Illegal Immigration and Enforcement Along the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Overview
Tags: ILLEGAL aliens; UNITED States -- Boundaries -- Mexico; MEXICO -- Boundaries -- United States; EMIGRATION & immigration
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- Border skirmish. Reed, Christopher // Bulletin with Newsweek;06/29/99, Vol. 117 Issue 6180, p20
Presents information on rising tensions in Arizona over the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico in 1999. How ranchers have begun forming vigilante groups to patrol the border; How the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service is understaffed; Complaints of ranchers in the town of...
- 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.
