Title Imaginary lines : border enforcement and the origins of undocumented immigration, 1882-1930 / Patrick Ettinger

Edition 1st ed Published Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations Contents The menaces without : immigrant aliens and the origins of immigration restrictions -- Diverted streams : discovering a permeable border, 1882-1891 -- Drawing the lines : blueprints for immigration enforcement on the borders, 1891-1910 -- Erasing the lines : immigrant ingenuity on the U.S.-Mexico border, 1895-1910 -- Northward bound : Mexican immigrants, migrants, and refugees at the border, 1900-1921 -- The sisyphean task : origins of the modern border -- An imaginary line : change and continuity on the U.S.-Mexico border Summary "Although popularly conceived as a relatively recent phenomenon, patterns of immigrant smuggling and undocumented entry across American land borders first emerged in the late nineteenth century. Ingenious smugglers and immigrants, long and remote boundary lines, and strong push-and-pull factors created porous borders then, much as they do now. Historian Patrick Ettinger offers the first comprehensive historical study of evolving border enforcement efforts on American land borders at the turn of the twentieth century. He traces the origins of widespread immigrant smuggling and illicit entry on the northern and southern United States borders at a time when English, Irish, Chinese, Italian, Russian, Lebanese, Japanese, Greek, and, later, Mexican migrants created various 'backdoors' into the United States. No other work looks so closely at the sweeping, if often ineffectual, innovations in federal border enforcement practices designed to stem these flows. From upstate Maine to Puget Sound, from San Diego to the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, federal officials struggled to adapt national immigration policies to challenging local conditions, all the while battling wits with resourceful smugglers and determined immigrants. In effect, the period saw the simultaneous 'drawing' and 'erasing' of the official border, and its gradual articulation and elaboration in the midst of consistently successful efforts to undermine it."--Amazon.com Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index Notes Print version record Subject Immigration enforcement -- United States -- History -- 19th century Noncitizens -- United States -- History -- 19th century Noncitizens -- Government policy -- United States Illegal immigration -- United States -- History -- 19th century Illegal immigration -- Government policy -- United States SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. Noncitizens -- Government policy Noncitizens Illegal immigration Emigration and immigration Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Immigration enforcement SUBJECT United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Mexican-American Border Region -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Subject Mexico North America -- Mexican-American Border Region United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780292795167 0292795165

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