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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520266412

ISBN-139780520266414

eBay Product ID (ePID)78656955

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMigra! : a History of the U. S. Border Patrol

SubjectEmigration & Immigration, North America, United States / General

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorKelly Lytle Hernandez

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

SeriesAmerican Crossroads Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-039563

ReviewsA Useful resource for any scholar seeking to understand the complex dynamics of race, migration, and law in the twentieth century., "A Useful resource for any scholar seeking to understand the complex dynamics of race, migration, and law in the twentieth century."-- Law & History Review, Migra! stands as a major contribution, successfully revising our understanding of border policing., "If you had to choose one book as a starting place for an intelligent discussion about immigration issues, you would do well to begin with Migra! by UCLA assistant professor of history Kelly Lytle Hernandez. [It] is surprisingly complex and nuanced."-- Tucson Weekly, A thorough and substantive study of the United States Border Patrol, or la migra in colloquial Spanish., "Hernandez offers well-documented accounts and analysis that bring considerable value to obtaining a resolution to the problem."-- New York Jrnl of Books, "Migra! stands as a major contribution, successfully revising our understanding of border policing."-- Journal of American History, "Hernandez offers well-documented accounts and analysis that bring considerable value to obtaining a resolution to the problem."-- New York Journal of Books, Migra! is undoubtedly a valuable book, especially as a storehouse of information and as an introduction to a new, international perspective on American immigration. Sections of it will undoubtedly become the foundations of research that will continue to broader our understanding many years into the future., "Migra! is undoubtedly a valuable book, especially as a storehouse of information and as an introduction to a new, international perspective on American immigration. Sections of it will undoubtedly become the foundations of research that will continue to broader our understanding many years into the future."-- American Book Review, _A thorough and substantive study of the United States Border Patrol, or la migra in colloquial Spanish._, _The book contributes to our understanding of the ways in which American immigration law enforcement was very much a product of U.S. foreign relations with Mexico._, Hernandez offers well-documented accounts and analysis that bring considerable value to obtaining a resolution to the problem., _Overall this book lays out an ambitious agenda and provides well-narrated documentary support for its arguments. . . . A valuable work._, If you had to choose one book as a starting place for an intelligent discussion about immigration issues, you would do well to begin with Migra! by UCLA assistant professor of history Kelly Lytle Hernandez. [It] is surprisingly complex and nuanced.

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number29

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal363.28/50973

Table Of ContentContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Map of the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Introduction Part One: Formation 1. The Early Years of the U.S. Border Patrol 2. A Sanctuary of Violence: The U.S. Border Patrol in the Greater Texas-Mexico Borderlands 3. The California-Arizona Borderlands 4. Mexico's Labor Emigrants, America's Illegal Immigrants: The Rise of Mexican Emigration Control Part Two: Transformation 5. A New Beginning: World War II and the U.S. Border Patrol 6. The Corridors of Migration Control 7. Uprising: A Farmers' Rebellion Part Three: Operation Wetback and Beyond 8. The Triumphs of {apos}54 9. "The Day of the Wetback Is Over": Migration Control and Crime Control in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands Epilogue Notes Selected Bibliography Index

SynopsisPolitical 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., 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 Hern ndez 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.

LC Classification NumberJV6483.H45 2010