What Trump Needs To Know About Israel's Border Fence And Why It Works

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What Trump Needs To Know About Israel's Border Fence And Why It Works



Israel's border fence has been cited by proponents of President Donald Trump's border wall as an example of how securing the border stems the tide of illegal immigration. However, a border fence or wall only works if the government decreases the incentives for illegals to enter.

Gideon Israel pointed out in a piece in Mida that around 61,000 illegals poured through Egypt's border and into Israel from 2007-2012; that number drastically declined to less than 150 illegals per year from 2013 to 2016, with the one exception being 232 illegals in 2015. Israel's border fence was established in December 2012.

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Naturally, Israel sought to create economic incentives that not only discouraged illegals from entering Israel, but encouraged them to leave Israel. In addition to clamping down on work permits, Israel added the following measures:

  • Prohibiting illegals from sending remittances to people in other countries.
  • Mandating employers to put 20 percent of their illegal employees' compensation into a fund that could be retrieved when the illegal immigrant left the country.
  • Providing $3,500 and a plane ticket for illegals to leave the country.
  • Allowing illegals to be held in closed detention centers for as long as three months and in an open detention center for as long as 12 months.

Illegals cannot receive Israel's government-run health care or receive welfare, and Israel has also tightened the requirements for residing legally in the country.
 
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