Immigration Law And The U S Mexico Border

Author : Kevin R. Johnson,Bernard Trujillo
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780816505593

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Immigration Law and the U.S.–Mexico Border by Kevin R. Johnson,Bernard Trujillo Pdf

Americans from radically different political persuasions agree on the need to “fix” the “broken” US immigration laws to address serious deficiencies and improve border enforcement. In Immigration Law and the US–Mexico Border, Kevin Johnson and Bernard Trujillo focus on what for many is at the core of the entire immigration debate in modern America: immigration from Mexico. In clear, reasonable prose, Johnson and Trujillo explore the long history of discrimination against US citizens of Mexican ancestry in the United States and the current movement against “illegal aliens”—persons depicted as not deserving fair treatment by US law. The authors argue that the United States has a special relationship with Mexico by virtue of sharing a 2,000-mile border and a “land-grab of epic proportions” when the United States “acquired” nearly two-thirds of Mexican territory between 1836 and 1853. The authors explain US immigration law and policy in its many aspects—including the migration of labor, the place of state and local regulation over immigration, and the contributions of Mexican immigrants to the US economy. Their objective is to help thinking citizens on both sides of the border to sort through an issue with a long, emotional history that will undoubtedly continue to inflame politics until cooler, and better-informed, heads can prevail. The authors conclude by outlining possibilities for the future, sketching a possible movement to promote social justice. Great for use by students of immigration law, border studies, and Latino studies, this book will also be of interest to anyone wondering about the general state of immigration law as it pertains to our most troublesome border.

Author : S. Deborah Kang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780199757435

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The INS on the Line by S. Deborah Kang Pdf

"For much of the twentieth century, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) officials recognized that the US-Mexico border region was a special case. Here, the INS confronted a set of political, social, and environmental obstacles that prevented it from replicating its achievements at the immigration stations of Angel Island and Ellis Island. In response to these challenges, local INS officials resorted to the law--amending, nullifying, and even rewriting the nation's immigration laws for the borderlands, as well as enforcing them. In The INS on the Line, S. Deborah Kang traces the ways in which the INS on the US-Mexico border made the nation's immigration laws over the course of the twentieth century. While the INS is primarily thought to be a law enforcement agency, Kang demonstrates that the agency also defined itself as a lawmaking body. Through a nuanced examination of the agency's admission, deportation, and enforcement practices in the Southwest, she reveals how local immigration officials constructed a complex approach to border control, one that closed the line in the name of nativism and national security, opened it for the benefit of transnational economic and social concerns, and redefined it as a vast legal jurisdiction for the policing of undocumented immigrants. Despite its contingent and local origins, this composite approach to border control, Kang concludes, continues to inform the daily operations of the nation's immigration agencies, American immigration law and policy, and conceptions of this border today"--

Author : John Foster Dulles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UIUC:30112003073126

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Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest by John Foster Dulles Pdf

Author : John F. Dulles
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1998-08
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : 9780788171970

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Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest by John F. Dulles Pdf

Author : Michael C. LeMay
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440874802

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The U.S.-Mexico Border by Michael C. LeMay Pdf

This book offers answers to essential questions about the border between the United States and Mexico and connected issues that are accessible to readers interested in immigration, border security, and U.S.-Mexico relations. Comprising seven chapters, The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Reference Handbook surveys the complex topic for students and readers. Chapter 1 discusses the political, social, and economic contexts in which the border came to exist. Chapter 2 discusses problems, controversies, and proposed solutions. Chapter 3 consists of original essays contributed by outside scholars, complementing the perspective and expertise of the author. Chapter 4 profiles major organizations and people who, as stakeholders in border politics, drive the agenda on the issue. Chapter 5 presents data and documents on the topic, giving readers the ability to analyze the facts. Chapter 6 provides additional resources that the reader may wish to consult, such as books, journal articles, and films. Chapter 7 provides a detailed chronology of important events, and the book closes with a useful glossary of key terms used throughout the book and a comprehensive subject index.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Survey Options for Estimating the Flow of Unauthorized Crossings at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309264259

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Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Survey Options for Estimating the Flow of Unauthorized Crossings at the U.S.-Mexico Border Pdf

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for securing and managing the nation's borders. Over the past decade, DHS has dramatically stepped up its enforcement efforts at the U.S.-Mexico border, increasing the number of U.S. Border patrol (USBP) agents, expanding the deployment of technological assets, and implementing a variety of "consequence programs" intended to deter illegal immigration. During this same period, there has also been a sharp decline in the number of unauthorized migrants apprehended at the border. Trends in total apprehensions do not, however, by themselves speak to the effectiveness of DHS's investments in immigration enforcement. In particular, to evaluate whether heightened enforcement efforts have contributed to reducing the flow of undocumented migrants, it is critical to estimate the number of border-crossing attempts during the same period for which apprehensions data are available. With these issues in mind, DHS charged the National Research Council (NRC) with providing guidance on the use of surveys and other methodologies to estimate the number of unauthorized crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, preferably by geographic region and on a quarterly basis. Options for Estimating Illegal Entries at the U.S.-Mexico Border focuses on Mexican migrants since Mexican nationals account for the vast majority (around 90 percent) of attempted unauthorized border crossings across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Author : Julian Lim
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469635507

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Porous Borders by Julian Lim Pdf

With the railroad's arrival in the late nineteenth century, immigrants of all colors rushed to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, transforming the region into a booming international hub of economic and human activity. Following the stream of Mexican, Chinese, and African American migration, Julian Lim presents a fresh study of the multiracial intersections of the borderlands, where diverse peoples crossed multiple boundaries in search of new economic opportunities and social relations. However, as these migrants came together in ways that blurred and confounded elite expectations of racial order, both the United States and Mexico resorted to increasingly exclusionary immigration policies in order to make the multiracial populations of the borderlands less visible within the body politic, and to remove them from the boundaries of national identity altogether. Using a variety of English- and Spanish-language primary sources from both sides of the border, Lim reveals how a borderlands region that has traditionally been defined by Mexican-Anglo relations was in fact shaped by a diverse population that came together dynamically through work and play, in the streets and in homes, through war and marriage, and in the very act of crossing the border.

