As interesting as this book may be, knowing who wrote it was equally interesting to me. Howard Buffett, son of investor guru Warren Buffett (one of the richest men in the world), is head of a billion dollar foundation working to end hunger, a farmer, and may well be the richest policeman in the Country. He recently served as sheriff in Macon County, Illinois, having trained in police work and worked as under-sheriff as well. His experience on his foundation's ranch along the Southern Border, as well as his interest in law enforcement gives him unique experience and insights into problems on the U.S. / Mexican border.

Buffett details how the drug problem in the United States leads to border smuggling and trafficking.
But he also looks at other problems including the U.S. farm needs for migrant workers, and looking at refugees fleeing violence in their home countries in Central America. He emphasizes the importance of border security, but notes that simply building a bigger border wall by itself is not the solution. He talks about how drug smuggling is carried out by use of tunnels, vehicles, boats, drones, catapult launchers, etc. He provides an informed discussion of all the problems along the border, including the needs of farmers and land owners along the southern border, the needs of the Border Patrol, agricultural needs for laborers, legitimate humanitarian needs of refugees, and the near impossibility of preventing drugs from crossing the border as long as there's a huge demand for drugs in the United States.
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