Is a new congressional immigration reform likely to produce more border militarization?

by Andrea Alvares, Juan Osuna, and Edgar Quiroz Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM
ffuentes@umail.ucsb.edu

Democrats have proposed plans for immigration reform that will create new paths to permanent residence for 11 million qualifying undocumented residents while simultaneously strengthening border security and surveillance.


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Democrats have proposed plans for immigration reform that will create new paths to permanent residence for 11 million qualifying undocumented residents while simultaneously strengthening border security and surveillance. For the full story, click on the audio news report. This news report is part of an undergraduate project for Chicano/a Studies 189 "Immigration and the U.S./Mexico Border" Summer 2011 at the University of California, Santa Barbara. There are seven other "border news reports" available online.