United States surveillance over Mexican lives at the border: Snapshots of an emerging regime

Human Organization

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 430-438

  Heyman, Josiah McC ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer databases; Contraband; Immigration; Narcotics; Surveillance; U.S. Mexico border

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DRUGS TRADE; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033491209     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.4.84q0745q5114750h     Document Type: Article

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