United States border issues / Vivienne M. Clancy, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clancy, Vivienne M.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense security and strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--Government policy--United States.

Border security.

Border security--Economic aspects--United States.

Border security--Mexican-American Border Region.

Border security--Northern boundary of the United States.

National security--United States.

National security.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Congress decided that enhancing the security of the United States' borders was a vitally important component of preventing future terrorist attacks. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 consolidated most federal agencies operating along the U.S. borders, which was charged with securing the borders; territorial waters, terminals, waterways, and air, land, and sea transportation systems of the U.S. and managing the nation's ports of entry. This book examines today's U.S. border issues, key agencies and their missions and the future of commercial trucking across the Mexican border. Also discussed herein is the south-west border violence related to gun and drug-trafficking from Mexico, border searches of laptop computers and other electronic storage devices and expanding the barriers being deployed along the U.S. international land border.

Contents:

Border security : key agencies and their missions / Chad C. Haddal

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) implementation : the future of commercial trucking across the Mexican border / John Frittelli

Southwest border violence : issues in identifying and measuring spillover violence / Jennifer E. Lake ... [et al.]

Gun trafficking and the Southwest border / Vivian S. Chu, William J. Krouse

Border searches of laptop computers and other electronic storage devices / Yule Kim

Protecting the U.S. perimeter : border searches under the Fourth Amendment / Yule Kim

Border security : barriers along the U.S. international border / Chad C. Haddal, Yule Kim, Michael John Garcia.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-815-2

OCLC:

923664173