Sand and blood : America's stealth war on the Mexico border / John Carlos Frey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frey, John Carlos, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican-American Border Region--Emigration and immigration.

Mexican-American Border Region.

Mexican-American Border Region--Economic conditions.

Mexican-American Border Region--Politics and government.

Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.

United States--Foreign relations--Mexico.

United States.

International relations.

Mexico.

Mexico--Foreign relations--United States.

Diplomatic relations.

Economic history.

Emigration and immigration.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

North America--Mexican-American Border Region.

Physical Description:

vii, 243 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

America's stealth war on the Mexico border

Place of Publication:

New York : Bold Type Books, 2019.

Summary:

A damning portrait of the U.S.-Mexico border, where militaristic fantasies are unleashed, violent technologies are tested, and immigrants are targeted. Over the past three decades, U.S. immigration and border security policies have turned the southern states into conflict zones, spawned a network of immigrant detention centers, and unleashed an army of ICE agents into cities across the country. As award-winning journalist John Carlos Frey reveals in this groundbreaking book, the war against immigrants has been escalating for decades, fueled by defense contractors and lobbyists seeking profits and politicians--Republicans and Democrats alike--who relied on racist fear-mongering to turn out votes. After 9/11, while Americans' attention was trained on the Middle East and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Terror was ramping up on our own soil--aimed not at terrorists but at economic migrants, refugees, and families from South and Central America seeking jobs, safety, and freedom in the U.S. But we are no safer. Instead, families are being ripped apart, undocumented people are living in fear, and thousands of migrants have died in detention or crossing the border. Taking readers to the Border Patrol outposts, unmarked graves, detention centers, and halls of power, Sand and Blood is a frightening, essential story we must not ignore. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Seeds of war

The war begins-again

The military arrives as the border

September 11

Death as deterrent

The soldiers

The war at the border expands

Trump

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-228) and index.

Other Format:

Ebook version :

ISBN:

9781568588476

156858847X

OCLC:

1056779032