Ever since 9/11 enhancing border security has arisen as a weighty policy issue. .
As noticed, there is a substantial dispute over the vast number of illegal immigrants coming into the United States. From a Homeland Security standpoint, the problem is that there is evidence of potential terrorists who are entering the United States illegally through the Canada and Mexico borders. The border with Canada is approximately 5,500 miles long and the Mexico border is roughly 2,000 miles in length. These rather extensive borders make it a significant task for the United States to control them. It has been dubbed uncertain whether or not the United States has the resources and personnel to do so. However, a number of programs have been carried out to complete this task. On a positive note, illegal immigrants offered collections of semi-skilled and unskilled labor to drive progress in the American service-based economy over the last few decades. Oppositely, illegal immigration during this time became so capacious and unfettered that U.S. Border and Immigration Personnel had no idea 'who' was residing or operating within the country; information ill-used by al Qaeda and dreadfully demonstrated on September 11, 2001.
According to Riley (2006), the attacks on 9/11 and the magnitude of our extensive borders have resulted in a new philosophy regarding border patrol that contains two components. First, push the borders out and away from the United States shores. Border security is insufficient so border or security measures in countries where people and material originated before entering the United States need to be implemented (Riley, p.335). Secondly, the United States is to begin profiling people and goods at their originating points. Profiling has since been seen as the method of reducing the workload and distractions from inspecting large numbers of people and materials at ports of entry. Safe originating points have been identified as well as those points that are suspect of lack required levels of security (Riley, P.
