Mexico's "Narco-Refugees": The Looming Challenge for U.S. National Security [Enlarged Edition] (Paperback)

Since 2006, when Mexican president Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels, there has been a rise in the number of Mexican nationals seeking political asylum in the United States to escape the ongoing drug cartel violence in their home country. Political asylum cases in general are claimed by those who are targeted for their political beliefs or ethnicity in countries that are repressive or are failing. Mexico is neither. Nonetheless, if the health of the Mexican state declines because criminal violence continues, increases, or spreads, U.S. communities will feel an even greater burden on their systems of public safety and public health from "narco-refugees." Given the ever increasing cruelty of the cartels, the question is whether and how the U.S. Government should begin to prepare for what could be a new wave of migrants coming from Mexico. Allowing Mexicans to claim asylum could potentially open a flood gate of migrants to the United States during a time when there is a very contentious national..

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Imprint:	Lulu.Com
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2013
Authors:	Paul Rexton Kan • Strategic Studies Institute
Dimensions:	280 x 216mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	47
ISBN-13:	978-1-304-23510-7
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-304-23510-6
Barcode:	9781304235107

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