Migra! : a history of the U.S. Border Patrol
Kelly Lytle Hernández (Author)
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]
Print Book, English, ©2010
University of California Press, Berkeley, Calif., ©2010
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
History
[xvi], 311 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780520257696, 9780520266414, 9780520945715, 0520257693, 0520266412, 0520945719
444112913
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
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