Desert Duty

On the Line with the U.S. Border Patrol

Автор: Bill Broyles, Mark Haynes

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: University of Texas Press

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While politicians and pundits endlessly debate immigration policy, U.S. Border Patrol agents put the...

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Автор

Bill Broyles, Mark Haynes

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2010

страници

256

EAN

9780292723207

ISBN

0292723202

Enbook ID

04873084

Издател

University of Texas Press

Теглоt

398

Размери

154 x 228 x 17

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While politicians and pundits endlessly debate immigration policy, U.S. Border Patrol agents put their lives on the line to enforce immigration law. In a day's work, agents may catch a load of narcotics, apprehend groups of people entering the country illegally & intercept a potential terrorist. Their days often include rescuing aliens from death by thirst or murder by border bandits, preventing neighborhood assaults and burglaries & administering first aid to accident victims & may involve delivering an untimely baby or helping stranded motorists. As Bill Broyles and Mark Haynes sum it up, "Border Patrol is a hero job," one that too often goes unrecognized by the public. Desert Duty puts a human face on the Border Patrol. It features interviews with nineteen active-duty and retired agents who have worked at the Wellton, Arizona, station that watches over what is arguably the most perilous crossing along the borderoa sparsely populated region of the Sonoran Desert with little water and summer temperatures that routinely top 110degreeF. The agents candidly discuss the rewards and frustrations of holding the line against illegal immigrants, smugglers & other criminalsowhile often having to help the very people they are trying to thwart when they get into trouble in the desert. As one agent explains, "The thrill is tracking 'em up before they die. It's a rough ol' way to goorun outta water in this desert."

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