The fence : national security, public safety, and illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border / Robert Lee Maril.
2011
JV6565 .M37 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The fence : national security, public safety, and illegal immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border / Robert Lee Maril.
Author
Maril, Robert Lee.
ISBN
9780896726802 (alk. paper)
0896726800 (alk. paper)
0896726800 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2011.
Language
English
Description
xii, 368 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
JV6565 .M37 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.28/509721
Summary
"Investigates the reality of the proposed 2,000-mile-long border 'fence' between the United States and Mexico. First-person interviews and rigorous analysis of government documents uncover fiscal mismanagement, wasteful spending, and unkept promises. Suggests new public policies based on reasoned compromise and concern for human life"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
A virtual American dream. A simple solution ; Manny's disguise isn't one ; Anzalduas ; Olga Rivera Garcia's fence and Omar Sanchez's fence ; ISIS ; Dubuque
Crossing to safety. More virtual fences ; CBP Agent Nora Munoz ; Juliet Garcia's fence and Michael Chertoff's wall ; Three different walls ; It's getting crowded along the border ; Crossing to safety.
Crossing to safety. More virtual fences ; CBP Agent Nora Munoz ; Juliet Garcia's fence and Michael Chertoff's wall ; Three different walls ; It's getting crowded along the border ; Crossing to safety.