Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-297) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : At the intersection of migration, social facts, and security -- To protect the border -- To facilitate trade and travel -- Immigration, prejudice and profiling, and society's wars -- Securing the border since 1789 : customs, immigration, and agriculture inspections -- A nation of immigrants : the required background story -- Assimilation in America -- Incident logs from the border -- Separations and walls -- Appendix A : Immigration legislation -- Appendix B : A log of administrative directives and proclamations for immigration and border security since 2017 -- Appendix C : Selected data on naturalizations, refugees, individuals granted asylum, and aliens removed, 2008-2017 -- Appendix D : United States border patrol, southwest border sectors, total illegal alien apprehensions by fiscal year.
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