The Whole World – Not Just the U.S. – Is Moving to Secure Its Borders

[Peter1469]

The Whole World – Not Just the U.S. – Is Moving to Secure Its Borders

Here is an interesting article about a global slow down in globalism. Massive migration patterns and terrorism seem to be the cause.

It is a globalized world. A person can circle the earth in 36 hours, and an idea can do the same in 36 minutes. The value of international flows of goods, services and finances is today around $30 trillion a year and could triple by 2025. In 2015, the level of global foreign direct investment topped $1.7 trillion with about 60 percent of that amount going to developed countries. The same year, over $700 billion in cross-border mergers and acquisitions were completed. Applications for international patents, trademarks and industrial designs are all growing at a rapid rate. Annually, the number of international tourists is well over one billion, that of trans-border immigrants now tops 200 million, and the number of students studying abroad is around five million.
Yet at the same time, the nations of the world are increasingly concerned with securing their borders and acquiring the ability to monitor the movement of goods, finances and people. This is a response to a number of factors. First and foremost, has been the rise of international terrorism. Defeating modern terrorist groups such as ISIS and al Qaeda requires countering the international networks that provide them with resources, finances, expertise and new recruits. A close second reason is the growth of criminal cartels seeking to move illicit goods, money, weapons and people across borders. A third factor is the potential for a worldwide pandemic. Finally, many countries desire to better manage the inflows of economic migrants and refugees.





Insecure borders may do more harm than war to the institutions, practices, treaties, laws and norms that have sustained the present international order and supported global commerce. The massive tide of migrants battering the European Union’s porous borders over the past several years has done much to weaken confidence in and support for that organization. The opioid epidemic in the U.S. is the result, in part, of narcotics flooding into this country from overseas mail.

[Ethereal]

The USA will have a much harder time accomplishing this goal for the simple reason that it's a federation. Without consistent cooperation from state and local governments, any centralized attempt to stem illegal immigration will be problematic to say the least.

[Peter1469]

The USA will have a much harder time accomplishing this goal for the simple reason that it's a federation. Without consistent cooperation from state and local governments, any centralized attempt to stem illegal immigration will be problematic to say the least.

We can do better. I realize we cant get them all.

[Ethereal]

We can do better. I realize we cant get them all.

Perhaps, but it would be at the expense of federalism and republicanism.

[Mister D]

Perhaps, but it would be at the expense of federalism and republicanism.

Mass immigration is also at the expense of federalism and republicanism.

[Ransom]

We need to start with a southern wall

[barb012]

The USA will have a much harder time accomplishing this goal for the simple reason that it's a federation. Without consistent cooperation from state and local governments, any centralized attempt to stem illegal immigration will be problematic to say the least.

Arizona politicians say its not crime to be in this state without papers that legally say they have the right to be here. I almost fell over when I heard this interview.