Immigration | U.S Border Patrol Strategies Help Prevent Illegal Immigration

In the following viewpoint, the U.S. Border Patrol outlines the strategies it has utilized since the mid-1990s to reduce illegal immigration to the United States. These strategies focus on disrupting traditional routes used by illegal aliens in the Southwest, updating detection technology, improving infrastructure, and increasing manpower to thwart unlawful border crossings. These tactics greatly boost the chance that illegal entrants will be caught and will effectively deter those who are considering unlawful immigration, the authors maintain. The Border Patrol is the mobile, uniformed...

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