Post on 02-Jan-2016
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How Border Security Changed
Dennis Rees
Teacher-Consultant
Arizona Geographic Alliance
As you view the images, what changes in security do you see? Why did these changes occur? What changes in security do you think will happen in the future?
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 created the current Arizona-Mexico border. This border was open and received little attention unless a problem arose.
Two early problems were Apache raiders and Mexican revolutionaries.
rare-maps.com
theshriek.net
The U.S. government response was to send in troops until the problem
went away.
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In 1924, the Border Patrol was created and immigration stations established. kvoa.com
borderlinesblog.com
pbs.org
As tourism and immigration increased, changes in security were put in place. The first
were fences.
flicker.com
americansouthwest.com
Border crossing stations became larger.
thefullwiki.org
arizona100.blogspot.com
During the Great Depression, Mexican immigration was discouraged.
web.rps205.com
In fact, the federal government even implemented a program of voluntary and
involuntary deportation of Mexican-Americans.
latinlikeme-wordpress.com
In 1942, the Bracero Program was begun to attract temporary, legal immigration of labor
and stem the tide of illegal immigration.
hoguenews.com
Workers were documented, given identification papers, and allowed to move freely across the border to work, mostly in agriculture. The program was ended in 1967.
homepages.wmich.edu
A period of illegal immigration began, which resulted in new measures, mostly
in the form of better fences.
time.com
However, new problems arose over time.
borderlaw.blogspot.com
tucsonsentinel.com
This resulted in even more security on the border by the federal government. First came
the wall.
environmentmagazine.org
mocp.org
As immigrants began to avoid these and crossed in more remote areas, deaths rose.
azstarnet.com
Warning signs were posted.
no-border-wall.com
combojuarez.com
Border check points were set up further inland from the border.
tucsonsentinel.com
Surveillance cameras were installed along the border,
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and drones were used to track the movement of people.
militaryaerospace.com
After 2001, more measures were taken to make the border even more secure.
The wall was extended into even more remote areas.
time.com
commons.wikimedia.org
National guardsmen were sent in to assist border patrol agents.
cleveland.com
State agencies got involved.
politicalpistachio.blogspot.com
Stronger warning signs went up.
borderlandbeat.com
examiner.com
Even civilian groups got involved.
teamamericapac.org
familysecuritymatters.org
At times, the message we sent about border security was mixed.
Arizona Republic
Arizona Republic
At other times, it is very clear.
Houston Chronicle
San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego Union Tribune
Albany Times Union
The border is not the same as it was. What changes have you seen from these pictures? Why did these changes occur? What changes do you think will happen in the future?
Photograph and Image Credits
Slide 4: rare-maps.com theshriek.netSlide 5: commons.wikimedia.comSlide 6: kvoa.comSlide 7: borderlinesblog.com pbs.orgSlide 8: flicker.comSlide 9: americansouthwest.netSlide 10: thefullwiki.orgSlide 11: arizona100.blogspot.comSlide 12: web.rps205.comSlide 13: latinlikeme.wordpress.comSlide 14: hoguenews.comSlide 15: homepages.wmich.eduSlide 16: time.comSlide17: borderlaw.blogspot.com tucsoncitizen.comSlide 18: environmentmagazine.org
Slide 19: mocp.orgSlide 20: azstarnet.comSlide 21: no-border-wall.com combojuarez.comSlide 22: tucsoncitizen.comSlide 23: hispanicmpr.comSlide 24: militaryaerospace.comSlide 26: time.comSlide 27: commons.wikimedia.orgSlide 28: cleveland.comSlide 29: politicalpistachio.blogspot.comSlide 30: borderlandbeat.comSlide 31: examiner.comSlide 32: teamamericapac.orgSlide 33: familysecuritymatters.orgSlide 34: Arizona RepublicSlide 35: Arizona RepublicSlide 36: Houston ChronicleSlide 37: San Diego Union TribuneSlide 38: San Diego Union TribuneSlide 39: Albany Times Union