Securing the Land Border Between the United States and Mexico

<p>As demonstrated by the events of September 11 2001 it only takes a dedicated few to execute a serious attack on the United States (US) within its borders. An armed invasion can now arrive in the form of a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) employed by a few dedicated soldiers dressed in plain clothes. The US must be able to prevent WMD and terrorists from entering the country. This requires being able to effectively screen all goods and persons entering the US. Although seaport security is equally as important the focus of this paper will be on the effort to secure the US land borders. Since human and contraband smuggling occur on a much larger scale along the southern border than the northern border we will further limit our attention to the effort to secure the US border with Mexico.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>