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- Title
IMMIGRATION AND BORDER CONTROL.
- Authors
Alden, Edward
- Abstract
The article discusses the efforts of the U.S. to heighten U.S.-Mexico border security since the 1990s in order to reduce illegal immigration. An overview of the U.S. Border Patrol agency, including its impact on the rate of Mexican immigration in the 1980s, 1990s, and following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, is provided. The author contends that the U.S. should reconsider associating border control with national security and maintains that an open U.S.-Mexican border would allow for greater economic development.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEXICO; BORDER security; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants; BORDER patrols; U.S. Border Patrol; IMMIGRATION enforcement; SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 &; society; ECONOMIC development; MEXICO-United States border; NATIONAL security; ECONOMIC impact of emigration &; immigration; HISTORY
- Publication
CATO Journal, 2012, Vol 32, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
0273-3072
- Publication type
Article