Migra: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol [1 ed.] 0520257693, 9780520257696, 9780520266414

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Table of contents :
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

Migra: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol [1 ed.]
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