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This is a N Y Times piece about Obama's decision to send 1,200 troops to the border between Mexico and the US. First, it shows how important immigration will become in the coming months, as Obama will most likely try to advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. Second, it shows the range of responses government can take to deal with illegal immigration. Third, it shows the many different layers of this permeable "wall" / "international border." There's the actual border, which is a political line that can be located geographically and guarded with soldiers and fences and checkpoints. Then there are the different legal barriers to keep illegal immigrants from living any sort of open existence. The Immigration Court is only the last of many barriers to illegal immigrants.