Building a wall to control immigration from Mexico is hardly a new idea. The number of undocumented migrants caught along the Mexico-US border dipped after IRCA, from 1.6 million in 1986 to less than 900,000 in 1989. One might argue that previous border enforcement efforts haven’t been successful because they weren’t big enough. But the heightened security in particular areas ended up pushing undocumented migrants to less guarded and more dangerous routes along the border. One might argue that previous border enforcement efforts haven’t been successful because they weren’t big enough.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 26, 2017 13:30 UTC