This government/court document, written by the United States Congress, is a hearing on the territorial integrity and safety issues involved in weak bilateral law enforcement presence at the U.S.-Mexico Border for American citizens.

Weak bilateral law enforcement presence at the U.S.-Mexico border: territorial integrity and safety issues for American citizens: joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17,

"This report examines human rights abuses committed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and its agents in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws."--P. 1.

Tim Dunn examines these policies and practices in detail, and considers them in light of the strategy and tactics of the Pentagon doctrine of "low-intensity conflict." Developed during the 1980s for use in Central America and elsewhere, this doctrine is characterized by broad-ranging provisions for establishing social control over specific civilian populations, and its implementation has often been accompanied by widespread human-rights violations.