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    Border Security in the State of Texas POL/215 August 30th‚ 2010 Border Security in the State of Texas A problem is brewing at the southern Texas borders and it appears to be growing bigger by the minute. The acceleration of people‚ weapons‚ and drugs from Mexico are taking a toll on the economy‚ citizens‚ and the job markets in Texas. Texas concerns with the rise of violent crimes presently pouring into its southern towns and quickly moving inland believes something needs to

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    Jill 02/06/2013 The United States border fence has helped citizens to become stronger within its force because it has helped reduce significantly human and drug trafficking in America. It helps give a sense of security. Just how there are these advantages having a border fence‚ there is also a negative effect towards the country like the cost of money that goes to the fence and employ border patrols. To solve theses it would be good to keep the border fence and should not be taken down. It

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    portions of the border dividing the United States and Mexico. Yet‚ there is some disparagement surrounding the concept of outspreading the border fence. However‚ research has shown that border fencing is not only an achievable option‚ but is also more successful and safer than other forms of deterrence. In the past 10 years‚ there has been increased awareness about the influx of illegal immigrants from South America and Mexico in particular. One of the foremost reasons a border fencing option is

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    immigrants who attempted to cross the border but instead of finding the land of opportunity‚ they came across a deadly desert. Luis Alberto Urrea starts giving more context and background information on the border patrol‚ specifically the unit that came across the Yuma 14. It is revealed that border patrol officers in general love their country and their jobs. Even though they are just doing their job they still get a lot of hate from the public and

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    “The Border Patrol State” is an article written by Leslie Marmon Silko‚ a Native American writer‚ who also has written another book titled Almanac of the Dead. This article originally appeared “In the Nation” on October 17‚ 2014. Silko claims that the border patrol agents where racially profiling any white person traveling with a person of color‚ nuns‚ women with very long or short hair‚ and also white men with beards and long hair. I believe her intent of writing this article was to bring awareness

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    The Cost of Protecting Our borders Enzo Biasillo Strayer University Abstract Despite the increase in funding over the last decade‚ the number of illegal aliens entering our country continues to grow. Every year‚ we allow 750‚000 immigrants to enter the country legally and make them eligible for citizenship within five years yet it is estimated that 10 million people reside in our country without legal documentation. Illegal immigration is not just Arizona’s problem‚ or any of the other

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    implementing additional security measures at various locations on our border. In order to stop immigration at our border we need agents to be proactive. Once children or whoever they need to be detained and sent back immediately. We need to be able pick out people that blend in with crowds and be able to see the different ways people act because that could be signs of them crossing illegally or smuggling goods or drugs. With border security we must ensure that terrorists do not enter the country and

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    Nabokov Online Journal‚ Vol. VI (2012) _______________________________________________________________________ NABOKOV’S SHORT STORY “SIGNS AND SYMBOLS”: An interdisciplinary roundtable discussion♣ _______________________ Hal Ackerman‚ Screenwriter (UCLA) Murray Biggs‚ Theater scholar (Yale University) John N. Crossley‚ Mathematician (Monash University) Wayne Goodman‚ Psychiatrist (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Yuri Leving‚ Moderator (Dalhousie University) Frederick White‚ Literary scholar

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    The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho Last night‚ I finished reading "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho. Ok‚ I know you can’t believe I only read it now‚ everyone already said that to me‚ and looked at me in that weird way as if I was living on Mars for the last few years. But well‚ I only got to read it now‚ and I totally loved it. A friend of mine told me a few days ago when I started reading "The Alchemist" that it was the kind of book that would either change your life or change your conception of

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