The Maze of Fear: Security and Migration After 9/11

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An examination of the link between migration and security considers how domestic policy and international relations have changed since September 11, discussing how labor migration, tourism, foreign student education, and other everyday practices have become complicated challenges for policymakers. S

John Tirman is a program director at the Social Science Research Council. He is the author of The Fallacy of Star Wars and Spoils of War, and has published articles in the the New York Times, the Washington Post, Esquire, the Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune. He lives in Washington, D.C.

On a road that divides Canada and Maine, a Canadian drove thirty feet into the Maine section of town to fill his truck with gasoline without checking in with immigration. He was arrested and held in an American prison for 35 days.