Title Run for the border : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender.

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New York : New York University Press, 2012.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 223 pages).
Series	Citizenship and migration in the Americas
	Citizenship and migration in the Americas.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	pt. 1. Running for the border to escape justice -- part 2. Economic motivations for southbound border runs -- part 3. Illicit motivations for southbound border runs -- part 4. Economic motivations for northbound border runs -- part 5. A framework for comprehensive border reform.
Summary	Mexico and the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides the United States with cheap labour, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders, a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican labourers the American dream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply each other's demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border from both sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend to be security-focused and center on the idea of menacing Mexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congress tends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or other feeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southern crossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico.
Subject	Emigration and immigration law -- United States.
	Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration.
	Fugitives from justice -- Mexico.
	Fugitives from justice -- United States.
	Emigration and immigration law -- Mexico.
	Border security -- Mexican-American Border Region.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico.
	Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
	LAW -- Emigration & Immigration.
	Border security. (OCoLC)fst01742239
	Emigration and immigration. (OCoLC)fst00908690
	Emigration and immigration law. (OCoLC)fst00908736
	Fugitives from justice. (OCoLC)fst00935947
	Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
	Mexico. (OCoLC)fst01211700
	North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. (OCoLC)fst01239966
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Political science.
	Law.
Other Form:	Print version: Bender, Steven. Run for the border. New York : New York University Press, ©2012 9780814789520 (DLC) 2011045432 (OCoLC)756592626
ISBN	9780814789537 (electronic bk.)
	0814789536 (electronic bk.)
	9780814723227 (electronic bk.)
	0814723225 (electronic bk.)

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