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NC-BSI 7.4: Impacts of Violence and
Recession on Border Security
Problem Statement:
Methodology:
Examine how violence and economic
-Literature Review
recession are impacting migration, trade and -Surveys (Mexico and U.S.)
border security. The focus on this project
-Structured Interviews
will be on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico
-Case Studies (Mexico and U.S.)
border.
Benefits to DHS:
•Deeper understanding of factors in Mexico
influencing migration and security.
•Re-conceptualizing migration as a binational enterprise and creating a new
mechanism for greater international
collaboration.
•New approaches for resiliency to violence
along the border.
Deliverables and Timelines
Y1: Begin case studies, surveys and literature
review; summary report
Y2: Continue data collection; summary
report and bi-national workshop.
Y3: Finish research Phase I Workshop
Y4: Finish research Phase II Conference
Y5-6: Publications and White Papers
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NC-BSI 7.4: Impacts of Violence and
Recession on Border Security
Elevator speech:
Ongoing/leveraged research:
Economic recession and drug related
violence are especially pronounced along
the US border with Mexico.
Build upon ongoing surveys and
qualitative research under way on both
sides of the border, by CLAS and BMI.
This project examines how these
processes are influencing mobility, trade
and border security.
Leverage funding from border-study
grants from US Department of Education
and matching UA funding.
Costs
Investigators
•Anna Ochoa O’Leary
•Raquel Rubio-Goldsmith
•Scott Whiteford
•Colin Deeds
•Scott Carvajal
Personnel (faculty and grad students)
Travel
Workshops
Conference
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