Operation Gatekeeper: The Rise of the "Illegal Alien" and the Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary

Abstract

1. Introduction 2. The Creation of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary and the Re-making of the United States and Mexico in the Border Region 3. Local Context and the Creation of Difference in the Border Region 4. The Bounding of the United States and the Emergence of Operation Gatekeeper 5. The Ideological Roots of the Illegal: The Other as Threat and the Rise of the Boundary as the Symbol of Protection 6. The Effects and Significance of the Bounding of the United States 7. Nationalism, the Territorial State, and the Construction of Boundary-Related Identities 8. Conclusion: Searching for Security in an Age of Intensifying Globalization APPENDIX A Map: The U.S.-Mexico Borderlands in Southern California APPENDIX B Map: Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands APPENDIX C Map: The Territorial Expansion of the United States APPENDIX D Map: The Remaking of the U.S.-Mexico Boundary APPENDIX E Chronology of Selected U.S. Immigration and Boundary-related Legislation and Developments APPENDIX F Table of number of Border Patrol Agents nationally Fiscal Year (FY) 1925 FY2000 chart displaying change in number of Border Patrol Agents nationally FY1925-FY1973 and chart displaying change in number of Border Patrol Agents nationally FY1925-FY2000. APPENDIX G Cover from December 1974 issue of The American Legion magazine BIBLIOGRAPHY