TIME Magazine: America's Border

SUSAN STERNER / AP

Photo-Illustration by Arthur Hochstein

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Guarding America
Keeping watch over America's borders

Breaking Point
A map of the border

Who Left the Door Open?
Despite all the talk of homeland security, sneaking into the U.S. is scandalously easy–and on the rise. Millions of illegal aliens will pour across the U.S.-Mexican border this year, many from countries hostile to America. TIME looks at the damage, the dangers and the reasons the U.S. fails to protect itself

Playing By The Rules
For Fernando Fernandez Jr., becoming a citizen means security for his family

Los Angeles
America's uneasy new melting pot
[6/13/1983]

Special Issue
Immigrants
[7/8/1985]

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Looking for Mr. Right

Maliki's Last Stand?
The prime minister makes a new call to curb violence, but Iraqis' patience with him and his government is wearing thin

What a Surge Really Means
Can a couple more divisions in Iraq make a difference? Or is Bush's idea too little, too late?