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Investing in Insecurity Along U.S. Borders
December 19, 2007
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In 2006, the Bush Administration's Secure Border Initiative outsourced the surveillance of all U.S. land borders to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. It's the largest Homeland Security contract to date -- $30 billion dollars.
The fence features ground radar systems, mobile watchtowers, unmanned aerial vehicles and new wireless communication networks. If completed, the southwest border will be the most high-tech border this side of the West Bank.
On this edition, independent producer Joseph Richey visits Project 28 - Boeing's security site, a 28-mile strip along the U.S.-Mexico border, and we talk to "No One is Illegal" organizer, Harjap Grewal, about migration and international trade.
Featuring:
Mitch Ellis, Buenos Aires NWR Refuge Manager; David Gonzalez, US Marshal, Tucson, Arizona; Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, California Democratic Congressman; Mark Souder, Indiana Republican Congressman, Republican Leader of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism; Greg Giddens, Department of Homeland Security SBInet director; Steven Lynch, Massachusetts Democratic Congressman; Arivacans: C. Hues, 73 year old artist, Alex Hues, 50 year old pilot, Andrea Morondos and John Warren, grocers; Paul Charlton, former U.S. Attorney, Gallagher and Kennedy, Phoenix, Arizona; Harjap Grewal, "No One is Illegal" organizer.
Senior Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Producer: Joe Richey and KGNU's narrator Sam Fuqua
Sound Editor: Matt Fidler of Fidler Sound and Media
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Interns: Samson Reiny, Joaquin Palomino, and Elena Botkin-Levy
This program was produced by Joe Richey with research assistance provided by The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute.
For more information:
CorpWatch
1611 Telegraph Avenue, #720
Oakland, CA 94612
510-271-8080
www.corpwatch.org
Border Action Network
PO Box 384
Tucson, AZ 85702
520-623-4944
BAN@borderaction.org
www.borderaction.org
No More Deaths
3809 East 3rd Street
Tucson, AZ 85716
520-495-5583
action@nomoredeaths.org
www.nomoredeaths.org
Buenos Aires NWR
PO Box 109
Sasabe, AZ 85633
520-823-4251
Mitch_ellis@fws.gov
www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/arizona/buenosaires
No One is Illegal
#714 - 207 West Hastings
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7
604-682-3269 x7149
noii-van@resist.ca
http://noii-van.resist.ca
Music: Glenn Mickley arrangement of Phil Ochs' "Bracero" en espanol
recorded and performed by Glenn Mickley and Joe Richey