| Description |
244 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. The migrants -- Desert solitaire -- A thousand stories -- pt. II. The business of fear -- The frontier of fear -- Migrants or terrorists? -- Overwhelming odds -- pt. III. Guns, money, and resentment -- Guns go south -- Good-bye, Columbus -- The ghost of Pancho Villa -- pt. IV. The enforcers -- Guardians of the border -- The port at Nogales -- And we're the bad guys? -- pt. V. Brewing a solution -- To leave our land is to suffer. |
| Summary |
"How do we balance border security and America's need for a vital workforce while continuing to provide access to the American dream? Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has steadily ramped up security along the U.S.-Mexico border, transforming America's legendary Southwest into a frontier of fear. Veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt roams this fabled region from Tucson, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, meeting with migrants, border security advocates, and communities ravaged by cross-border crime. He rides with the border patrol and reveals the tragic situation that has evolved along the border. Eichstaedt finds that despite tens of thousands of border agents and the expenditure of billions of dollars, an estimated one million Mexicans and Central Americans continue to cross the border each year. These migrants fill jobs that have become the underpinnings of the U.S. economy. Rather than building more and better barricades, Eichstaedt argues that the United States must reform its immigration and drug laws and acknowledge that costly, counterproductive, and antiquated policies have created deadly circumstances on both sides of the border. Recognizing the truth of America's long and tortured relations with Mexico must be followed by legitimizing the contributions made by migrants to the American way of life"--Provided by publisher |
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Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
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Undocumented Immigrants. (DNLM)D000069756
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Noncitizens. (OCoLC)fst00967153
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Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
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Noncitizens -- United States.
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Border security. (OCoLC)fst01742239
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Mexican-American Border Region.
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Crime -- Mexican-American Border Region.
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| Local Subject |
Undocumented immigration -- United States.
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| Subject |
Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Illegal immigration -- United States.
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Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
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North America -- Mexican-American Border Region.
(OCoLC)fst01239966
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00908700
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| ISBN |
9781613748367 |
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1613748361 |
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