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Did US/Mexico border become an issue in the 70's? I wasn't
Posted on: June 16, 2025 at 14:12:38 CT
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around for it back then but what happened to put things in motion to the way they are today?
Is it true that many Mexican migrants would cross the border, work for a day, weeks, or even several months, make money, and then go back to their families because the border was pretty relaxed before the 70's and living in Mexico was cheap?
General Leonard F. Chapman Jr. retired from the Marine Corps on January 1, 1972, and became Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and he went to work on securing the Mexico/US border.
Did Chapman's efficient and rigorous enforcement of US borders—ironically stemming from Chapman's idealism and military background—inadvertently create a rise in the population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States staying longer or permanently?
In other words, did the cost of going back and forth across the border go up so much that it cause many to stay longer or permanently to justify the cost of their crossing?
I remember crossing into Juarez several times and back with ease when I went to the El Paso for the Sun Bowl back in 2006. We didn't even have our passports.
What are your thoughts about research conclusions on this issue?
"Tighter enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border backfired, researchers find"
http://www.princeton.edu/news/2016/04/20/tighter-enforcement-along-us-mexico-border-backfired-researchers-find
Edited by KCT-BoneTiger at 14:28:38 on 06/16/25
Is it true that many Mexican migrants would cross the border, work for a day, weeks, or even several months, make money, and then go back to their families because the border was pretty relaxed before the 70's and living in Mexico was cheap?
General Leonard F. Chapman Jr. retired from the Marine Corps on January 1, 1972, and became Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and he went to work on securing the Mexico/US border.
Did Chapman's efficient and rigorous enforcement of US borders—ironically stemming from Chapman's idealism and military background—inadvertently create a rise in the population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States staying longer or permanently?
In other words, did the cost of going back and forth across the border go up so much that it cause many to stay longer or permanently to justify the cost of their crossing?
I remember crossing into Juarez several times and back with ease when I went to the El Paso for the Sun Bowl back in 2006. We didn't even have our passports.
What are your thoughts about research conclusions on this issue?
"Tighter enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border backfired, researchers find"
http://www.princeton.edu/news/2016/04/20/tighter-enforcement-along-us-mexico-border-backfired-researchers-find
Edited by KCT-BoneTiger at 14:28:38 on 06/16/25
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Did US/Mexico border become an issue in the 70's? I wasn't - KCT-BoneTiger A - 6/16 14:12:38