{"product_id":"nobody-is-protected-isbn-9781640095205","title":"Nobody Is Protected","description":"\u003cb\u003eNow more resonant than ever amid escalating ICE raids and enforcement crackdowns targeting immigrants and American citizens alike, \u003ci\u003eNobody is Protected\u003c\/i\u003e is an urgent examination of the U.S. Border Patrol—from its xenophobic founding to its ongoing assault on the 4th Amendment\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLate one July night in 2020, armed men, identified only by the word POLICE written across their uniforms, began snatching supporters of Black Lives Matter off the street in Portland, Oregon, and placing them in unmarked vans. These mysterious actions were not carried out by local law enforcement or even right-wing terrorists, but by the U.S. Border Patrol. Why was the Border Patrol operating so far from the boundaries of the United States? What were they doing at a protest that had nothing to do with immigration or the border?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNobody Is Protected: How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is the untold story of how, through a series of landmark but largely unknown decisions, the Supreme Court has dramatically curtailed the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution in service of policing borders. The Border Patrol exercises exceptional powers to conduct warrantless stops and interrogations within one hundred miles of land borders or coastlines, an area that includes nine of the ten largest cities and two thirds of the American population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMapping the Border Patrol’s history from its bigoted and violent Wild West beginnings through the legal precedents that have unleashed today’s militarized force, Guggenheim Fellow Reece Jones reveals the shocking true stories and characters behind its most dangerous policies. With the Border Patrol intent on exploiting current laws to transform itself into a national police force, the truth behind their influence and history has never been more important.\u003cb\u003eA 2023 Southwest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Reece Jones had done us all a service in reporting on how a federal police agency has grown way larger than it needs to be, has accumulated more power than it requires to do its job, and has used that power to feed itself, to the detriment of the nation . . . It is a dark portrait, but hopefully, by Jones shining some light on it, changes might be prompted that can rein in the beast before it devours what rights we have left.\" —\u003ci\u003eCoot's Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This eye-opening read concludes with signs of hope and suggestions for change.\" —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-researched account is disturbing in its demonstration of the unwitting complicity between the American justice system and an organization born of racist violence . . . A provocative, necessary book about an ongoing hot-button topic.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jones summons readers concerned about abuse of authority, accountability, human rights, and establishing justice to demand rethinking and revising the USBP’s expansive reach.\" —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Incisive . . . Enriched by the author’s brisk prose and lucid analysis of complex legal matters, this is a troubling look at what Americans have sacrificed in the name of border security.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For decades, the U.S. Border Patrol has been violating people’s civil rights in the name of national security including implementing security policies that have been responsible for the deaths of thousands. \u003ci\u003eNobody Is Protected\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turning deep dive into the history of America’s largest police force. In riveting prose, Jones sheds an important light on just how vulnerable citizens and non-citizens alike are to federal overreach and law enforcement abuse.” —Jason De León, MacArthur Fellow and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Open Graves\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Reece Jones has done something here surprising, illuminating, and, frankly, terrifying. By diving deeper into an issue which has received much attention but lacked a more critical eye, he has presented us with a portrait of how our fears and prejudices about immigration have metastasized into a pressing situation that demands redress. A harrowing, necessary read.\" —Jared Yates Sexton, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Rule\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“If you wondered how it could be possible for the U.S. Border Patrol to pull activists off the streets in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2020, \u003ci\u003eNobody is Protected\u003c\/i\u003e is the book for you. Reece Jones's rigorously researched book analyzes the Border Patrol’s extraconstitutional powers and explains the legal precedents behind it. It's also one hell of a page-turner that twists and turns from the 'Wild West' to the modern halls of power. It is a book with a purpose: always seeking to answer how the U.S.’s 'most dangerous police force' presently operates and how it impacts us all.\" —Todd Miller, journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eBuild Bridges, Not Walls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eREECE JONES\u003c\/b\u003e is a Guggenheim Fellow. He is a professor and the chair of the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai'i. He is the author of three books, the award-winning \u003ci\u003eBorder Walls \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Violent Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as\u003ci\u003e White Borders\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor in chief of the journal \u003ci\u003eGeopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e and he lives in Honolulu with his family.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304418365669,"sku":"NP9781640095205","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781640095205.jpg?v=1767733841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/nobody-is-protected-isbn-9781640095205","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}