Crisis on the border : an eyewitness account of illegal aliens, violent crime, and cartels /

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Author / Creator:	Pinsker, Matt C., author.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group, [2020] ©2020
Description:	ix, 226 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Illegal aliens -- Government policy -- United States. Illegal alien children -- Government policy -- United States. Immigration enforcement -- United States. Border security -- United States. Border security. Illegal aliens. Immigration enforcement. Mexican-American Border Region. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. United States. Creative nonfiction. Personal narratives. Personal narratives. Creative nonfiction.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12512290

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ISBN:	9781684510108 1684510104 9781684510450
Notes:	Includes index.
Summary:	"For six months, Army Captain Pinsker was deployed to the Mexican-American border as a member of a unique mission. He and a handful of others were assigned to the Department of Justice as Special Prosecutors to handle the increasing number of immigration cases resulting from President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. He shares what took place on his watch."--

Table of Contents:

Author's Note
Foreword A Clear and Present Danger
Chapter 1. How an Army Lawyer became a Federal Special Prosecutor
Chapter 2. Welcome to Laredo's U.S. Attorney's Office
Chapter 3. Mass Guilty Pleas
Chapter 4. How Organized Crime Controls The Border
Chapter 5. Safe Houses
Chapter 6. Arriving at the Internal Checkpoint
Chapter 7. Detention Facilities
Chapter 8. In Search of the Grail-Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Chapter 9. The Daca Dilemma
Chapter 10. Family Separation
Chapter 11. Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Caravans
Chapter 12. They Come from Unexpected Places
Chapter 13. Criminal Inflow: The "Bad Hombres"
Chapter 14. Drugs, Firearms, and Diseases
Chapter 15. Supporting the Border Patrol
Chapter 16. Public Defenders and the U.S. Justice Department
Epilogue
Afterword America's Future is in Our Hands
Acknowledgments
Appendix I. Alien Incarceration Report: June 6, 2018
Appendix II. Alien Incarceration Report: April 16, 2019
Appendix III. Ice Enforcement and Removal Operations Report
Appendix IV. Letter of Commendation from General Pede for Captain Pinsker's Outstanding Performance
Appendix V. Text of Plaque Awarded to Captain Pinsker for his Service on the Border
Index

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