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008			200117t20202020nyub b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2019058632
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100	1		_aGibson, D. W. _q(David-William), _eauthor. _9280663
245	1	0	_a14 miles : _bbuilding the border wall / _cDW Gibson.
246	3		_aFourteen miles
246	3		_aBuilding the border wall
250			_aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSimon & Schuster, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2020
300			_axx, 325 pages : _bmap ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"An esteemed journalist delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trump's border wall in San Diego-and the impact on the lives of local residents. In August of 2019, Donald Trump finished building his border wall-at least a portion of it. In San Diego, the Army Corps of engineers completed two years of construction on a 14-mile steel beamed barrier that extends eighteen-feet high and cost a staggering $147 million. As one border patrol agent told reporters visiting the site, "It was funded and approved and it was built under his administration. It is Trump's wall." 14 Miles is a definitive account of all the dramatic construction, showing readers what it feels like to stand on both sides of the border looking up at the imposing and controversial barrier. After the Department of Homeland Security announced an open call for wall prototypes in 2017, DW Gibson, an award-winning journalist and Southern California native, began visiting the construction site and watching as the prototype samples were erected. Gibson spent those two years closely observing the work and interviewing local residents to understand how it was impacting them. These include April McKee, a border patrol agent leading a recruiting program that trains teenagers to work as agents; Jeff Schwilk, a retired Marine who organizes pro-wall rallies as head of the group San Diegans for Secure Borders; Roque De La Fuente, an eccentric millionaire developer who uses the construction as a promotional opportunity; and Civile Ephedouard, a Haitian refugee who spent two years migrating through Central America to the United States and anxiously awaits the results of his asylum case. Fascinating, propulsive, and incredibly timely, 14 Miles is an important work that explains not only how the wall has reshaped our landscape and countless lives but also how its shadow looms over our very identity as a nation"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aBorder security _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEmigration and immigration _xSocial aspects. _9315624
650		0	_aIllegal aliens _xGovernment policy _zUnited States. _9186154
650		0	_aInternal security _xSocial aspects _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRefugees _xGovernment policy _zUnited States.
655		7	_aInformational works. _2lcgft _9222299
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