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The Three U.S.-Mexico Border Wars: Drugs, Immigration, and Homeland Security (Praeger Security International)

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As america’ response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, begins to take its final shape, Possibly the most affected area of the country is the U.S. borderlands with Mexico. The optimistic talk of the 1990s regarding trade, investment, and economic integration in North The united states has given way to a rhetoric focused on security, particularly securing and controlling all points of entry to and exit from america. Cities and towns across the Southwestern border have experienced firsthand the consequences of the new, security-oriented national ethos and practices embodied in the Hometown Security Act of 2002. The comprehensive security strategy now in place permeates the three border wars examined in this insightful work―the war on drugs, the war over the enforcement of immigration laws, and the war on terror. As Payan demonstrates, the effects of these three wars have been significant. They include a loss of local autonomy and a disconnect between the priorities of Washington, D.C., and the local populations. Possibly more important, they’ve created a rigid international line that represents a barrier to economic, social, and cultural integration―and a source of fear and suspicion between neighbors.

Payan traces the history of these policies on the border to discern and remember the evolutionary patterns and common threads that sign up for all three policies together as of late. He argues that historically the border has experienced a gradual tightening and increasing militarization, culminating in as of late’s restrictive environment. This book illuminates the ways in which border residents are coping with the stricter border security environment, and how they navigate their day by day lives in the face of increasingly federal bureaucrats and programs designed to close the border. It examines the significant conflict between the government’s efforts to close the border and the border communities’ efforts to open it.

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