Border Security: Is it Achievable on the Rio Grande?

Abstract

Since September 11th 2001, there has been increased public concern and great political pressure to secure the border area between the United States and Mexico. New legislation increased funding and resources that have been poured into the effort to secure the border. New tactics and technology and a more active and evolving role by the military have followed to ensure that the effort of securing the border is successful. But despite these increased efforts, it is still undetermined whether or not they have been successful. This paper provides a brief history of border security, troop activity on the border, new approaches to secure the border, and the metrics that are currently used to determine whether these efforts are successful.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2011
Accession Number
ADA565133

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Noriega

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Border Security
  • California
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Employment
  • Homeland Defense
  • Homeland Security
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • Undocumented Noncitizens
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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