Border insecurity : why big money, fences, and drones aren't making us safer /

When confronted with the challenges of border security and illegal immigration, government officials are fond of saying that our borders have never been as safe and secure as they are now. But ranchers in the borderlands of Arizona and Texas fear for their lands, their cattle, their homes and someti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Longmire, Sylvia (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Border security > United States. Border security > Government policy > United States. United States > Emigration and immigration > Government policy. Immigration enforcement > United States. Illegal aliens > United States. Drug control > United States. Terrorism > United States > Prevention. National security > United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.

Table of Contents:

Enemies at the gate
The guardians
The border fence
Technology on the border
Border violence spillover
The evolution of cross-border migration
Terrorism and the Southwest border
The invisible fight against money laundering
Taking matters into their own hands
The big business of border security
The forgotten Northern border
The future of border security.