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Author Buffett, Howard G., author.

Title Our 50-state border crisis : how the Mexican border fuels the drug epidemic in America / Howard G. Buffett.

Publisher New York : Hachette Books, [2018]
©2018

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Edition First edition.
Physical Description xxviii, 356 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-345) and index.
Contents Foreword / by Senator Heidi Haitkamp -- Preface / by Cindy McCain -- Introduction -- Part I: Costs and consequences. Red Shoes "walk up" ; Lights off, pistols ready ; Stepping on the balloon ; An expensive juggling act ; Sanctuaries and "slam dunks" ; Drug cartels and Decaturs ; What about demand? ; Too much, too fast ; Barriers -- Part II: Countries of origin. Red Shoes in Honduras ; Stolen harvests ; Two-legged predators ; Prison or the cemetery ; Silencing the canary ; Red Shoes on the road again -- Part III: What needs to change. Reboot command of the border ; Respect and work with Mexico ; Create a persistent presence ; Reduce demand for drugs and illegal labor ; Support peace and security in our hemisphere -- Epilogue: Orange Shoes in Arizona.
Summary Challenges mainstream understandings in a reassessment of the U.S.-Mexico border crisis that reveals an unprecedented rate of drug trafficking directly related to the opioid epidemic, outlining bipartisan recommendations for fighting cartels and strengthening national security.
Subject Drug control -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Drug traffic -- Mexico.
Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Border security -- United States.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Alternate Title Our fifty-state border crisis.