Border wars / Tom Barry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barry, Tom, 1950-

Series:

Boston review book.

A Boston Review book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--Government policy--United States.

Border security.

Border security--Economic aspects--Mexican-American Border Region.

Immigration enforcement--Corrupt practices--Mexican-American Border Region.

Immigration enforcement.

Political corruption--Mexican-American Border Region.

Political corruption.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

Mexican-American Border Region--Emigration and immigration.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-262-29815-5

1-283-32177-7

9786613321770

0-262-29902-X

OCLC:

760884500