Author : Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Emigration and immigration law
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173004388169

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Sealing Our Borders by Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Aliens
ISBN : PURD:32754077577108

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Illegal Immigration and U.S.-Mexican Border Control by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and International Law Pdf

Author : Martin Gitlin
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534500853

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The Border Wall with Mexico by Martin Gitlin Pdf

To some, the idea of a border wall with Mexico represents a necessary and practical barrier to illegal immigration and the perceived host of ills that are associated with it. To others, it is both an unrealistic and inhumane effort that demonizes desperate individuals and families who are only seeking a better life. The debate is fierce and is bound up with competing notions of crime, ethnicity, opportunity, fairness, justice, and what America promises, offers, stands for, and represents. All sides of the debate are presented here, and each is given a fair and respectful hearing, allowing readers to sift through fact and opinion, evaluate the strength of arguments, and form an educated opinion on the issue.

Author : Frank D. Bean
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0847683923

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At the Crossroads by Frank D. Bean Pdf

Mexico is becoming increasingly important as a focus of U.S. immigration policy, and the movement of people across the U.S.-Mexico border is a subject of intense interest and controversy. The U.S. approach to cross-border flows is in flux, the economic climate in Mexico is uncertain, and relations between the two neighbors have entered a new stage with the launching of NAFTA. This volume draws together original essays by distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplines and both sides of the border to examine current impetuses to migration and policy options for Mexico and the U.S.

Author : Steven W. Bender
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814723227

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Run for the Border by Steven W. Bender Pdf

Mexico and the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides the United States with cheap labor, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders, a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican laborers the American dream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply each other’s demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border from both sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend to be security-focused and center on the idea of menacing Mexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congress tends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or other feeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southern crossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico. In Run for the Border, Steven W. Bender offers a framework for a more comprehensive border policy through a historical analysis of border crossings, both Mexico to U.S. and U.S. to Mexico. In contrast to recent reform proposals, this book urges reform as the product of negotiation and implementation by cross-border accord; reform that honors the shared economic and cultural legacy of the U.S. and Mexico. Covering everything from the history of Anglo crossings into Mexico to escape law authorities, to vice tourism and retirement in Mexico, to today’s focus on Mexican border-crossing immigrants and drug traffickers, Bender takes lessons from the past 150 years to argue for more explicit and compassionate cross-border cooperation. Steeped in several disciplines, Run for the Border is a blend of historical, cultural, and legal perspectives, as well as those from literature and cinema, that reflect Bender’s cultural background and legal expertise.

Author : David J. Danelo
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811740227

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The Border by David J. Danelo Pdf

Thoughtful investigative report about a central issue of the 2008 presidential race that examines the border in human terms through a cast of colorful characters. Asks and answers the core questions: Should we close the border? Is a fence or wall the answer? Is the U.S. government capable of fully securing the border? Reviews the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects and discusses NAFTA, immigration policy, border security, and other local, regional, national, and international issues.

Author : Said Saddiki
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783743711

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World of Walls by Said Saddiki Pdf

"We’re going to build a wall.” Borders have been drawn since the beginning of time, but in recent years artificial barriers have become increasingly significant to the political conversation across the world. Donald Trump was elected President of the United States while promising to build a wall on the Mexico border, and in Europe, the international movements of migrants and refugees have sparked fierce discussion about whether and how countries should restrict access to their territory by erecting physical barriers. Virtual walls are also built and crushed at increasing speed. In the post-9/11 era there is a greater danger from so-called "transnational non-state actors”, and computer hacking and cyberterrorism threaten to overwhelm our technological barriers. In this timely and original book, Said Saddiki scrutinises the physical and virtual walls located in four continents, including Israel, India, the southern EU border, Morocco, and the proposed border wall between Mexico and the US. Saddiki’s detailed analysis explores the tensions between the rise of globalisation, which some have argued will lead to a "borderless world” and "the end of the nation-state”, and the rapid development in recent decades of border control systems. Saddiki examines both regular and irregular cross-border activities, including the flow of people, goods, ideas, drugs, weapons, capital, and information, and explores the disparities that are reflected by barriers to such activities. He considers the consequences of the construction of physical and virtual walls, including their impact on international relations and the rise of the multi-billion dollar security market. World of Walls: The Structure, Roles and Effectiveness of Separation Barriers is important reading for all those interested in the topics of immigration, border security, international relations, and policy.

Author : Julie A. Dowling,Jonathan Xavier Inda
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804785419

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Governing Immigration Through Crime by Julie A. Dowling,Jonathan Xavier Inda Pdf

In the United States, immigration is generally seen as a law and order issue. Amidst increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, unauthorized migrants have been cast as lawbreakers. Governing Immigration Through Crime offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the use of crime and punishment to manage undocumented immigrants. Presenting key readings and cutting-edge scholarship, this volume examines a range of contemporary criminalizing practices: restrictive immigration laws, enhanced border policing, workplace audits, detention and deportation, and increased policing of immigration at the state and local level. Of equal importance, the readings highlight how migrants have managed to actively resist these punitive practices. In bringing together critical theorists of immigration to understand how the current political landscape propagates the view of the "illegal alien" as a threat to social order, this text encourages students and general readers alike to think seriously about the place of undocumented immigrants in American society.