The border wall with Mexico

Book 2018

To some, the idea of a border wall with Mexico represents a necessary and practical barrier to illegal immigration and the perceived host of ills that are associated with it. To others, it is both an unrealistic and inhumane effort that demonizes desperate individuals and families who are only seeking a better life. The debate is fierce and is bound up with competing notions of crime, ethnicity, opportunity, fairness, justice, and what America pr...

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Mexican-American Border Region Emigration and immigration

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United States Emigration and immigration Government policy Juvenile literature

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Current controversies

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ISBN:

9781534500907
9781534500853

Edition:

First edition

Description:

141 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Does building a wall to keep people out contradict American values?
Overview: A border wall affects the freedom and liberty of all Americans / Joe Wolverton
Building a wall at the border would divide us / Enrique Morones
Trump's border wall : it should never happen / John Dean
What Trump's plan really says : this is "the great wall of racism" / Jeffery Doherty and Boris Kaplan
Obama-appointed judge : border fence is racist against Mexicans / Judicial Watch
Border fencing is critical to ensure American security / Duncan Hunter
Border walls would humanely enforce a just law / Terence P. Jeffrey
Open borders does immigrants more harm than good / Michael Bargo Jr.
Does the United States have the resources to build a wall?
Overview: Executive order : border security and immigration enforcement improvements / Donald J. Trump
Practical reasons should motivate the construction of a border wall / Reece Jones
The United States can benefit from building a different wall in Mexico / David North
Trump's wall is implausible from an engineering perspective / Ali F. Rhuzkan
A wall would cause harm to the environment / Shonil Bhagwat
Are there more effective ways to prevent illegal immigration?
Overview: Border security is a question of management / Caitlin Cruz
Opening the border would bring security / John Lee
More Mexicans are leaving than moving to the US / Ana Gonzalez-Barrera
There is no need for a wall when Mexican immigration is slowing / Kali Holloway
The encouraging side of practicality / Rebecca Northfield
The historical horrors of mass deportation / Adrian Florido
Border walls are not a new solution / Amanda Conroy
Who would pay for the wall?
Overview: Funding a border wall / Wayne Cornelius
Don't sweat the wall, American taxpayers / Don Gonyea
Trump's plan is one rotten way to treat a friend and neighbor / Nick Gillespie
Trump's idea for funding the wall is pure blackmail / William N. Grigg
Extortion won't finance Trump's wall / Ross Kaminsky
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LCCN:

2017016486

Control Number:

2746071

Other Authors:

Gitlin, Marty, editor
Morones, Enrique, author
Wolverton, Joe, author

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