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INDUSTRY FOCUS With Ralph C. Jensen, Editor-in-Chief
Crossing the Border
aTt Your Peril
here is little question that the Southern U.S. border is po- rous; people stream into the United States at will. There is a great need for security; and
the best technology should be used. Appre- hensions on the Southwest border peaked in 2000 at 1.64 million and has generally de- clined since, totaling 303,916 in 2017.
There are issues absent of security or pol- itics that have drawn attention to the south- ern border. As families cross the border and are detained, little children are being sepa- rated from parents, and placed in wire pens.
I get the idea of securing the borders, and I’m all for it. Separating a child from their parent is unthinkable. Building a wall won’t work. Between 2010 and 2015, the current 654 mile pedestrian wall was breached more than 9,285 times. Considerations for a tech- nology-advanced plan will work.
Increase use of cameras, fixed towers and aerial and underground sensors. TA wall was an incredible solution in the 14th century; it doesn’t address the challenges of the 21st century, especially in view of a long-term solution.
Border security is not a new problem, and it has been addressed for families. In 1997, then Attorney General Janet Reno settled the Flores v Reno lawsuit, challeng- ing the administration’s detention of juvenile migrants taken into custody. The govern- ment agreed it could detain unaccompanied
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minors for 20 days before sending them to DHS for foster care or to protective guard- ians. A highly debated decision by the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, extended this 20-day rule to all juveniles who illegally cross the border with parents. These issues have been ongoing for 20 years or more.
On June 20, the president signed an ex- ecutive order directing families who enter the country illegally be kept together “to the ex- tent permitted by law.” This puts the respon- sibility on those making/changing laws i.e.; Congress. There are myriad ancillary ques- tions and issues such as the asylum situation or migrant labor. I can’t get the children out of my thoughts.
Dr. Colleen Kraft, head of the American Academy of Pediatrics, visited a Texas shel- ter and saw a toddler inside a 60-bed facil- ity. She had been taken from her mother the night before and was crying uncontrollably, pounding her little fits on a mat. Putting a two-year-old in these conditions is cruel. It is troubling and inhumane on every level.
Other governments, specifically in the 1940s, separated children from their moth- ers. The United States can ill afford to head in that direction. The stress on children must be overwhelming. The welfare of these chil- dren must be a focus, absent of politics. You don’t do this to children.
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