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Wetback nation : the case for opening the Mexican-American border by Laufer, Peter, 1950- is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Peter Laufer's explosive proposals for the U.S.-Mexican border go far beyond President Bush's initiative to ease restrictions on immigration. Mr. Laufer argues that the border with Mexico should be completely open, with a free flow of people between the two countries. He offers a step-by-step blueprint for making it happen. Wetback Nation is also the background to understanding the Bush proposals: the story of how the border has become a fraud, resulting in nothing more than the criminalization of Mexican and other migrants, the bloating of the mismanaged Immigration and Naturalization Service, the deterioration of living standards along the frontier, and the enrichment of American employers. Placing the border in historical perspective, Mr. Laufer shows how circumstances have deteriorated to the present crisis, and why the region and the migration through it cannot be ignored. Over the last several years he has interviewed dozens of authorities as well as men and women in the street while reporting from Mexico, along the border, and in the United States. He demonstrates that the security of America's southern border is a fallacy; offers vivid examples to illustrate how the chain o

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Author

Laufer, Peter, 1950-

Publisher

Ivan R. Dee, Publisher

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566635929

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Fiction

Rating

3.76 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14