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border patrol  

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  • Borders are a physical manifestation of state social control. Regulatory organizations such as a border patrol serve as the coercive force responsible for both the border's symbolic and actual effectiveness at controlling goods and personnel potentially transiting the nation's boundary lines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Border Patrol]

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