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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454045303321

Autore

Dunn Timothy J. <1961->

Titolo

Blockading the border and human rights [[electronic resource] ] : the El Paso operation that remade immigration enforcement / / Timothy J. Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2009

ISBN

0-292-79359-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

325.764/96

Soggetti

Electronic books.

El Paso (Tex.) Emigration and immigration

El Paso (Tex.) Emigration and immigration Government policy

El Paso (Tex.) Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Mexico Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-286) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The Bowie lawsuit challenge to the El Paso Border Patrol -- Operation Blockade/Hold-the-Line : the Border Patrol reasserts control -- The border wall campaign -- Human rights issues and the El Paso Border Patrol -- Into the new century : continuity, change, and the return of old problems -- Conclusion.