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Reason
February 2009
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Alien World How treacherous border crossing became a theme park.   |
Salon.com
December 7, 2000
Richard Rodriguez |
Prodigal father For decades, Mexico has looked down on Mexican-Americans, but its new president is challenging the nation to look to them instead... |
National Defense
April 2006
Stew Magnuson |
Border Patrol Wages Daily Battle Against Smugglers As new immigration legislation winds through the House and Senate this year -- and lawmakers debate the 2007 budget request for boosts in both technology funding and manpower -- the demand in the US for cheap labor and narcotics promises to continue unabated. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2006
Emmett D. Carson |
The Black/Brown Divide There is much that foundations can do to improve relations between Mexican and African Americans. By creating a shared dialogue, foundations can assist African and Mexican Americas in finding and acting on their mutual self-interest. |
Reason
April 2007
Malia Politzer |
"It's Our Job to Stop That Dream" The endless, futile work of the U.S. Border Patrol. |
National Defense
July 2008
Stew Magnuson |
Contentious Debate Over Border Fences Won't End Soon Dormant as a national issue until late 2005, securing the southern border suddenly became an intensely debated subject and a political hot potato. |
Mother Jones
Sep/Oct 2001 |
Media Jones Fateful Harvest by Duff Wilson uncovers 'fertilizer' as industrial waste... Nadine Gordimer's The Pickup explores the meeting of those with choices and those without... Richard Neer has a sad story to tell in FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio... Music choices... |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005
Geri Smith |
A Border Transformed Since 9/11, officials at the Laredo crossing have had two conflicting goals: Stop terrorists and keep trade flowing. |
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Failures Reported in Key Component of U.S.-Mexico Electronic Fence The revelation that a highly touted component of the system does not work as promised came only days after the Obama administration announced that it is moving forward to expand the program to other areas along the southern border. |
National Defense
June 2009
Stew Magnuson |
Failures Reported in Key Component of U.S.-Mexico Border Fence The Project 28 virtual border fence in Arizona cannot currently deliver live streaming video to Border Patrol agents |
National Defense
August 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Asa Hutchinson Watchful of the Diplomacy of Security The border between Mexico and the United States is more than a massive stretch of arid land. It's also the 2,000-mile long nexus of homeland security and international diplomacy. |
National Defense
March 2009
Magnuson & Rusling |
DHS Testing 'Squid' to Halt Border-Jumping Vehicles The Department of Homeland Security is funding technology aimed at stopping drug runners and migrants from speeding through border checkpoints. |
Mother Jones
Jul/Aug 2002
Tim Steller |
A Thirst for Justice Since the late 1990s, hundreds of border crossers from Mexico have died from hypothermia and dehydration in American deserts. Reverend Robin Hoover of activist group Humane Borders explains how his group has helped prevent more deaths by the strategic placement of water tanks. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Geri Smith |
Work In The States, Build A Life In Mexico Monterrey-based Construmex has helped 4,500 migrants living in the U.S. build homes or small businesses in Mexico. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006 |
Don't Fence Me In Mexico's President is opposed to the U.S. House of Representatives' approved plan to build 700 miles of high-tech fences along its southern border to keep out illegal migrants. |
BusinessWeek
August 1, 2005 |
Quiet Teamwork on Border Safety Mexico's Geronimo Gutierrez talks about the "underestimated" Security & Prosperity Partnership of North America. |
