September 2003
Militarism & Migration
NAFTA has increased the movement of capital
and placed more barriers on people. The U.S./Mexico border
has seen a rise of militarism through Operation Safeguard,
Operation Gatekeeper, and Operation Hold the Line-- coinciding
with the implementation of NAFTA. There are currently twenty-six
times more border patrol agents stationed at the U.S./Mexican
border than at the U.S. border with Canada. (2)
At the same time private vigilante hate groups are spreading
in the region, contributing to a highly militarized zone.
Source: Migration Information Source use of EPA map http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=32
Researching National Border Patrol Strategy
Department
of Homeland Security
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/shared/lawenfor/bpatrol/strategy.htm
Lists description of each border plan.
Globalization
& Migration Sheet/Border Action Network
http://www.borderaction.org/globalization.html
Information on the connections between so-called "free
trade" agreements like NAFTA & FTAA and migration
Migration
Information Source
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=32
Scroll down to read information on migrant death count in
border region.
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/statemap.cfm
Click on state to see migration numbers with demographic
& socio-economic characteristics.
TracINS
http://trac.syr.edu/tracins/findings/01/district.html
Find detailed maps, ranking tables, and individual district
tables about the United States as a whole, and 90 federal
judicial districts. Breakdown of data is per district per
state.
Mexico
Migration Project
http://www.pop.upenn.edu/mexmig/research/overview.htm
Data on # of Border Patrol officers, Linewatch hours, Apprehensions,
Deportations, U.S./Mexico Import & Exports, Trade Balance,
Contract Labor and more for years 1900-1998. Must register
(free) to access data. Click on Databases then Datafiles
then select Downloads on left side of screen. Data available
in Excel format under datafile "NATLHIST."
Migrant Deaths
Death
At the Border: The Efficacy and "Unintended" Consequences
of U.S. Immigration Control Policy, 1993-2000,
Wayne Cornelius, The Center for Comparative Immigration
Studies, November, 2000
http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/PUBLICATIONS/wrkg27.PDF
Searching for State-Specific Data
TracINS
http://trac.syr.edu/tracins/findings/01/district.html
Find detailed maps, ranking tables, and individual district
tables about the United States as a whole, and 90 federal
judicial districts. Breakdown of data is per district per
state.
Researching U.S./Mexico Border Operations
Militarism On the Southwest Border
The Southwest has been particularly hard hit by trade policies
like NAFTA while at the same time experiencing an increasingly
militarized border. Homeland Security is planning on beefing
up the number of patrol agents on the northern border, while
simultaneously expanding the already over-militarized border
with Mexico. At present there is 1 agent for every 1,000
feet on the U.S./Mexico border versus 1 for every 16 miles
on the Canadian border. (Source: TracINS http://trac.syr.edu)
Arizona · Operation Safeguard &
Operation Triple Strike
INS
Fact Sheet on Operation Safeguard
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/factsheets/Arizona.pdf
Border
Patrol, Deming Site
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7070/Safeguard.htm
Border Patrol site. Background information on Operation
Safeguard.
Texas · Operation Hold the Line
New Mexico · Operation Hold the
Line
U.S.
Border Patrol, Deming, New Mexico
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/7070/history.htm
Border Patrol site. Includes information on programs, strategies
such as tracking techniques & air operatives.
California · Operation Gatekeeper
The
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's Border Project
http://www.stopgatekeeper.org
Contains information on the strategy of Gatekeeper, apprehension
statistics for entire southwest, human rights abuses, migrant
deaths, vigilantes
Northern Border & Coasts
Department of Homeland Security is in final stages of completion
of a plan to curb "illegal" migration at these
points of entry
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2. Trac INS, National
Profile & Enforcement Trends Over Time, http://trac.syr.edu/tracins/findings/national/USCounty01G.html
A project of the DataCenter's
Economic Justice
Program.
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