Operation Gatekeeper : the rise of the "illegal alien" and the making of the U.S.-Mexico boundary / Joseph Nevins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevins, Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Government policy--United States.

Noncitizens.

Illegal immigration--Government policy--United States.

Illegal immigration.

Noncitizens--Government policy.

Border patrols.

United States.

Operation Gatekeeper (U.S.).

Border patrols--Mexican-American Border Region.

U.S. Border Patrol.

Physical Description:

xi, 286 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

In 1994, the INS launched "Operation Gatekeeper, the Clinton administration's drastic effort to regain control of the U.S.-Mexico border. However, even as miles of new fence and hundreds of trained agents were added, the border was enjoying unprecedented economic growth. As Joseph Nevins details in this book, the effort has failed to significantly reduce unauthorized immigration, but has undoubtedly contributed to the hardship, and sometimes death, for many unauthorized border crossers. With a journalist's eye for detail, Nevins provides an immensely readable account of what has become an increasingly central concern for developed nations: keeping third world immigrants out. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information. Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

Contents:

2. The Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary and the Remaking of the United States and Mexico in the Border Region 15

3. Local Context and the Creation of Difference in the Border Region 39

4. The Bounding of the United States and the Emergence of Operation Gatekeeper 61

5. The Ideological Roots of the "Illegal": the "Other" as Threat and the Rise of the Boundary as the Symbol of Protection 95

6. The Effects and Significance of the Bounding of the United States 123

7. Nationalism, the Territorial State, and the Construction of Boundary-Related Identities 151

8. Conclusion: Searching for Security in an Age of Intensifying Globalization 165

Appendix A Map: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in Southern California 189

Appendix B Map: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands 190

Appendix C Map: The Territorial Expansion of the United States 191

Appendix D Map: The Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary 192

Appendix E Chronology of Selected U.S. Immigration-and Boundary-Related Legislation and Developments 193

Appendix F Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000 196

Change in Number of Border Patrol Agents Nationally, Fiscal Years 1925-2000 197

Appendix G Cover from December 1974 Issue of The American Legion Magazine 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-274) and index.

ISBN:

0415931045

0415931053

OCLC:

47091782