stephanie elizondo griest usually points us to u.s. canada border. john moore recognizes the mexico guatemala border in various photographs. manuel pastor acknowledges the borders between california and other states in the united states. they allli talk about borders among us and borders with in us. so to set the context for this program i like to speak just a couple minutes more about some facts. that's what i do as an immigration lawyer. try to get some concrete facts before us and then tried try to explore them and their significance. now, some of these faqs you probably know. others may surprise you first fact, the u.s.-mexico border is 1954 miles long. in contrast, our border with canada, the land border with canada, is 3980 miles long, so significantly more border up north. i think much more importantly, the fact that everybody should know and doesn't seem to get much press, although aller our authors to touch on in their books, a number of unauthorized entries over the borders of the united states has plummeted in recent years, despite all the