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[Todd Miller] ☆ Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights Open Media) ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights Open Media) Border Patrol and Homeland Security's ever-widening reach into the lives of American citizens and legal immigrants as well as the undocumented. Miller’s book is full of facts, and it’s clear he’s outraged, but he gives voices to people on every side of the issue. "In his scathing and deeply reported examination of the U.S. Border Patrol, Todd Miller argues that the agency has gone rogue since the Sept. Border Patrol is quite possibly the right book at the right time "--T
| Title | : | Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security (City Lights Open Media) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0872866319 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 358 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
Border Patrol and Homeland Security's ever-widening reach into the lives of American citizens and legal immigrants as well as the undocumented. Miller’s book is full of facts, and it’s clear he’s outraged, but he gives voices to people on every side of the issue. "In his scathing and deeply reported examination of the U.S. Border Patrol, Todd Miller argues that the agency has gone rogue since the Sept. Border Patrol is quite possibly the right book at the right time "--Tony Perry, Los Angeles TimesAt the start of his unsettling and important new book, Border Patrol Natio
Border Patrol!"--Tom Miller, author, On the Border: Portraits of America's Southwestern Frontier"Todd Miller has entered a secret world, and he has gone deep. Miller exposes the underpinnings of this ever-expanding surveillance statemilitary contractors that rake in fat profits and bloated government agencies that keep extending their tentacles while the core of our neighborhoods wither from neglect. His journeys from place to place and the complexities he presents within the Border Patrol itself provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of what’s wrong in the United States. Miller reveals the 'complex and industrial world' looming behind the border patrol, spanning 'robotics, engineers, salespeople and detention centers' and the new generation of Explorers. Miller has done us all a great service by helping to expose this dichotomy."--Aaron Cantu, Latino Rebels it is an important wake-up call for those who have not
"One of the best researched and written books around" according to Ellen Punyon. Todd Miller did extensive research for this book. It is non-fiction but reads easily because he tells stories about the people he met and the conversations he engaged in. The data is from government statistics or well researched documents. His overall theme is serious and chilling. It reminds me of the early days of the Holocaust when people from Germany and Poland were sharing their horror stories but no one believed them. "One-Sided / Bias" according to Tatum Bowman. Miller’s beliefs got in the way of what had the potential to be a reasonable analysis of the expansion of the Border Patrol’s presence in the United States. He will turn a lot of readers off with his approach. He states that the existence and expansion of the Border Patrol is similar to an attempt to divide the American people in to the have and have-nots. His entire book sends the general message that the Bord. Polarizing reviews symbolize the importance of this book Whenever I see a book with a split between 1 and 5 stars with almost none in between, I run out to purchase it as fast as I can. Here's why:My first career was in the United States Senate; while most people are aware of the polarized nature of our legislative branch, many do not know of the more troubling instances when everyone agrees. Most of the legislation that is actually passed through Congress does so by unanimous c
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