"Turkey has dramatically increased border security, beginning in March 2015," he added.
Since the mid-1990s, increased border security has been the cornerstone of US immigration policy.
Under the legislation $6.5bn will be invested in increased border security.
In response, Chad's president, Idriss Déby, has backed peace talks between Nigeria and the militants and increased border security.
In return, congressional Republican leaders and the Trump administration want increased border security, tighter controls on immigration or both.
Donald Trump has called for the erection of a wall between Mexico and United States, part of his campaign focus on greatly increased border security.
It would combine increased border security with a path to citizenship — albeit a long path, up to 13 years — for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Passports are in the news as many European countries consider increased border security checks following the deadly attacks in Paris which murdered 129 people.
Increased border security in the last five years, coupled with heightened vigilance by the government since Sept. 11, have made it harder for illegal immigrants to come and go.
And there are plenty of answers out there — most of them about increased enforcement, increased border security, and the mass deportations you mention — all needed, their proponents say, before we can talk about reform.
The cause has been helped by years of a sputtering economy, which has reduced the flow of illegal immigrants, and thus the red hot anger directed at them, as well as increased border security.
