Border skirmish
Tags: ILLEGAL aliens; UNITED States -- Boundaries -- Mexico; MEXICO -- Boundaries -- United States; EMIGRATION & immigration; POLITICAL science
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- Illegal Immigration and Enforcement Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Overview. Orrenius, Pia M. // Economic & Financial Review;2001 1st Quarter, p2
Evaluates the determinants of illegal Mexico-United States (U.S.) migration and gives an overview of the enforcement and policy responses to date. Data sources and trends of illegal immigration; Origins and determinants of Mexico-U.S. migration; Analysis on the trends in border enforcement;...
- BREAKING POINT. // Time;9/20/2004, Vol. 164 Issue 12, p58
Offers a look at illegal aliens who cross into the United States via the boundary between Arizona and Mexico. Statement that illegal crossings in Arizona account for 51 percent of all border-patrol arrests; Rise of legal immigration to the United States.
- Women bear the brunt. Light, Julie // Progressive;Sep96, Vol. 60 Issue 9, p21
Reports that a growing number of women are taking the increased risk of crossing the Mexico-United States border under stepped-up border enforcement. Story of the human rights abuses suffered by a woman from Guatemala; Detention of women caught crossing borders in facilities with sub-human...
- Desert Cat and Mouse. Marek, Angie C. // U.S. News & World Report;5/31/2004, Vol. 136 Issue 19, p32
Offers a look at the Arizona Boarder Control Initiative of 2004. Increase of illegal immigration coming through the Arizona desert; Report that former president Bill Clinton's administration changed the focus of border enforcement from arrests and apprehensions to deterrence; Dangers faced by...
- Do-It-Yourself Border Patrol. Bennett, Brian // Time;4/4/2005, Vol. 165 Issue 14, p14
Offers a look at the Civil Homeland Defense Corps, led by Chris Simcox, which monitors illegal immigrant activity along the Arizona-Mexican border. Report that the group reports the immigrants' locations to the United States Border Patrol; Fears that the group is a vigilance committee; Report...
- The Border War. Johnson, Scott // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);4/4/2005, Vol. 145 Issue 14, p31
Offers a look at the debate over immigration to the United States. Failure of President George W. Bush to pass his guest-worker immigration proposal; Dependence of U.S. businesses on Mexican immigrant laborers; Tensions on the Mexican boundary with the United States; Rise of vigilante groups,...
- The Border War. Johnson, Scott // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);4/4/2005, Vol. 145 Issue 14, p29
Offers a look at the debate over immigration to the United States. Failure of President George W. Bush to pass his guest-worker immigration proposal; Dependence of U.S. businesses on Mexican immigrant laborers; Tensions on the Mexican boundary with the United States; Rise of vigilante groups,...
- UNEASY NEIGHBORS. Lacey, Marc; Thompson, Ginger; Malkin, Elizabeth; Smith, Patricia // New York Times Upfront;5/4/2009, Vol. 141 Issue 14, p8
The article reports on the challenges posed by immigration, trade and the drug war in Mexico for the U.S. and Mexico. A heightened security along the U.S.-Mexico border failed to prevent a steady stream of illegal immigrants in search of better opportunities in the U.S. The economy of Mexico is...
- U.S.-Mexican Border Is Heating Up. Paige, Sean // Insight on the News;04/24/2000, Vol. 16 Issue 15, p6
Reports on the two shooting incidents in the United States-Mexico border region. Incursion of Mexican army soldiers in the border fence near Sunland Park, Texas in March 2000; Shooting incident involving a rancher and an illegal alien.
