The U.S.-Mexico border: a strategy of low-intensity conflict

Part of a special issue on neoliberalism, militarism, and armed conflict. In an interview, Maria Jimenez, director of the Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project in Houston, Texas, discusses the strategy of low-intensity conflict evident along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Topics di...

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Main Author: Phares, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2000
In: Social justice
Year: 2000, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 32-36
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Jimenez, Maria
Mexico > Boundaries > United States
Low-intensity conflicts (Military science)
United States > Emigration & immigration
Human rights workers
Undocumented immigrants > United States
UNDOCUMENTED immigrants
Immigrants > Civil rights
Emigration & immigration in Mexico
United States > Emigration & immigration > Government policy
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Summary:Part of a special issue on neoliberalism, militarism, and armed conflict. In an interview, Maria Jimenez, director of the Immigration Law Enforcement Monitoring Project in Houston, Texas, discusses the strategy of low-intensity conflict evident along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Topics discussed include the changes that have been made in law enforcement on the border; whether these changes have caused a decrease in the numbers trying to cross the border; changes she hopes to see in immigration policy from the Bush administration; the challenges faced by communities on the border and those who try to cross the border; and the reason why Mexicans try to cross the border into the U.S.
ISSN:2327-641X