Patrolling Chaos
Subtitle: The U.s. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: August 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780896725942
Subjects: Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Emigration & Immigration; Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur
First sentence: Hanging by one lone hinge, the door of the '85 Econoline van creaks forlornly in the soft, tropical breeze of Deep South Texas, the January air a crazy blend of paloverde, mesquite, and huisache crossed with acrid toxicity from the putrid waters of the Rio Grande running just below the twenty-foot bluff.