What it demonstrates is that there is a pipeline coming across the southwestern border from all over the world. It doesnt take a lot of imagination to see what a potential threat that is from a public safety standpoint. I know there are people who scoff at the idea of enhanced border security. The Senator from Illinois said we have enough Border Patrol to have one every half mile. 24 hours a day. This would be a way to try to secure the border. It has to be a combination of technology. It has to involve boots on the ground. and in some placesthis is controversial along the borderwe need to have what they call tactical infrastructure. fencing in some places. particularly in urban areas where it is easy to sprint across and be lost in a crowd before anybody discovers them. Last year there were roughly 414.000 people detained coming across the southwestern border414.000 from more than 144 countries. Does that sound as though we solved the problem of border security? No. We are also sending mixed messages. as I said earlier. in terms of deterrence because people keep coming because they think they have a pretty good shot of making it in. and then the President issues an Executive order.
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