Border Security

In June of 2009, our government responded to the 9-11 attacks and the immediate demands that our border be secured when they finally required passports at the border. It only took 8-years and this action accomplished so much.

Business in U.S. cities along our border sharply declined. U.S. businesses lost almost all customers from Mexico. Tourism in the border-towns came to a standstill. No longer are the hotels in our U.S. border-cities filled with tourists en-route to Mexico for a day of shopping. The border-town restaurants, gas stations, malls, and shops no longer sell to tourists going to Mexico.

Finally, after 8-years of protests and worry we can all feel safe. There is very little tourist traffic on the bridges from Mexico.

Now, if we can only find a way to stop the drug traffickers and others intent on doing us harm from crossing the border. Now, if we can only find employment on both sides of the border, before the drug cartels become the only employer still hiring.

Since it took eight years for the government to figure out how to say, "Show me your passport." I suspect it will take longer to solve the real problems.