Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at New Mexico State University
Position:
Con building a fence and Con additional Border Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border
to the question "What are the solutions to illegal immigration in America?"
Reasoning:
"In many ways, the construction of the fence and the deployment of yet more Border Patrol agents are emblematic of larger issues in the current immigration and border security debate. The developments beg the question: does additional fencing and border security effectively address national security and migration to the United States? The available evidence suggests that the answer is 'no.'"
"Fencing in Failure: Effective Border Control Is Not Achieved by Building More Fences," Immigration Policy in Focus, 2005
Experts
Immigration officials, people with post-graduate degrees in fields relevant to immigration issues, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, immigration issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, New Mexico State University, 2003-present
Research Fellow, Immigration Policy Center, Washington, D.C., 2006-present
Co-Director, Frontier, an Interdisciplinary Program for the Historical Studies of Border Security, Food Security, and Trade Policy, Kansas State University/New Mexico State University, 2004-present
Associate Dean and Director, Office of National Scholarships and International Education Honors College, New Mexico State University, 2003-present
Member, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section, International Studies Association, 1997-present
Recipient, Globalization Award, New Mexico State University, 2005
Secretary, Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Section, International Studies Association, 2003-2004
Recipient, "Professor of the Year" Award, New Mexico State University, 2001
Education:
PhD, International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2002
