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Run for the border : vice and virtue in U.S.-Mexico border crossings / Steven W. Bender

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Bender, Steven
Published
New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 223 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
pt. 1. Running for the border to escape justice -- pt. 2. Economic motivations for southbound border runs -- pt. 3. Illicit motivations for southbound border runs -- pt. 4. Economic motivations for northbound border runs -- pt. 5. A framework for comprehensive border reform.
Summary
Mexico and the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides the United States with cheap labour, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders, a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican labourers the American dream: the possibility of a better livelihood through hard work. To supply each other's demands, Americans and Mexicans have to cross their shared border from both sides. Despite this relationship, U.S. immigration reform debates tend to be security-focused and center on the idea of menacing Mexicans heading north to steal abundant American resources. Further, Congress tends to approach reform unilaterally, without engaging with Mexico or other feeder countries, and, disturbingly, without acknowledging problematic southern crossings that Americans routinely make into Mexico.
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9780814789537 (electronic bk.)
0814789536 (electronic bk.)
9780814723227 (electronic bk.)
0814723225 (electronic bk.)
9780814789520
0814789528
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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