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John,

The border has dominated immigration policy conversations over the past
two decades. However, there have been relatively few attempts by both
lawmakers or presidential administrations to create a functional
definition of "border security" or to orient border policy and funding
around achievable, data-driven targets. In turn, this has created a lack
of a healthy dialogue around border solutions across the political
spectrum.

**We recently released a paper to address how to build a healthier
border dialogue. Read the resource here.**

In 2011, researchers Edward Alden and Bryan Roberts **wrote**
that "the Department of Homeland
Security has never clearly defined what border security means in
practice." More than a decade later, the statement still holds true.

The vagueness which characterizes our nation's border discourse has
not slowed a massive appropriation of resources to attempt to secure the
border, despite the lack of a clear definition of what that means. The
U.S. currently spends more money on border security and immigration
enforcement than on all other federal law enforcement agencies combined
- and the gap is widening.

But because we have not paired investment with clear and timely outcome
reporting, it has been a struggle to demonstrate how security challenges
are being addressed on the ground.

**Read our resource on how we can build a healthier border dialogue.**

In the paper, we describe how policy makers have largely been unable to
create a functional definition of "border security" or to orient border
policy and funding around achievable, data-driven targets. After
surveying existing efforts to quantify border security, the paper
proposes a new framework along with some concrete policy
recommendations.

**Here's a glimpse of some of the recommendations we propose. Click to
read more.**

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After reading this resource, let me know your thoughts. I'd love to
hear what you think.

Thank you for reading,

Danilo Zak

**Assistant Vice President of Policy & Advocacy**

**National Immigration Forum**

 

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