

citizens of the U.S. will be granted if a fence is built on the border between Mexico and the United States. Improved safety, minimized crime, and better workforce are only a few of the many reasons the border should be closed. Control of our borders is required for national security and the safety of U.S. citizens. When illegal immigrants cross the border they do not care to think of what diseases and illnesses that could be coming with them. Various diseases have spread into U.S. because of…