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The rest of the US frontier is 17,800 miles, and it's far less secured than the Mexican border is.

Which is why the Clinton/Bush/Hutchison mewling about border enforcement at the expense of interior enforcement is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
With interior enforcement, Illegals will begin the process of self-deportation, and pressure on the border itself will lessen.
Yet in January, President Bush announced his guest worker Amnesty which doesn't even require Illegals to leave the country to apply. It's a straight up legalization for a "one-time fee" (the President's words.)
Meantime, the increases in border crossings that began with the passage of SB60 last year continues, even though Illegal Alien CDLs were shelved shortly after Schwarzenegger took office. What's encouraging the additional numbers of Illegals?
That would be the proposed Amnesties of President Bush and numerous Democrat and Republican malfeasants.
Don't believe me?
Ask the Freepers who work in the enforcement of immigration law.
Wait until the Illegals get wind of the Cornyn Amnesty, which would legalize Illegals who arrive within a year after passage.

"With interior enforcement, Illegals will begin the process of self-deportation, and pressure on the border itself will lessen."
Yes, and the majority coming across are timid enough to stay home if they see stepped up enforcement. Then they can concentrate on going after the criminal element that is coming across.

That would be the proposed Amnesties of President Bush and numerous Democrat and Republican malfeasants.

I posted info on that here. As you'll see, the Presidents proposal did very little or nothing to increase the numbers of illegal border crossers.

There are many reasons for the increase, the foremost is the economy.