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    understanding of what a border is one must come to the other form of the border, the imaginary and unseen border. This abstract border separates people from one another without any real embodiment of the border itself. This particular border does not necessarily have concrete matter, which separates people like fences, gates, towers, and walls. Moreover, it does not have to be policed. Ergo, such border exists without any limitation of space and time. This abstract border does create the same effect

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    support each other. * What is the Fourth amendment exception as it pertains to border searches? Describe the functional equivalent of the border? Although the Fourth Amendment protects citizen rights against unlawful searches while it also identifies the specific criteria where probable cause is required, the Supreme Court supports certain circumstances where an exception to policy comes into play. The exception’s under border searches grants permission for authorities the sovereign right to stop and

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    Limitless Borders limit the way we interact and feel about the world around us. Borders are a kind of protection where when it’s crossed a person may feel violated or uncomfortable. When you first meet someone are your walls put up and surrounded by electric fences and barbed wire or are the gates wide open? In my childhood, I let everyone in my life without question. In about eighth grade my insecurities made me put a cage around my thoughts and my relationships with others. I created a border in my

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    Restrictions Borders are in our everyday lives. Each one of them affects different cultures, politics, and even just personal space. As you’re growing up, your experiences shape on to the borders that you end up creating to fit your needs of being comfortable with what goes on around you. While Borders are a good form of protection they are also a form of restriction. They limit the way we interact with the world around us and create emotional borders in our life that are incredibly hard to take

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    Borders and Coastal waterways are a vital part of life in numerous countries, and nations around the world. Protecting borders and ports is a responsibility tasked to various agencies throughout the United States government, Private Sector, as well as nations around the world. Therefore, there are countless challenges and obstacles that need to be properly addressed in dealing with this multi faceted topic. Describe the challenges faced by US Customs and Border Protection agents attempting to

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    Literature, a variety of borders are often used to serve different purposes but mainly to advance the plot through border crossings. The purpose of this essay is to consider the extent to which the authors of The Second Branch of the Mabinogi and Sir Orfeo use borders and border crossings to advance the text through a consideration of geographical, political and spiritual borders. The Second Branch of the Mabinogi relies mostly on the constant and unresolvable political border throughout the whole text

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    The Unlawful border crossing in the U.S. Southern border has been of political interest for the past decades. It has been the primary source of the illegal trades into U.S. from Mexico. Despite the government efforts to end the act, there have not been long-term solutions to the Menace. The vital approach is to understand the structural nature of the border and the socio-cultural nature of the inhabitants that facilitates the illegal act across the border. The lawful bill in place seems not to offer

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    Mexico Border Trade

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    Wilson “The State of Trade, Competitiveness and Economic Well-being in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region” we are given an account how the border is braking economic growth. While the U.S.-Mexico border is a “major milestone of one-half trillion dollars,” it has received virtually no recognition (Lee et al, 2). The article goes on to say how port of entries have not kept up with the increased trade or border region border population growth. Therefore, in this paper will be providing an overview of the economic

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    The Unlawful border crossing in the U.S. Southern border has been of political interest for the past decades. It has been the primary source of the illegal trades into U.S. from Mexico. Despite the government efforts to end the act, there have not been long-term solutions to the Menace. The vital approach is to understand the structural nature of the border and the socio-cultural nature of the inhabitants that facilitates the illegal act across the border. The lawful bill in place seems not to offer

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    concept of borders has become focused on the movement of people, with an increasing number of countries opting for a protectionist approach to immigration. Yet, the increasing number of casualties as a direct result of these borders calls into question the continuation of strict border control. States use borders as a defence mechanism in the hope of protecting citizens from criminals and terror. But, history has shown that borders have repeatedly caused significant human suffering. Borders are also

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    Border regions, as described by the political distribution of lands divided by those who inhabited them, have been a long-time source of unrepresentative and poorer health outcomes. The physical dividing lines between countries are meant to be delineations in cultures and societies that define the responsibility of governmental outreach and human services. However, for example, due to relatively unstable and uncontrolled migration along the Haiti-DR border, along with instability in border, along

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    OF ARTS ENGLISH FIRST SEMESTER 3 NOVEMBER 2014 Border and Conflicts in The Shadow Lines “border cease to be purely external realities- and perhaps predominantly- what Fitche, in his Reden an die deutche Nation, magnificently termed ‘inner border’ [innere Grenzen]; that is to say- as indeed he says himself- invisible borders, situated everywhere and nowhere”(Etienne Balibar, Politics and the other scene, p.78). The representation of border is something that is essential for state institutions

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    struggle to understand if she is the same person as before. The short story “Borders” by Thomas King is about a Mother with her son trying to get across the border to meet her daughter who left the reserve to live in Salt Lake City. In “Mirror Image” and “Borders,” explores the distant parent-child relationship and results in the characters experiencing an unclear identity. This can be seen through actions and dialogue. In Borders, the Mother and Laetitia share a distant relationship, resulting in Laetitia’s

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    back on fondly. However, John Benson argues that in regards to borders, the 1950s was “something of a golden age.” Those years were defined by nearly uninhibited border crossing, cooperation between Mexico and the United States, and the celebration of cross cultural relations. Now, in 2017, the border is heavily militarized and border crossing is demonized. The 1970s marked a shift in border control policies, and since then cross border relations have become more and more strained. Cadava, in Standing

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    Borders is a topic that has been currently talked about frequently in the news over the past year, which has got me thinking what are borders? A basic definition of borders are physical or imaginary lines that divide geographic areas. However borders are not always tangible, they can be psychological as well. My definition of borders are they are barriers, real or unreal, based on certain ideas that separate for specific reasons. But since there is no standard definition that everyone agrees on

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    Cross Border Payment Cross border interbank payment systems are payment systems that deal with the real-life processing of cross-border transfers within banks, throughout the different markets in the world. Hence, they are defined as transactions that affect payment systems, including cash, of banks located in at least two countries. Generally but not necessarily, large-value cross-border payments are related to financial market transactions, particularly the foreign exchange (Forex). On the other

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    Cross border merger and acquisition become a fundamental characteristic of the global business landscape. With the increasing significance of globalization in business sector, it is one of the quickest ways to achieve the objective. This phenomenon is not only noticeable in the developed country like American, Europe and Japan but also in the developing market like India. Since, 1991 the period of liberalization has influenced functioning of Indian corporate enterprise. This growing trend towards

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    Looking at Different Dimensions of a Border in Thomas Kings: ‘Borders’ According to the Oxford dictionary the term citizenship can be defined as: “The state of being vested with the rights and privileges, and duties of a citizen.” In the short story ‘Borders’ by Thomas King the term citizenship is of main focus. Through the many borders that are presented within the story, King argues that citizenship overlooks culture and heritage, instead focusing on a single border: that being where the individual

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    Initially, borders were used to define a state's territory, which in return was used to measure a state's power (Madsen 280). Within a territory a state is said to have sovereignty over the land and the people it inhabits. The concept of state sovereignty can be attributed to nationalism. As nationalism has risen in importance since the mid-18th century, so have borders. Up until the Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492, borders were non-existent, at least not in a modern definition of a state

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    The Glass Wall : The International Border Most people might have seen some stories in the news through various media about illegal immigrants and refugees trying to get into several European countries due to the terror of ISIS. Nowadays the nations throughout the world tend to become much more polarized when it comes to the policy about the refugees and national border. One nation claims a wider range of engagement policy, emphasizing globalization, and in contrast, another insists to keep their

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