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Desert Duty : On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol /
"While politicians and pundits endlessly debate immigration policy, U.S. Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line to enforce immigration law. In a day's work, agents may catch a load of narcotics, apprehend groups of people entering the country illegally, and intercept a potential...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2010.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Desert Duty : |b On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol / |c Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes ; foreword by Charles Bowden. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Foreword: Silent Long Enough by Charles Bowden -- Introduction: On Edge -- On the Line -- Chet Wilson -- Ed Tuffly -- Jim Runyan -- Jackie Mason -- Hank Hays -- Joe McCraw -- Colonel R. Child -- Glen Payne -- George Boone -- Howard Aitken -- Mark Haynes -- Alvaro "Mike" Obregon -- Robert "Mac" McLemore -- Randy Herberholz -- Wendy Conde -- Kenny Smith -- Joe Brigman -- Ronald S. "Ron" Colburn -- Carla L. Provost -- Conclusion: Before They Die -- Our Approach, and Acknowledgments -- Sources and Suggested Reading -- The Editors. | |
| 520 | |a "While politicians and pundits endlessly debate immigration policy, U.S. Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line to enforce immigration law. In a day's work, agents may catch a load of narcotics, apprehend groups of people entering the country illegally, and intercept a potential terrorist. Their days often include rescuing aliens from death by thirst or murder by border bandits, preventing neighborhood assaults and burglaries, and administering first aid to accident victims, and may involve delivering an untimely baby or helping stranded motorists. The book features interviews with nineteen active-duty and retired agents who have worked at the Wellton, Arizona, station that watches over what is arguably the most perilous crossing along the border--a sparsely populated region of the Sonoran Desert with little water and summer temperatures that routinely top 110°F. The agents candidly discuss the rewards and frustrations of holding the line against illegal immigrants, smugglers, and other criminal--while often having to help the very people they are trying to thwart when they get into trouble in the desert." | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 610 | 2 | 0 | |a U.S. Customs and Border Protection. |
| 650 | 7 | |a Border patrols. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00836593 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a POLITICAL SCIENCE |x Political Freedom & Security |x Law Enforcement. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Police de la frontiere |z États-Unis. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Border patrols |z United States. | |
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