Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (Volume 29) (American Crossroads)

This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. To tell this story, Kelly Lytle Hernández dug through a gold mine of lost and unseen records stored in garages, closets, an abandoned factory, and in U.S. and Mexican archives. Focusing on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and bringing to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics, Migra! reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol translated the mandate for comprehensive migration control into a project of policing Mexicans in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Political awareness of the tensions in U.S.-Mexico relations is rising in the twenty-first century; the American history of its treatment of illegal immigrants represents a massive failure of the promises of the American dream. This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force that continuously draws intense scrutiny and denunciations from political activism groups. To tell this story, MacArthur'Genius'Fellow Kelly Lytle Hernández dug through a gold mine of lost and unseen records and bits of biography stored in garages, closets, an abandoned factory, and in U.S. and Mexican archives. Focusing on the daily challenges of policing the Mexican border and bringing to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics, Migra! reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol translated the mandate for comprehensive migration control into a project of policing immigrants and undocumented “aliens” in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Reveals The Untold History Of The United States Border Patrol From Its Beginnings In 1924 As A Small Peripheral Outfit To Its Emergence As A Large Professional Police Force. This Book Focuses On The Daily Challenges Of Policing The Borderlands And Brings To Light Unexpected Partners And Forgotten Dynamics.--[source Unknown]. Part 1: Formation. The Early Years ; A Sanctuary Of Violence ; The California-arizona Borderlands ; Mexico's Labor Emigrants, America's Illegal Immigrants -- Part 2: Transformation. A New Beginning ; The Corridors Of Migration Control ; Uprising : A Farmer's Rebellion -- Part 3: Operation Wetback And Beyond. The Triumphs Of '54 ; The Day Of The Wetback Is Over -- Epilogue. Kelly Lytle Hernández. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

This is the untold history of the United States Border Patrol from its beginnings in 1924 as a small peripheral outfit to its emergence as a large professional police force. To tell this story, Kelly Lytle Hernández dug through a gold mine of lost and unseen records stored in garages, closets, an abandoned factory, and in U.S. and Mexican archives. Focusing on the daily challenges of policing the borderlands and bringing to light unexpected partners and forgotten dynamics, Migra! reveals how the U.S. Border Patrol translated the mandate for comprehensive migration control into a project of policing Mexicans in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Historien om USAs grænsepoliti, the United States Border Patrol, fra dens dannelse i 1924 som en lille perifer afdeling, som voksede til en stor professionel politistyrke. Bogen fokuserer på de daglige udfordringer, der ligger i arbejdet med at afpatruljere USAs grænser og kontrollere indvandringen, et arbejde, der rummer uventede samarbejdspartnere og glemte dynamikker, samt på hvordan U.S. Border Patrol udviklede sit arbejdsområde fra en omfattende grænsekontrol til en bredere politimæssig funktion for mexikanerne i grænselandet List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Introduction PART ONE: FORMATION 1. The Early Years 2. A Sanctuary of Violence 3. The California-Arizona Borderlands 4. Mexico’s Labor Emigrants, America’s Illegal Immigrants PART TWO: TRANSFORMATION 5. A New Beginning 6. The Corridors of Migration Control 7. Uprising: A Farmers’ Rebellion PART THREE: OPERATION WETBACK AND BEYOND 8. The Triumphs of ’54 9. “The Day of the Wetback Is Over” Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index