How Border Security Changed

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How Border Security Changed

• Dennis Rees
• Teacher-Consultant
• Arizona Geographic Alliance

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• 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?

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• The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 created the current
  Arizona-Mexico border. This border was open and
  received little attention unless a problem arose.

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Two early problems were Apache raiders and
Mexican revolutionaries.
rare-maps.com
theshriek.net
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The U.S. government response was to send in
troops until the problem went away.
commons.wikimedia.com
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• In 1924, the Border Patrol was created and
  immigration stations established.

kvoa.com
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borderlinesblog.com
pbs.org
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As tourism and immigration increased, changes in
security were put in place. The first were fences.
flicker.com
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americansouthwest.com
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Border crossing stations became larger.
thefullwiki.org
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arizona100.blogspot.com
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During the Great Depression, Mexican immigration
was discouraged.
web.rps205.com
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In fact, the federal government even implemented
a program of voluntary and involuntary
deportation of Mexican-Americans.
latinlikeme-wordpress.com
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In 1942, the Bracero Program was begun to attract
temporary, legal immigration of labor and stem
the tide of illegal immigration.
hoguenews.com
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• 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
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A period of illegal immigration began, which
resulted in new measures, mostly in the form of
better fences.
time.com
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However, new problems arose over time.
borderlaw.blogspot.com
tucsonsentinel.com
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This resulted in even more security on the border
by the federal government. First came the wall.
environmentmagazine.org
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mocp.org
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• As immigrants began to avoid these and crossed in
  more remote areas, deaths rose.

azstarnet.com
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Warning signs were posted.
no-border-wall.com
combojuarez.com
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Border check points were set up further inland
from the border.
tucsonsentinel.com
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• Surveillance cameras were installed along the
  border,

hispanicmpr.com
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and drones were used to track the movement of
people.
militaryaerospace.com
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• After 2001, more measures were taken to make the
  border even more secure.

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The wall was extended into even more remote areas.
time.com
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commons.wikimedia.org
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National guardsmen were sent in to assist border
patrol agents.
cleveland.com
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State agencies got involved.
politicalpistachio.blogspot.com
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Stronger warning signs went up.
borderlandbeat.com
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examiner.com
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Even civilian groups got involved.
teamamericapac.org
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familysecuritymatters.org
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At times, the message we sent about border
security was mixed.
Arizona Republic
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Arizona Republic
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At other times, it is very clear.
Houston Chronicle
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San Diego Union Tribune
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San Diego Union Tribune
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Albany Times Union
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• 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?

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Photograph and Image Credits

• Slide 4 rare-maps.com
• theshriek.net
• Slide 5 commons.wikimedia.com
• Slide 6 kvoa.com
• Slide 7 borderlinesblog.com
• pbs.org
• Slide 8 flicker.com
• Slide 9 americansouthwest.net
• Slide 10 thefullwiki.org
• Slide 11 arizona100.blogspot.com
• Slide 12 web.rps205.com
• Slide 13 latinlikeme.wordpress.com
• Slide 14 hoguenews.com
• Slide 15 homepages.wmich.edu
• Slide 16 time.com
• Slide17 borderlaw.blogspot.com
• tucsoncitizen.com
• Slide 18 environmentmagazine.org

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• Slide 19 mocp.org
• Slide 20 azstarnet.com
• Slide 21 no-border-wall.com
• combojuarez.com
• Slide 22 tucsoncitizen.com
• Slide 23 hispanicmpr.com
• Slide 24 militaryaerospace.com
• Slide 26 time.com
• Slide 27 commons.wikimedia.org
• Slide 28 cleveland.com
• Slide 29 politicalpistachio.blogspot.com
• Slide 30 borderlandbeat.com
• Slide 31 examiner.com
• Slide 32 teamamericapac.org
• Slide 33 familysecuritymatters.org
• Slide 34 Arizona Republic
• Slide 35 Arizona Republic
• Slide 36 Houston Chronicle
• Slide 37 San Diego Union Tribune