When is the Border Secure?
Public Perception Will Tell Us
Washington Independent -- October 14
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| Is the border "as secure as it has ever been"? Nonsense. It was much more secure under Eisenhower. |
What Does 'Secure the Border' Actually Mean?
Alan Bersin, the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was asked a good question during a talk this afternoon hosted by the Migration Policy Institute: Securing the border is his job, but what exactly does he consider a secure border?
It's an interesting question, particularly given the debate over when the country should take on comprehensive immigration reform to deal with the estimated 11 million illegal [aliens] already in the country. One side of the debate argues the borders must be secured before the government can take steps to allow some of those illegal [aliens] to gain legal status. On the other side -- the one the Obama administration has supported -- reform advocates argue that providing paths to legalization for some illegal [aliens] is necessary to reducing tensions and creating secure borders. But neither side seems to provide a clear answer as to what factors would indicate that the border was officially "secure."
Bersin did not make such a pronouncement either, but he did provide some clarification into the Obama administration's objectives. "What we mean by border security is public safety, and this perception in the community that the border is being reasonably managed," he said.
 Glenn Spencer -- American Patrol Report
Bersin tells us the border is secure when we think it is. What we think is determined by the NY Times, Washington Post, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox and CNN.
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