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100 1  Vargas, Vincent,|eauthor. 
245 10 Borderline :|bdefending the home front /|cVincent Vargas. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c[2023] 
300    xiii, 304 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
520    "An inside look at the U.S./Mexican border through the 
       eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, Vincent Vargas, 
       who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 
       75th Ranger Regiment. Featuring a Foreword by #1 New York 
       Times bestselling author Jocko Willink. The U.S./Mexican 
       border stretches nearly 2,000 miles and is protected by a 
       thin line of overworked and underfunded U.S. Border Patrol
       Agents, who risk their lives every day. Stigmatized in the
       media and fought over in the halls of Washington D.C., 
       this is the true story of what is really happening on the 
       U.S./Mexican border. Borderline provides an inside look 
       through the eyes of former U.S. Border Patrol agent, 
       Vincent Vargas, who is no stranger to violence, having 
       served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the U.S. Army's 75th 
       Ranger Regiment. The story begins on the battlefields of 
       the Middle East and culminates on the southwest border of 
       the United States, where Vargas was tasked with protecting
       his country, his fellow agents, and the immigrants caught 
       in the middle. He learned firsthand about the unforgiving 
       brutality of the cartels, human traffickers and the 
       desert. After bearing witness to the carnage, Vargas made 
       the decision to join the Border Patrol's elite search & 
       rescue unit called BORSTAR. With almost unfettered access,
       Vargas provides an in-depth, never-before-seen look into 
       the U.S. Border Patrol, from the agency's origins to its 
       present-day missions"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Vargas, Vincent. 
650  0 Border patrol agents|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Border crossing|xSocial aspects|zMexican-American Border 
       Region.