TITLE

All Along the Watchtower: The Mole

PUB. DATE
November 2004
SOURCE
Patrolling Chaos: The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas;2004, p89
SOURCE TYPE
Book
DOC. TYPE
Book Chapter
ABSTRACT
Chapter One of the book "Patrolling Chaos: The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas" with the subtitle "The Mole," by Robert Lee Maril is presented. It details the solution adopted by U.S. border patrol agents to provide some semblance of international security at the Rio Grande. The river experiences drought in February 2001 due to hydrilla, an aggressive plant with long stalks that grow on the river bottom and overwhelm the weakened river.
ACCESSION #
27768723

Tags: BORDER patrol agents;  UNITED States. Immigration Border Patrol;  PATROLLING Chaos: The US Border Patrol in Deep South Texas (Book);  MARIL, Robert Lee

 

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