Border Security Mid-term Questions And Answers

Border Security Mid-term Questions And Answers Operation Stonegarden 2012: $46 million operation to fund states to enhance cooperation and coordination among local, tribal, territorial, state and federal law enforcement; joint mission to secure the border US International Trade Commission AKA the trade act of 1974; independent, non-partisan, quasi-judicial fed. agency w/broad investigative powers on matters of trade; national resource where trade data are gathered and analyzed; Activities include: whether U.S. industries are materially injured by imports, studies on trade and tariff issues Office of Air and Marine Operations a part of the CBP; mission to protect American citizens and the nations critical infrastructure through the coordinated use of integrated air and marine forces to defeat, interdict and prevent acts of terrorism and unlawful movement of ppl, drugs, and other illegal contraband across the US borders Harmonized Tariff Schedule USITC responsible for: "a list of all specific items that are imported into and exported from the US," provisions enacted by Congress or proclaimed by the POTUS; limits tonnage, places tariffs on specific products based on weight, type of product, etc. Chinese Exclusion Act suspended immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years; prohibited the naturalization of chinese; exempted teachers, students, merchants, and travelers; result of high Chinese immigration during the Gold Rush Bracero Program WWII shortage of immigration farm labor; named after spanish term for "manual laborer"; diplomatic agreement b/w US and Mexico for the importation of temporary contract laborers; Mexican nationals imported to work in America's Agriculture industry Operation Hold the Line Chief Reyes noticed increase in crossings; El-PASO...officers physically spread out over a 25 mile border in front of El Paso; deterred crossing into remote locations; the concept of it being easier to catch illegals in wide-open areas rather than urban areas was developed. Great Wall of China to keep the invaders (Monguls), regulate trade, and prevent smuggling of contraband; arguably most famous in ancient history; can be seen from space; series of stone fortifications built to protect the chine empires. Cession involves the transfer of soverignty by means of an agreement b/w the ceding and the acquiring states. it is a derivative mode of acquisition; the consent of the population of the ceded territory is not essential to the validity of the cession. recently, this process is a result of the will of the ppl through plebiscite