LEADER 04504nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910790278703321 005 20230801222509.0 010 $a0-8147-8953-6 010 $a0-8147-2322-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814789537 035 $a(CKB)2670000000177912 035 $a(EBL)866061 035 $a(OCoLC)793193046 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000658486 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11401626 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000658486 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10690558 035 $a(PQKB)11778212 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000373909 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC866061 035 $a(OCoLC)793207866 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19849 035 $a(DE-B1597)548519 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814789537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL866061 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555031 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000177912 100 $a20111101d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRun for the border$b[electronic resource] $evice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings /$fSteven W. Bender 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (235 p.) 225 1 $aCitizenship and migration in the Americas 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-8952-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Running for the border to escape justice -- pt. 2. Economic motivations for southbound border runs -- pt. 3. Illicit motivations for southbound border runs -- pt. 4. Economic motivations for northbound border runs -- pt. 5. A framework for comprehensive border reform. 330 $aMexico and the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides the United States with cheap labor, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders, a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican laborers the American dream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply each other?s demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border from both sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend to be security-focused and center on the idea of menacing Mexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congress tends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or other feeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southern crossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico.In Run for the Border, Steven W. Bender offers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy through a historical analysis of border crossings, both Mexico to U.S. and U.S. to Mexico. In contrast to recent reform proposals, this book urges reform as the product of negotiation and implementation by cross-border accord; reform that honors the shared economic and cultural legacy of the U.S. and Mexico. Covering everything from the history of Anglo crossings into Mexico to escape law authorities, to vice tourism and retirement in Mexico, to today?s focus on Mexican border-crossing immigrants and drug traffickers, Bender takes lessons from the past 150 years to argue for more explicit and compassionate cross-border cooperation. Steeped in several disciplines, Run for the Border is a blend of historical, cultural, and legal perspectives, as well as those from literature and cinema, that reflect Bender?s cultural background and legal expertise. 410 0$aCitizenship and migration in the Americas. 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zUnited States 606 $aFugitives from justice$zMexico 606 $aFugitives from justice$zUnited States 606 $aEmigration and immigration law$zMexico 606 $aBorder security$zMexican-American Border Region 607 $aMexican-American Border Region$xEmigration and immigration 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMexico 607 $aMexico$xForeign relations$zUnited States 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 615 0$aFugitives from justice 615 0$aFugitives from justice 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law 615 0$aBorder security 676 $a325/.2720973 700 $aBender$b Steven$01140280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790278703321 996 $aRun for the border$93758073 997 $aUNINA