Blockading the border and human rights : the El Paso operation that remade immigration enforcement

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"An in-depth study of the groundbreaking Operation Blockade/Hold-the-Line that was initiated by the El Paso Border Patrol in September 1993, and related human-rights issues. This operation was a radical departure from previous Border Patrol enforcement--a shift in focus from apprehending unauth...

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Main Author: Dunn, Timothy J., 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Inter-America series.
Subjects:
U.S. Border Patrol.
Immigration enforcement > Texas > El Paso.
El Paso (Tex.) > Emigration and immigration.
El Paso (Tex.) > Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
El Paso (Tex.) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexico > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Bowie lawsuit challenge to the El Paso Border Patrol
  • Operation Blockade/Hold-the-Line : the Border Patrol reasserts control
  • The border wall campaign
  • Human rights issues and the El Paso Border Patrol
  • Into the new century : continuity, change, and the return of old problems
  • Conclusion.

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