How the U.S.-Mexico Border Became a Political Flashpoint
To many Americans , the U.S. ’s southerly perimeter seems nothing short of a long , live mess hall . Traffic jams at major metropolis crossing . Beyond that , land mile and sea mile of barren , unforgivingdesert . Drug smuggler . Armed guards . Illegal immigrants . Walls . Fences . Barriers . The U.S.-Mexico perimeter is a flash point — especially now — a political and literal line in the sand waiting to be crossed ....