Title Border insecurity : why big money, fences, and drones aren't making us safer / Sylvia Longmire.

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New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

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Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	325.73 LON	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	363.285 LONGMIRE	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	250 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index.
Contents	Enemies at the gate -- The guardians -- The border fence -- Technology on the border -- Border violence spillover -- The evolution of cross-border migration -- Terrorism and the Southwest border -- The invisible fight against money laundering -- Taking matters into their own hands -- The big business of border security -- The forgotten Northern border -- The future of border security.
Summary	"When confronted with the challenges of border security and illegal immigration, government officials are fond of saying that our borders have never been as safe and secure as they are now. But ranchers in the borderlands of Arizona and Texas fear for their lands, their cattle, their homes, and sometimes their lives due to the human and drug smuggling traffic that regularly crosses their property. Who is right? What does a secure border actually look like? More importantly, is a secure border a realistic goal for the United States? Border Insecurity examines all the aspects of the challenge--and thriving industry--of trying to keep terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal immigrants from entering the United States across our land borders. It looks at on-the-ground issues and controversies like the border fence, the usefulness of technology, shifts in the connection between illegal immigration and drug smuggling, and the potential for terrorists and drug cartels to work together. Border Insecurity also delves into how the border debate itself is part of why the government has failed to improve information sharing and why this is necessary to establish a clear and comprehensive border security strategy"-- Provided by publisher
Subject	Undocumented Immigrants. (DNLM)D000069756
	Noncitizens. (OCoLC)fst00967153
	National security. (OCoLC)fst01033711
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
	Drug control -- United States.
	Terrorism -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst01148123
	Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention.
	Noncitizens -- United States.
	Border security. (OCoLC)fst01742239
	Border security -- United States.
	Immigration enforcement -- United States.
Local Subject	Undocumented immigration -- United States.
Subject	Border security -- Government policy -- United States.
	Immigration enforcement. (OCoLC)fst01748828
	National security -- United States.
	Drug control. (OCoLC)fst01032891
	United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security.
	Illegal immigration -- United States.
	Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00908700
ISBN	1137278900 (hardback)
	9781137278906 (hardback)

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