Number: RL32839 Title: Border Security: The Complexity of the Challenge Authors: Jennifer E. Lake, Domestic Social Policy Division Abstract: This report utilizes several graphical presentations to better understand the points of vulnerability in the border security system, before discussing one, integrated approach. It should be noted that the approach in this report is but one of a number of possible approaches to this issue. This report is the first in a three-part series of CRS reports that make use of analytical frameworks to better understand complex problems in border security and cast them in terms that facilitate the consideration of alternative policies and practices. Pages: 17 Date: January 24, 2007