"Border security is a topic that's often talked about by politicians, on the news, and on social media, but what does it mean? Readers discover the answer as they explore the heated debates surrounding this controversial issue. The unbiased main text enhances critical-thinking skills by encouraging readers to understand the many different points of view people have about border security. Full-color photographs and fact boxes create a unique and informative...

"The best-selling author of The Debt to Pleasure and Capital returns with a chilling fable for our time. Ravaged by the Change, an island nation in a time very like our own has built the Wall--an enormous concrete barrier around its entire border. Joseph Kavanagh, a new Defender, has one task: to protect his section of the Wall from the Others, the desperate souls who are trapped amid the rising seas outside and attack constantly. Failure will result...

"Love Across Borders takes readers through contentious frontiers around the world to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing us. Anna Lekas Miller tells her own gripping story of meeting Salem Rizk in Istanbul, where they were reporting on the Syrian civil war. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay there, nor could he safely return to Syria. In this look at the global immigration...

"As two ocelots attempt to cross the United States-Mexico border, they face obstacles that drive home the catastrophic effects of a wall on the plants and animals of the border--and the many benefits of keeping the border barrier-free"--

Francisco Cantú was raised by his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, in the scrublands of the Southwest. After college, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, where they learn to track other humans down drug routes and smuggling corridors under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find...

A former agent for the U.S. Border Patrol describes his upbringing as the son of a park ranger and grandson of a Mexican immigrant, who encountered the violence and political rhetoric that overshadows life for both migrants and the police. "Francisco Cantú lleva la frontera en la sangre. Su madre, una guardabosques del Servicio Nacional de Parques, hija de un inmigrante mexicano, lo crió rodeado de los matorrales del suroeste. Atormentado por el...

"As immigration becomes an increasingly important and controversial issue, it is important for everyone living in the United States to understand the opinions surrounding it. What does it mean for a country to have open borders? Should the United States adopt this policy or a different one? Readers learn the basics of immigration with this engaging volume that presents both sides of the debate surrounding border security and open borders. Intriguing...

"Moore has photographed the entire length of the U.S. southern border, and traveled extensively throughout Central America and Mexico, as well as to many immigrant communities in the United States ... [This book is a] record on the prevailing U.S. domestic topic of immigration and border security"--Amazon.com.