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Border & Immigration

The Quest For A Secure Border

U.S.-Mexico border wall in the Sonora Desert.
Wonderlane/John Rosman
U.S.-Mexico border wall in the Sonora Desert.

"Secure border" is a phrase favored by politicians when they discuss immigration. But it's also an elusive term and one that the United States has made the top spending priority of all its federal law enforcement endeavors. What does border security really mean?

Full article to be published Jan. 24, 2013

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