Contextes de border pour le sens concret
The Obama administration has taken sensible steps to keep Mexico’s
vicious drug war from spilling over the border. The homeland security
secretary, Janet Napolitano, announced that she was sending hundreds
more agents and officers to patrol the border region and to work with
the authorities in Mexico. She also is bolstering screening technology
at border crossings to root out drugs, drug money, guns and violent
fugitives.
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The moves were encouraging for the realism and proportion they bring to
the job of controlling a long and all-too-lawless border. They add
resources to curb the deadliest illegal flow — of drugs, guns and cash
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This is the kind of targeted crackdown that crime-weary officials along
the border have long sought. But there is one more thing to help it
succeed: Enact comprehensive immigration reform. Fight the illegal flow
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For too long, the United States has suffered from a mind-set that
conflates all illegal border crossers into a single criminal class —
the all-purpose alien threat. This has led it to spread scarce
law-enforcement resources over 2,000 miles of dirt and mountains. The
fence is more a political prop than an actual border sealant. Drugs,
guns and people still get across. The hunt for violent fugitives and