Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren't Making Us Safer

Longmire, Sylvia

ISBN 10: 1137278900 / ISBN 13: 9781137278906

Published by Palgrave Macmillan - A Division of St. Martin's Press, New York, 2014

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250 Pages Indexed. No marks noted on interior text. 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. Contents in 12 Chapters: Enemies at the Gate, The Guardians, The Border Fence, Technology on the Border, Border Violence Spillover, The Evolution of Cross-Border Migration, Terrorism and the Southwest Border, The Invisible Fight Against Money Laundering, Taking Matters Into Their Own Hands, The Big Business of Border Security, The Forgotten Northern Border, and Conclusions The Future of Border Security.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren't Making Us Safer
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan - A Division of St. Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137278900
• ISBN 13: 9781137278906
• Binding: Hard Back
• Edition: First Editiion First Printing Stated
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Sylvia Longmire is an independent consultant, former Air Force officer and Special Agent, and a former senior intelligence analyst for the State of California. She is also frequently an expert witness in US immigration cases. Ms. Longmire has been interviewed extensively by FOX News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, AOL News, BBC Radio, The Miami Herald, The Houston Chronicle and The San Diego Union-Tribune, among others. She is a contributing editor for Homeland Security Today magazine and Breitbart Texas, and the author of Cartel. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.