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E2 (May 2005, #6)

Fencing in Failure: Effective Border Control is Not Achieved by Building More Fences
Ackleson, Jason
American Immigration Law Foundation, Immigration Policy Brief, April 2005
Ackleson provides evidence underlining that the ”new proposals for more fencing and Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border may only perpetuate an unsuccessful and counterproductive policy that does not effectively enhance national security or control undocumented immigration.” Jason Ackleson is Assistant Professor of Government at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

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