Border Control/Death Final Exam Questions With Solutions 100% Complete
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Border Control/Death Final Exam Questions
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Death Rate and the Border - Deaths start climbing after implementation of Operation
Blockade
- Deaths were dropping since 1987, before Prevention through Deterrence
- Prevention through Deterrence produced about 160 "extr...
Border Control/Death Final Exam Questions
With Solutions 100% Complete
Death Rate and the Border - Deaths start climbing after implementation of Operation
Blockade
- Deaths were dropping since 1987, before Prevention through Deterrence
- Prevention through Deterrence produced about 160 "extra" deaths per year, according to 2003
research
--- "Smoke and Mirrors" (Douglas Massey) - BP wastes a lot of money because they aren't
efficient. What we get out of BP: symbols (idea of BP)
Why Congress Supported Guest Worker Program Drawback for Congress to draft a new
immigration bill (providing a path for citizenship), instead have a guest worker program.
Enforcement Context - Deterrence strategy was not implemented in a neutral setting
- Government officials and politicians traveled to the US-Mexico border in the 1990s to blame
unauthorized migrants for social problems and for creating a national security risk
,Border Control/Death Final Exam Questions
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- The social construction of the border as lawless vilified unauthorized migrants as the principal
menace
- Through the production of a public relations video titled Border Under Siege, BP officials
themselves played a direct role in casting the border as being "invaded" by "aliens"
--- Pete Wilson (governor candidate of California) used border to case himself as a savior, that he
would protect California. In his election he supported a strong policy to restrict immigrants,
require people to report those they thought were undocumented. He won re-election. After he
won, he asked Congress for an immigrant worker program (not scared of migration, but scared of
migration they can't control)
Enforcement seen as Moral Duty - From this contextual perspective, enforcement became
more than a duty; it became a moral activity
--- Ex. from movie at the beginning of the semester were BP wouldn't send an agent to the man
that was dying in the desert because they were all inspecting cars at the checkpoint
- As a moral tool, enforcement could not be compromised, not even in the face of mounting
migrant deaths
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- Yet, further research is needed to determine how much lower-rank BP agents actually identified
with the view that portrayed unauthorized migrants as a menace and invaders
--- Congress survey - BP agents say they need more technology and more agents (only 1% said
they need a wall). DHS responded by saying every BP agent supports the wall
- Border enforcement officials made deliberate plans to blend their bureaucratic identity with
local communities through civic activities
--- BP used to be all white men. There was little concern for what Mexican-American
communities thought of BP
--- Now, BP uses PR to show that BP and local communities are one in the same
Enforcement to "enhance quality of life" - The border enforcement bureaucracy also
began to add to its publicized objectives the enhancement of the quality of life in border regions
- With the border "under operational control," the economic vitality would increase in border
regions as crime and social service costs decreased
--- More available jobs, lower social service cost (message is that migrants are coming to the US
to get on welfare)
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- Through this objective and its civic participation, the border enforcement bureaucracy projected
its image as an ethical force of the community
US border in the 1800s US in the 1800s used to put border makers (hundreds of miles
apart from each other - not an actual wall)
Pregnancy and border crossing 5 women who were at a shelter in Tijuana tried to cross
again. One was pregnant. After crossing into the US they were apprehended and the woman gave
birth. She was deported to Mexico with her baby before she was able to register her baby as a US
citizen.
Causality and Blameability - Human rights advocates and other critics have attributed
causality and blame to the border enforcement bureaucracy for the hundreds of deaths annually
of unauthorized border crossers
- However, a wide spectrum of causality and blameability exists of bureaucracies that implement
potentially harmful social policies
Causal Relations - Causal relations vary by type and degree
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