GEOG 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Secure Fence Act Of 2006, Coyote, Coolie
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Case study 1: usa and mexico: main elements of control, border enforcement(largest armed civilian force, employment sanctions(requirement to use i-9 form) Us-mexico border: coyote: human smuggling on us-mexico border. Increased urban surveillance in 1990"s: led to more wilderness crossings. Impact on immigrants: severe risk: 9-11 and decline of interdictions: less circulation, new documentation services by mexico. Scale: 11 million (2016 estimate: 8 million have jobs, much higher lf participation rate than average. Account for 5% of the total us labour force. Difference between actual border and fence location. Mexico = critical of the fence/wall, but has also accepted us funds to increase control over it"s. Still(2017) close to 100 lawsuits pending from the expropriation of land to build 2008 barrier border with guatemala. Foreground: notes on china: millions under/unemployed(e. g college graduates, 6m annual population growth (through falling, 180,000 per year emigrate legally.
