HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS TAX PAYERS MONEY ON BORDER SECURITY?
In Hidalgo, Texas, a national guard goes about his daily routine in a large capsule-perched twenty feet above a cabbage field armed with a pistol and heat detector lenses. The day is April 17 2012 and the United States government spent 110 million dollars in an endeavor to deploy 1,200 guard soldiers to uphold border security in various parts of the United States. Further west of this border, a Border and Customs Protection agent and a policeman undertake routine inspection of vehicles with flashlight beams before they are guided through X-ray machines designed to detect drugs or hidden people. A single X-ray screening machine of this design costs 1.75 million dollars. On the same night in southern Arizona, an inspector finds something odd in a tractor-trailer transporting charcoal and decides to take a closer look. His sniffing dog finds 8000 pounds of marijuana. The drug sniffing dog costs 4,500 dollars and the government spends 75,000 dollars annually as salary for Boarder and Customs protection officers[1].
As the Congress in the United States lays strategies debates on matters pertaining to border security funding and governors demanding more assistance, investigations have been carried out to establish what taxpayers spend to facilitate border security and whether these funds are used appropriately. It was hard to pinpoint clearly the exact amount of spent on border security, but The Associated Press established it as 90 billion dollars in ten years. These reports were obtained from congressional transcripts through the Freedom of Information Act. With the taxpayers being the source of these funds, the results have been mixed[2]. In this case, border security efforts have amounted to fewer cases of illegal immigrants, but the issue on terrorism and drug supply are stilling major factors.
For example, the United States and the Mexican governments have given significant emphasis on securing their borders mainly to prevent the drug trafficking[3]. However, it is important to understand that the terrorist attacks in Sept. 11 2001 were not from Mexico. Ultimately, these attacks made American authorities to re-analyze border security. Apart from America, the threat of terrorism has prompted other nations as well to become vigilant and invest on border security against terrorist attacks. For example, immediately after the Sep. 11 attacks, various governments around the world worked to establish security systems to prevent their nations to undergo a similar fate.
Over the next decade, annual spending on border security rose threefold as nations endeavored to build unprecedented networks along their boarders, miles of sheer concrete walls and heavy duty fencing and heavy duty fencing, X-ray machines, and an increased law enforcement officers. Additionally, money from taxpayers is also spent on thermal imaging devices, and remote surveillance cameras. Nations such as the United States have high-class technology such as sensors buried partially in the ground. These sensors send alarms to headquarters when stepped on. They are mainly placed in restricted areas or in borderlines.
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