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245 10 $aRunning the border gauntlet :$bthe Mexican migrant controversy /$cLaurence Armand French.
260 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$bPraeger,$cc2010.
300 $axv, 176 p. :$bmaps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aHistorical Antecedents of U.S./Mexico Geopolitics. Religion, race, and imperialism -- Myths and realities of the annexation of Texas and the war with Mexico -- The history of border conflicts and their impact on migration trends and policies -- Mexican Migration and Social Issues from 1917 to Present. Labor and migration issues: 1917-64 -- Post-Bracero migration trends and issues -- Social and human justice issues -- Chronology of major events.
520 $aThis concise and cogent history of the Mexico/U.S. border conflict analyzes the acts that led to the current U.S. policy and its effects on immigration. In 2008, the United States allocated $3.5 billion for border patrol and $1 billion for the construction of a 700-mile fence between the United States and Mexico. The fence is unfinished, and the border remains a locus of anxiety, and often deadly struggle, as the drug war rages and jobs in both nations continue to disappear. Although immigration and the U.S./Mexico border are perennial election issues, few Americans are aware of the long history of racial, political, religious, and class conflict that have resulted in America's contentious immigration policies. This volume traces this complex history, examining events that eventually led to the forceful annexation of the majority of Mexico under the pretense of Manifest Destiny and that contribute to tensions between the two nations today. The story begins with religious discord between Protestants and Catholics and continues through the development of an economy based on slave labor, the annexation of Texas, the Mexican Revolution, the Bracero Program, NAFTA, and the "war on drugs." Among other revelations, the book challenges the long-held myths of the Texas revolution and the heroic role of the Texas Rangers and documents a continuing disregard for the welfare of indigenous populations. Drawing on all that went before, it explains not only the how and why of current U.S. immigration policy, but also its often devastating effects on migrant workers.
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