Divided by the wall : progressive and conservative immigration politics at the U.S.-Mexico border /

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Author / Creator:Elcioglu, Emine Fidan, 1984- author.
Imprint:Oakland, California University of California Press [2020]
Description:1 online resource : illustrations, map
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13514207
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ISBN:9780520974500
0520974506
9780520340350
0520340353
9780520340367
0520340361
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index
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Summary:The construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border--whether to build it or not--has become a hot-button issue in contemporary America. A recent impasse over funding a wall caused the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sharpening partisan divisions across the nation. In the Arizona borderlands, groups of predominantly white American citizens have been mobilizing for decades--some help undocumented immigrants bypass governmental detection, while others help law enforcement agents to apprehend immigrants. Activists on both the left and the right mobilize without an immediate personal
Other form:Print version: Elcioglu, Emine Fidan, 1984- Divided by the wall. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020] 9780520340350