SA 345 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Border Control, J. P. Dutta, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SA 345
• Professor: Wendy Chan

Document Summary

Sa 345 week 9 border control, racial profiling and policing. Sometimes referred to as the international boundary, is the longest non-militarized border in the world. Us has been fortifying its borders significantly. Canada and the us have taken steps designed to keep closer tabs on who and what crosses the border without complicating economic trade. Taken strong stance on need to secure borders. The (cid:862)thi(cid:272)ke(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) of the ca(cid:374)ada-us border is one of the most pressing issues facing canada-us trade relations today. Canada and us border two set of broader issues. The new compliance requirements that companies must meet in order to cross the border: the actual bottlenecks at the border eg. the physical infrastructure, pre-clearance requirements, one size fits all solution is unlikely to be effective. Increased security measure have not been supplemented with proportional increases in efficiency. Border control is about controlling the movement of migrants across the border.