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Gibson Dw - 14 Miles Building The Border Wall - Paperback
Gibson Dw - 14 Miles Building The Border Wall - Paperback
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Description: 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 Mc Kee 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.
Title: 14 Miles Building The Border Wall
Author(s): Gibson Dw
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501183430
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021
Category: Migration, Immigration & Emigration
Description: 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 Mc Kee 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.
Title: 14 Miles Building The Border Wall
Author(s): Gibson Dw
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781501183430
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 7/27/2021
Category: Migration, Immigration & Emigration
