Searching for security: boundary and immigration enforcement in an age of intensifying globalization

Part of a special issue on immigration and boundary policing in an era of globalization. The writer discusses boundary and immigration enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border in an age of intensifying globalization. He summarizes and critiques the various explanations for the remarkable increase i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nevins, Joseph 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2001
In: Social justice
Year: 2001, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 132-148
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
United States > Relations
Law Enforcement
Struggle
Undocumented immigrants > United States
UNDOCUMENTED immigrants
United States > Emigration & immigration > Government policy
International competition
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Summary:Part of a special issue on immigration and boundary policing in an era of globalization. The writer discusses boundary and immigration enforcement along the U.S.-Mexican border in an age of intensifying globalization. He summarizes and critiques the various explanations for the remarkable increase in U.S. federal government efforts, beginning in the 1990s, to enhance the effectiveness of U.S.-Mexico border enforcement and to reduce illegal immigration. Furthermore, he examines how these developments constitute part of an age of globalization that is purported to be making national boundaries things of the past.