TY  - BOOK
AU  - Longmire,Sylvia
TI  - Border Insecurity: why big money, fences, and drones aren't making us safer 
SN  - 9781137278906 (hardback)
AV  - JV6483 .L856 2014
U1  - 363.28/50973 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Border security
KW  - United States
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Immigration enforcement
KW  - Noncitizens
KW  - Drug control
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Prevention
KW  - National security
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - Emigration and immigration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index; "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 sometimes their lives due to the human  and drug smuggling traffic that regularly crosses their property. Who is right? What does a secure border actually look like? More importantly,  is a secure border a realistic goal for the United States? Border Insecurity examines all the aspects of the challenge--and thriving industry--of trying to keep terrorists, drug smugglers, and illegal immigrants from entering the United  States across our land borders. It looks at on-the-ground  issues and controversies like the border fence, the usefulness of technology, shifts in the connection between illegal immigration and drug smuggling, and the potential for terrorists and drug cartels to work together. Border Insecurity also delves into how the border debate itself is part of why the government has failed to improve information sharing and why this is necessary to establish a clear and comprehensive border security strategy"--
ER  -