deported: chapter two: crossing over: risking life and facing increased border security
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DEPORTEDChapter Two: Crossing Over: Risking Life and Facing Increased Border Security
Class Goals
• Develop an understanding of how migration journeys vary across time and depending on the country of origin.
• Develop an understanding of how enhanced border enforcement make migrants more vulnerable.
Decrease in Border Patrol Apprehensions
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 20110
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800,000
1,000,000
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1,400,000
ICEBorder Patrol
Decreases in Border Patrol Apprehensions
Increase in Border Patrol Agents
Why do we see so much variation between the methods of entry between the four countries?
What challenges did Jamaicans face in their
journey?
What challenges did Dominicans face on their journey?
What challenges do Guatemalans
face?
What challenges do Brazilian migrants face?
Questions for discussion• Jamaica and the Dominican Republic are both Caribbean
islands. Why do you think there is so much more variation in terms of how Dominicans get to the United States?
• How has border enforcement on the southern border of the United States changed over time?
• How does enhanced border enforcement make migrants more vulnerable?
• Compare the border crossing stories of two of the migrants discussed in this chapter. How were their journeys distinct? How were they affected by immigration laws and policies in different ways?
Class Goals: RECAP
• Develop an understanding of how migration journeys vary across time and depending on the country of origin.
• Develop an understanding of how enhanced border enforcement make migrants more vulnerable.