Book · 2010 · History
Migra!
A History of the U.S. Border Patrol
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Kelly Lytle Hernandez, author of the book Migra, a history of the US Border Patrol. She does talk about this in in more depth and I really recommend her book.
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- Quotes from the book“I'm going to quote from Migra”13
- Recommends the book“I really recommend her book”2
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Now, in the wonderful book, Migra, Kelly Hernandez writes, quote, "He charged local officials, the chief patrol inspector and border patrol officers in the Laredo station with immigrant smuggling and forced just under half of Laredo's 28 Border Patrol inspectors and the chief patrol inspector to quit or be fired." Perkins then transferred select Border Patrolmen who had all been.
Although most local stations developed their own strategies, policies, and procedures, the Laredo station was exempt until the men and the infamously brutal racial violence of the Texas Rangers slashed away at the bonds between the Laredo Border Patrol and local Mexican-American leadership.
Carter had convened a meeting to request the assistance of the US military and the National Guard to purge the nation of undocumented Mexican nationals and seal the US Mexico border.
I'm going to quote from Migra again. To hold the detainees, the officers turned public spaces into temporary detention facilities. For example, in Los Angeles, the Border Patrol transformed Allesian Park, a popular public park, into a temporary holding station.
They battled indigenous groups for dominance in the region, chased down runaway slaves who struck for freedom deep within Mexico, and settled scores with anyone who challenged the Anglo-American project in Texas.
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Migra! by Kelly Lytle Hernandez is a historical account that examines the origins, policies, and systemic violence associated with the United States Border Patrol. Robert Evans strongly recommended the book across multiple episodes of Behind the Bastards, including Part One: The U.S. Border Patrol Is A Nightmare That Never Ends and the CZM Rewind series, praising the author as the ideal historian to explain the complex dynamics of early border enforcement and Mexican-American history. Evans repeatedly drew from Hernandez's research to illustrate the brutal realities of early border policing, citing specific historical examples from the book. These included accounts of border inspectors in Laredo being forced to resign or facing smuggling charges, the infiltration of the Laredo station by the brutal racial violence of the Texas Rangers, and Harlon Carter's efforts to enlist the military and the National Guard during operations aimed at purging undocumented Mexican nationals. Evans also utilized Migra! to explore the socio-economic status of early border officers, who often lived in white neighborhoods and attended white churches, as well as the agency's operational withdrawals from regions like the Rio Grande Valley following intense friction with local agricultural interests.
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Robert Evans The right person to do so, in fact, is probably Kelly uh Kelly Little uh Hernandez, author of the book Migr… 17
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“Now, in the wonderful book, Migra, Kelly Hernandez writes, quote, "He charged local officials, the chief patrol inspector and border patrol officers in the Laredo station with immigrant smuggling and forced just under half of Laredo's 28 Border Patrol inspectors and the chief patrol inspector to quit or be fired." Perkins then transferred select Border Patrolmen who had all been”
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“Quote from Migra. Although most local stations developed their own strategies, policies, and procedures, the Laredo station was exempt until the men and the infamously brutal racial violence of the Texas Rangers slashed away at the bonds between the Laredo Border Patrol and local Mexican-American leadership. The cleanup transformed the Laredo Border Patrol into a refuge for white violence within”
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“And I'm going to quote from Migra again. Carter had convened a meeting to request the assistance of the US military and the National Guard to purge the nation of undocumented Mexican nationals and seal the US Mexico border.”
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“Quote, On June 12th, 1901, a Mexicano rancher named Gregorio Cortez stood at the gate of his home in Kones County, Texas.”
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“Quote, Early officers may have lived in white neighborhoods, worshiped at white churches, and sent their children to white schools,”
Recommended
“The right person to do so, in fact, is probably Kelly uh Kelly Little uh Hernandez, author of the book Migra, uh a history of the US Border Patrol. she does talk about this in in more depth and I really recommend her book.”
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“According to the book, Migra, quote, One month after losing the supplemental appropriation, Chief Kelly announced the Border Patrol's withdrawal from the Rio Grand Valley”
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“I'm going to quote from Migra again. To hold the detainees, the officers turned public spaces into temporary detention facilities. For example, in Los Angeles, the Border Patrol transformed Allesian Park, a popular public park, into a temporary holding station”
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“we'll have some sources in here, but the book Migra goes into a tremendous amount of detail about it.”
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“In the wonderful book, Migra, Kelly Hernandez writes, quote, he charged local officials, the chief patrol inspector and border patrol officers in the Laredo station with immigrant smuggling”
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“Quote from Migra. Although most local stations developed their own strategies, policies, and procedures, the Laredo station was exempt until the men and the infamously brutal racial violence”
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“As an example of how that looked, I'm going to quote from the American crossroads book Migra.”
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“And I'm going to quote again from the book Migra.”
Recommended
“The right person to do so, in fact, is probably Kelly Little Hernandez, author of the book Migra, a history of the US Border Patrol. She does talk about this in in more depth and I really recommend her book.”
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“And I'm going to quote from the book Migranow.”
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“According to the book, Migra, quote, "One month after losing the supplemental appropriation...”
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“According to Kelly Hernandez, author of Migra, a history of the US Border Patrol, quote, "They battled indigenous groups for dominance in the region, chased down runaway slaves who struck for freedom deep within Mexico, and settled scores with anyone who challenged the Anglo-American project in Texas."”
