Run for the Border : : Vice and Virtue in U.S.-Mexico Border Crossings / / Steven W. Bender.
Mexico and the United States exist in a symbiotic relationship: Mexico frequently provides the United States with cheap labor, illegal goods, and, for criminal offenders, a refuge from the law. In turn, the U.S. offers Mexican laborers the American dream: the possibility of a better livelihood throu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Citizenship and Migration in the Americas ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I. Running for the Border to Escape Justice
- 1. El Fugitivo
- 2. Gringos in Paradise
- 3. A Giant Sucking Sound
- Part III. Illicit Motivations for Southbound Border Runs
- 4. Margaritaville The Lure of Alcohol
- 5. Losin’ It Prostitution and the Child Sex Trade
- 6. Going Southbound Mexican Divorces and Medical Border Runs
- Part IV. Economic Motivations for Northbound Border Runs
- 7. Rum-Running for the Border
- 8. Acapulco Gold
- 9. Coming to America
- Part V. A Framework for Comprehensive Border Reform
- 10. Lessons from 150 Years of Border Crossings
- 11. Good Neighbor Immigration Policy
- 12. Reefer Madness
- 13. A Framework for Southbound Crossings
- 14. Laws the Border Leaves Behind
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author