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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822754203321

Autore

Barry Tom <1950->

Titolo

Border wars / / Tom Barry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2011

ISBN

0-262-29815-5

1-283-32177-7

9786613321770

0-262-29902-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

A Boston Review book

Disciplina

363.28/50973

Soggetti

Border security - Government policy - United States

Border security - Economic aspects - Mexican-American Border Region

Immigration enforcement - Corrupt practices - Mexican-American Border Region

Political corruption - Mexican-American Border Region

Immigrants - United States - Social conditions

Mexican-American Border Region Emigration and immigration

Mexican-American Border Region Social conditions

United States Emigration and immigration Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Death in Texas; Becoming a Prison Town; Immigration on Trial; Mala Suerte; "They Want to Be on American Idol "; Money for Nothing; Governing Through Crime; Bipartisan Crackdown; Article of Faith; Chapter 2. At War in Texas; The Texas Paradigm; Stimulating Security; Drug War Dinosaur; The Bandwagon Rolls On; Chapter 3. Securing Arizona; Bust; Generation Gap; Going Alone; Big Government, Big Help; Model State, Failed State; Chapter 4. A New Day in the Sunbelt; 1) Decouple Border and Immigration Control from Homeland Security; 2) Balance Security and Exchange

3) Don't Rush to High-Tech Solutions4) Stop New Border Spending; 5) End Drug Prohibition and Drug Wars; 6) Stop Deputizing Law Enforcement; 7) End Enforcement-First Immigration Policy; 8)



Concentrate on Employment; About the author

Sommario/riassunto

The consequences of political fear-mongering and tough talk on immigration in the American Southwest.