The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Reference Handbook

✍ Scribed by Michael LeMay

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 390
• Series: (Contemporary World Issues)
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book offers answers to essential questions about the border between the United States and Mexico and connected issues that are accessible to readers interested in immigration, border security, and U.S.-Mexico relations.

Comprising seven chapters, The U.S.-Mexico Border: A Reference Handbook surveys the complex topic for students and readers. Chapter 1 discusses the political, social, and economic contexts in which the border came to exist. Chapter 2 discusses problems, controversies, and proposed solutions. Chapter 3 consists of original essays contributed by outside scholars, complementing the perspective and expertise of the author. Chapter 4 profiles major organizations and people who, as stakeholders in border politics, drive the agenda on the issue. Chapter 5 presents data and documents on the topic, giving readers the ability to analyze the facts. Chapter 6 provides additional resources that the reader may wish to consult, such as books, journal articles, and films. Chapter 7 provides a detailed chronology of important events, and the book closes with a useful glossary of key terms used throughout the book and a comprehensive subject index.

• Helps the reader to better understand the complicated U.S.-Mexico border region
• Allows different perspectives to be heard from many individuals who are concerned with border issues, from immigration advocates to residents of border towns
• Aids the general reader who wants to learn more about the history and current events concerning the U.S.-Mexico border in an easy-to-understand fashion
• Provides an objective perspective in the immigration debate

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Background and History
Introduction
The Border before 1848
1848–1865: The Mexican-American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the Consolidation of the Border Line
1865–1890: Post–Civil War Migration and Development
1890–1930: The Border Boom
1930–1942: The Interwar Years
1942–1964: The Bracero Program
1965–2000: Trends in Migration
2000 to Today: Militarizing the Border after 9/11
Conclusion
References
Chapter 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions
Introduction
Asylum and Refugee Problems
Border Barriers and the Militarization of the Border
Colonization
Drugs, Guns, and Human Trafficking
Economic Cycles of Booms and Busts
Environmental and Water Problems
Foreign Policy Issues
Global Economic Issues
Illegal Immigration Flows
Medicine, Medical Accessibility, and Medical Tourism
Political Incorporation
Social Change in the Borderland Region
Conclusion
References
Chapter 3. Perspectives
Introduction
Mexican Americans and the Long Fight against Segregation in the Southwest
The Fourteenth Amendment, Incorporation Doctrine, and the U.S.-Mexico Border States
Indian Boarding Schools: A History Worth Remembering
Social Justice and Injustice in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Understanding Political Inactivity in the Border Region
Changing Labor Dynamics on the U.S.-Mexico Border: Agricultural and Domestic Workers in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
The Apache Wars and the U.S.-Mexico Border
Chapter 4. Profiles
Introduction
Organizations
Alianza Federal de Mercedes
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Land Grant Studies
Chicanos Por La Causa
Human Rights First
League of United Latin American Citizens
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Mexican American Political Association
Mexican American Youth Organization
Movimiento Estudientil Chicanx de Aztlan
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National Hispanic Institute
New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Pew Research Center
Sinaloa Cartel
Unidos US
United Farm Workers
United We Dream
Voto Latino
People
Brewer, Janet (1944)
Bush, George W. (1946)
Castro, Julian (1974)
Catron, Thomas Benton (1840–1921)
Cuellar, Henry (1955)
Geronimo (1829–1909)
Grijalva, Raul (1948)
Grisham, Michelle Lujan (1959)
Huerta, Dolores (1930)
Jimenez, Cristina (1984)
Lujan, Ben Ray (1972)
Obama, Barack (1961)
Parker, Quanah (1845/1852–1911)
Polk, James K. (1795–1849)
Richardson, Bill (1947)
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882–1945)
Roybal, Eduardo (1916–2005)
Sessions, Jeff (1946)
Trump, Donald (1946)
Vargas, Juan (1961)
References
Chapter 5. Data and Documents
Introduction
Data
Documents
Chapter 6. Resources
Introduction
Books
Scholarly Journals
Films
Videos
Chapter 7. Chronology
Glossary
Index
About the Author