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Non-state actors are attempting to exploit weaknesses at the border to conduct operations in the US
**McCaul 12 **(MICHAEL T. McCAUL CHAIRMAN UNITED STATES HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT, INVESTIGATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT [[http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/11-15-12-Line-in-theSand.pdf-http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/11-15-12-Line-in-the-Sand.pdf]] November 2012 "A LINE IN THE SAND: COUNTERING CRIME, VIOLENCE AND TERROR AT THE SOUTHWEST BORDER") Terrorism remains a serious threat to the security of the United States. The AND or its agents would attempt to exploit the porous Southwest border for retaliation.
Attack destroys the world economy and causes retaliation leading to global war
Diamond 8(John Diamond fellow of the Saga Foundation,, , [[http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/a-financialThe aftershocks As the Saga Foundation a non-profit organization focused on the AND our world as well as transform it and not for the better.
apo.html 10/9/08-http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/a-financial-apo.html 10/9/08]] "A financial apocalypse isn~t nearly as scary as a nuclear one,")
In both markets, consumers and producers alike benefit from access to the other~s agricultura l AND reliable access to safe food at better prices, quality, and reliability.
The worldwide food shortage and the rising cost of food are
g enetically
leading those who were reluctant to use or plant m odified crops to change their minds, according to a front page story in The New York Times. "Soaring
food prices and global grain shortages are bringing pressures on governments, food companies and consumers to relax their longstanding resistance to genetically engineered crops," reports Times reporter Andrew Pollack.
===1AC - Plan===
Thus the plan, the United States Federal Government should fully fund and implement the Automated Commercial Environment land port modernization program along the United States-Mxico border.
===Contention 2: Supply Chains===
Aerospace growth and competitiveness declining now stronger supply chains key
Bernardini and Fitzpatrick 13 (Eric Bernardini and David Fitzpatrick, managing directors for AlixPartners, "Pockets of
Turbulence" <http://www.alixpartners.com/en/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=wi4rab_uA84%3d%26tabid=2085> June 2013) The airline sector reflects the current good-news/bad-news state of AND model for which neither side is yet mature enough to implement and monitor.
Air power key to US-Asia alliances and effective Asia pivot Lowther 11 Dr. Adam B. Lowther is a member of the faculty at the U.S Air Force~s Air University. November 22nd, 2011, "Why U.S. Needs
Airpower Diplomacy," thediplomat.com/2011/11/22/why-u-s-needs-airpower-diplomacy/?all=true What makes affording a shift to the region particularly difficult is the fact that the
AND sensitive, and responsive to the requirements of a complex and changing region.
As U. S. defense budgets decline, maintaining a strong U. S. aerospace industry will increasingly depend on an effective export strategy for technologies where the United States is a global leader. There is no better example than UAS. According to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, approximately 556 models of unmanned systems are produced worldwide by 195 companies.21
War over Taiwan inevitable - U.S. superiority causing China escalation now
Zhang 8 - Baohui Zhang, Associate Professor of Political Science, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, March 2008, "The Taiwan Strait and the
Future of China~s No-First-Use Nuclear Policy," Comparative Strategy, Vol. 27, No. 2, p. 164-182 In fact, the Chinese military was awed by the American dominance in conventional warfare AND develop a nuclear doctrine "suitable for economically and technologically weak states."22
UAS will monitor agriculture and energy infrastructure against attacks an attack would collapse the entire industry
Darnall 11 ~~[Bart Darnall, "Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Logical Choice for Homeland Security Support", Naval Postgraduate School
thesis, Dec. 2011, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2%26doc=GetTRDoc.pdf%26AD=ADA556271~~] Agriculture and food infrastructure comprises of production, processing, and delivery systems. A AND dusting greatly reduces the exposure of people to hazards associated with chemical contamination.
Another area of concern is the lack of progress related to, and budget cuts AND decreases costs for businesses and provides governments with more accurate and accessible information.