The term "border region" is pretty nebulous. With a little creative definition, you could be in the "border region" if you were in San Francisco.
George W. Bush had the "obligation" to protect the borders ever since he took office. He failed to do that, even after 9/11/01, and now, almost five years later, they're just now discussing that "obligation"?
The hordes are already here, and probably a bunch of terrorists too, as the result of his dereliction of duty, and if Congress doesn't grow a spine, we're stuck with the third world hordes and paying billions to support them while waiting to see if the terrorists are going to blow us up.