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Border Patrol Infographic: The Truth About Enforcement

Infographic: The Truth About Border Enforcement
In this Sept. 6, 2012, photo, cotton farmer Teofilo Junior Flores drives his truck along the U.S.-Mexico border fence that passes through his property in Brownsville, Texas. Since 2008, hundreds of landowners on the border have sought fair prices for property that was condemned to make way for the fence, but many of them received initial offers that were far below market value. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
In this Sept. 6, 2012, photo, cotton farmer Teofilo Junior Flores drives his truck along the U.S.-Mexico border fence that passes through his property in Brownsville, Texas. Since 2008, hundreds of landowners on the border have sought fair prices for property that was condemned to make way for the fence, but many of them received initial offers that were far below market value. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border enforcement has radically changed in the past decade thanks to legislation such as the Secure Fence Act. Yet there are those that still believe the U.S. border with Mexico isn’t secure enough, even though illegal immigration has reached net zero, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Research Center.

The Center For American Progress created this infographic that depicts how far we’ve come on securing the border and how close we really are to reaching the goals set out in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007.

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In their study for the Center For American Progress, Marshall Fitz and Philip E. Wolgin conclude that while six years ago Americans agreed that stopping the flow of undocumented immigrants to the U.S. was a priority, today, thought has shifted as 55% of Americans believe the government must focus on those undocumented immigrants that are already within the country.

See the full study here.

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