To Improve Border Security US Needs Real, Lasting Immigration Reform

A soldier looks across the Rio Grande River from Texas into Mexico, where a group of people hang out on the river bank. Photo: Thomas Watkins, AFPA soldier looks across the Rio Grande River from Texas into Mexico, where a group of people hang out on the river bank

To Improve Border Security US Needs Real and Lasting Immigration Reform

Despite the political rhetoric, there is no legitimate crisis at the US-Mexico border, just the endless task of policing the international border. Republicans and Democrats agree that the immigration system is broken, but neither seems headed in a productive direction. To improve border security, the US needs immigration reform.