The legislation that established the BP was key to defining what it became, along with the…

Hernandez mentions throughout this book about the various border patrol acts that were established. For example, the original establishment of the U.S. Border patrol on May 28, 1924. An Immigration Act in 1882 “that banned all lunatics, idiots, convicts, those liable to become public charges, and those suffering from contagious diseases” (p. 35).
Border Patrol as a U.S. Institution
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Brandon Morgan
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Apr 1, 2024
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The legislation that established the BP was key to defining what it became, along with the individual, local stories that Hernández highlights. What was the relationship between the 1882 immigration act and the 1924 law that established the BP?
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Associate Dean, History Instructor, & researcher of the Borderlands, U.S. West, & Modern Mexico. I just published a book about violence and the rural border.
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