Border Security Innovation

• Fencing
– Makes patrolling the
border easier
(America’s Border
Fence)
– Not continuous
Border Security Innovation
• Cameras
– Real time information
– Constantly watching
– Can be mobile
 Border Security Innovation
• Sensors
– Real time information
– Can also be tripped by
animals
 Aircraft
• Both manned and
unmanned
• High mobility
• Can be unseen and
unheard
 Other Security Measures

• More intel on visa applicants

• Federal agencies share information
• More thorough searches of cargo/baggage
• Electronic tracking of immigrants and visa
holders in the United States. (Policing the
Borders)
Resistance
• Smuggling through
entry points
 Resistance
• Tunnels
Resistance
• Submarines
 Sources
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Marshall, P. (2002, February 22). Policing the borders. CQ Researcher, 12, 145-168.

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