The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration along the U.S.–Mexico Border

Illustrations

Illustrations 1.1. Cameron County levee with Border Patrol road, 2009. 15 3.1. Border wall at Tijuana, Mexico, 2009. 57 9.1. University of Texas at Brownsville–Texas Southmost College border fence, 2009. 205 9.2. Workers pouring concrete for Hidalgo County hydraulic wall, 2008. 210 9.3. Construction of hydraulic wall at Anzalduas County Park, 2009. 211 10.1. Workers constructing hydraulic wall near McAllen, Texas, 2008. 236 10.2. Workers on concrete forms fronting old levee near Weslaco, Texas, 2008. 246 10.3. View from north side of Hidalgo County hydraulic wall, 2009. 247 10.4. Border wall separating Nogales, Arizona, from Nogales, Mexico, 2009. 254 11.1. Project 28 towers outside of Sasabe, Arizona, 2009. 276 Illustrations xii Maps 1. The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands 2 2. Terrain near Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas 39 3. Terrain near Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora 252 ...