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The Dangerous Divide, Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border, Peter Eichstaedt

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The Dangerous Divide, Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border, Peter Eichstaedt

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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Dangerous Divide

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

875819722

Responsibility statement

Peter Eichstaedt

Sub title

Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border

Summary

How do we balance border security and America's need for a vital workforce while continuing to provide access to the American dream? Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has steadily ramped up security along the U.S.-Mexico border, transforming America's legendary Southwest into a frontier of fear. Veteran journalist Peter Eichstaedt roams this fabled region from Tucson, Arizona, to El Paso, Texas, meeting with migrants, border security advocates, and communities ravaged by cross-border crime. He rides with the border patrol and rev

Table Of Contents

Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Epigraph; Contents; Maps; Prologue; Part I: The Migrants; 1. Desert Solitaire; 2. A Thousand Stories; Part II: The Business of Fear; 3. The Frontier of Fear; 4. Migrants or Terrorists?; 5. Overwhelming Odds; Part III: Guns, Money, and Resentment; 6. Guns Go South.; 7. Good-Bye, Columbus; 8. The Ghost of Pancho Villa; Part IV: The Enforcers; 9. Guardians of the Border; 10. The Port at Nogales; 11. And We're the Bad Guys?; Part V: Brewing a Solution; 12. To Leave Our Land Is to Suffer; Epilogue: Borderline Realities; Index; Back Flip

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