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Over the past 10 years, traversing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally has become increasingly dangerous for would-be immigrants. Illegal immigrants face kidnapping, murder, and rape at the hands of violent drug cartels and ever more ruthless human smugglers. Crossing treacherous desert areas exposes the travelers to heat exhaustion and dehydration. Hundreds of people die every year trying to cross the border into the U.S. However, illegal immigration is dangerous not only to the illegal immigrants themselves—it is costly to societies and nations as a whole. In order to fight illegal immigrat...

Repackaging amnesty as an economic stimulus is not an effectivemeans of combating illegal immigration. Nor will it help theeconomy.

In 2011, the United States and Canada announced a joint strategy—Beyond the Border—to boost security in, and facilitate the flow of goods and services between, the two countries.