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By: Alec & Isaac

Border Security. By: Alec & Isaac. Illegal immigrant facts. There are 11.1 million illegal immigrants in the United States today. Illegal crossings of the border are down 80% since 2000. Obama has doubled the amount of Border Control Agents. More facts.

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By: Alec & Isaac

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  1. Border Security By: Alec & Isaac

  2. Illegal immigrant facts • There are 11.1 million illegal immigrants in the United States today. • Illegal crossings of the border are down 80% since 2000. • Obama has doubled the amount of Border Control Agents.

  3. More facts • In 2004 there was only 10,000 Border Control Agents, but by 2011 there was about 21,000. • DHS unmanned aerial aircraft are now being used to watch the border. (Work well during night) • Between 1990 and 2009 about 7.5 million immigrants either got legal status, were removed by DHS, or died.

  4. guess what… More facts! • Apprehensions decreased from nearly 724,000 2008 to approximately 340,000 in 2011. • 53 percent reduction, indicating that fewer people are attempting to illegally cross the border. • Administration is working with the Government of Mexico and others to disrupt the criminal organizations that traffic drugs, weapons, and bulk cash.

  5. Number of Apprehensions

  6. Border cities • Crime rates in border communities including Nogales, Douglas, Yuma and other Arizona border towns have either remained flat or fallen in the past decade. • According to FBI, the top four big cities in America with the lowest rates of violent crime are all in border states: San Diego, Phoenix, El Paso, and Austin.

  7. Border City crime rate

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