Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels
Idealistic and eager to serve his country, Army Reservist JAG Captain Matt C. Pinsker volunteer to go to Laredo, Texas, for six months as a federal prosecutor, helping out the short-staffed U.S. Attorney's Office.

What he saw in Laredo changed his life, and his riveting account of the breakdown of law and order will change how you think about border security. Crisis on the Border reveals:

- That drug cartels are in control of the U.S.-Mexican border

- The horrifying viciousness of the criminals who smuggle human beings into the United States

- That drug abuse and disease are rampant among illegal aliens—many of whom have lengthy criminal records

- That routine abuse of the U.S. asylum laws undermines legitimate asylum-seekers

- That U.S. courts are generally more lenient with illegal aliens than they would be with American citizens

- The hypocrisy behind the "children in cages" stories

- Solutions: how to solve the crisis on the border

Earnest, shocking, and revealing, Crisis on the Border is essential for understanding one of the greatest problems confronting our country.
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Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels
Idealistic and eager to serve his country, Army Reservist JAG Captain Matt C. Pinsker volunteer to go to Laredo, Texas, for six months as a federal prosecutor, helping out the short-staffed U.S. Attorney's Office.

What he saw in Laredo changed his life, and his riveting account of the breakdown of law and order will change how you think about border security. Crisis on the Border reveals:

- That drug cartels are in control of the U.S.-Mexican border

- The horrifying viciousness of the criminals who smuggle human beings into the United States

- That drug abuse and disease are rampant among illegal aliens—many of whom have lengthy criminal records

- That routine abuse of the U.S. asylum laws undermines legitimate asylum-seekers

- That U.S. courts are generally more lenient with illegal aliens than they would be with American citizens

- The hypocrisy behind the "children in cages" stories

- Solutions: how to solve the crisis on the border

Earnest, shocking, and revealing, Crisis on the Border is essential for understanding one of the greatest problems confronting our country.
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Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels

Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels

by Matt C. Pinsker
Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels

Crisis on the Border: An Eyewitness Account of Illegal Aliens, Violent Crime, and Cartels

by Matt C. Pinsker

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Idealistic and eager to serve his country, Army Reservist JAG Captain Matt C. Pinsker volunteer to go to Laredo, Texas, for six months as a federal prosecutor, helping out the short-staffed U.S. Attorney's Office.

What he saw in Laredo changed his life, and his riveting account of the breakdown of law and order will change how you think about border security. Crisis on the Border reveals:

- That drug cartels are in control of the U.S.-Mexican border

- The horrifying viciousness of the criminals who smuggle human beings into the United States

- That drug abuse and disease are rampant among illegal aliens—many of whom have lengthy criminal records

- That routine abuse of the U.S. asylum laws undermines legitimate asylum-seekers

- That U.S. courts are generally more lenient with illegal aliens than they would be with American citizens

- The hypocrisy behind the "children in cages" stories

- Solutions: how to solve the crisis on the border

Earnest, shocking, and revealing, Crisis on the Border is essential for understanding one of the greatest problems confronting our country.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684510108
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 03/10/2020
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Matt C. Pinsker is a criminal defense attorney, a captain in the United States Army Reserve, and an adjunct professor of law at Virginia Commonwealth University. He earned his undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary, his J.D. from West Virginia University, and his LL.M. in National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations from the George Washington University Law School. He lives with his family in central Virginia.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

Foreword A Clear and Present Danger 1

Chapter 1 How an Army Lawyer became a Federal Special Prosecutor 5

Chapter 2 Welcome to Laredo's U.S. Attorney's Office 11

Chapter 3 Mass Guilty Pleas 23

Chapter 4 How Organized Crime Controls The Border 37

Chapter 5 Safe Houses 47

Chapter 6 Arriving at the Internal Checkpoint 55

Chapter 7 Detention Facilities 61

Chapter 8 In Search of the Grail-Jobs, Jobs, Jobs 65

Chapter 9 The Daca Dilemma 69

Chapter 10 Family Separation 81

Chapter 11 Asylum Seekers, Refugees, and Caravans 93

Chapter 12 They Come from Unexpected Places 101

Chapter 13 Criminal Inflow: The "Bad Hombres" 109

Chapter 14 Drugs, Firearms, and Diseases 119

Chapter 15 Supporting the Border Patrol 129

Chapter 16 Public Defenders and the U.S. Justice Department 133

Epilogue 143

Afterword America's Future is in Our Hands 147

Acknowledgments 151

Appendix I Alien Incarceration Report: June 6, 2018 153

Appendix II Alien Incarceration Report: April 16, 2019 173

Appendix III Ice Enforcement and Removal Operations Report 193

Appendix IV Letter of Commendation from General Pede for Captain Pinsker's Outstanding Performance 217

Appendix V Text of Plaque Awarded to Captain Pinsker for his Service on the Border 219

Index 221

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