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LEADER: 02387cam a22002774a 4500
001 2004051915
003 DLC
005 20130413105747.0
008 040525s2004 ilub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2004051915
020 $a1566635926 (acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aF786$b.L325 2004
082 00 $a972/.1$222
100 1 $aLaufer, Peter,$d1950-
245 10 $aWetback nation :$bthe case for opening the Mexican-American border /$cPeter Laufer.
260 $aChicago :$bIvan R. Dee,$c2004.
300 $axix, 265 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-254) and index.
520 $aJournalist and researcher Laufer helps to understand the background to the current state of Mexican immigration: the story of how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanaged Immigration and Naturalization Service, the deterioration of living standards along the frontier, and the enrichment of American employers. Laufer argues for free movement across the border, ending a deadly charade that taunts and abuses workers the U.S. economy deperately needs, and making it easier for the U.S. to enforce restrictions against those people to whom it wants to deny entry.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aPreface: Bienvenidos, amigos -- Illegal alien or clever new American? -- Still life on the border -- On guard -- Death along for the ride -- A legal view -- What is a border? -- Failed barriers -- Annexing half of Mexico, temporarily ... -- Early control of the border -- Before the border control got tough -- An unwelcoming proposition -- Among the vigilantes -- Two-way traffic -- The porous, shifting border -- Crossing the border through the ether -- The driver's license debate -- Illegal Americans -- On the Kentucky border -- Deportation made easier -- One farmer working by the rules -- Who wants the border closed? -- Burden or benefit? -- The road from Chiapas and Chihuahua -- Best friends -- Epilogue: a practical blueprint for normalizing the border.
651 0 $aMexican-American Border Region.
651 0 $aUnited States$xEmigration and immigration$xGovernment policy.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0601/2004051915.html