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Operation Gatekeeper
the rise of the "illegal alien" and the making of the U. S.-Mexico boundary
By Nevins, Joseph
- ISBN
- 978-0-41593-105-2
- Publisher
- New York ; Routledge, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 15, 2001
In October 1994, the Immigration and Naturalization Service began Operation Gatekeeper. Its goal was to reduce the movement of Mexicans across the U.S. border between San Diego and Tijuana. Nevins (Berkeley), who writes for the Nation, the Progressive, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications, examines this operation in the context of immigration between these two countries. A historical account of the United States-Mexico border shows that, up through recent times, the movement of peoples between the two countries was of re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
