Who really crosses the U.S. - Mexico border?

Economist and L. William Seidman Research Institute Director Dennis Hoffman was quoted in The Atlantic about the impact of the shifting demographic profiles of those apprehended for unauthorized immigration attempts on the U.S. – Mexico border.

From The Atlantic, December 31, 2014: "There are only so many missile systems and Apache attack helicopters you can sell," Dennis Hoffman, an Arizona State University economics professor who has studied markets for the defense industry, told The New York Times. "This push toward border security fits very well with the need to create an ongoing stream of revenue."

About Dennis Hoffman:

Dennis Hoffman is an expert on the state budget situation in Arizona, including tax-revenue issues and the regional economy. Hoffman has also published numerous academic articles and a book in the area of macroeconomics and econometrics. He was awarded a Fulbright Research Grant to support research and present seminars in several countries in Europe. He served as a visiting research scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in 1996. He has worked on projects for American Express, Del Webb Corporation and the Arizona Department of Transportation, among others. Hoffman is quite media-savvy and does interviews almost every day for large outlets.