The History of the US Mexican "Frontera"
1800's
1845-1900
La gente de Texas emigra al sur hacia México.
1849
Mexican American War
1889
Estados Unidos y México acuerdan
y crear el "Internacional
Comisión de Límites "
1980's
La frontera es muy "relajada".
y los americanos van a mexico
para vacaciones con poco o nada
seguridad de frontera.
1990's
1993
Bill Clinton mandatos a 13
milla "muro fronterizo" se construirá
entre san diego y tijuana
1994
NAFTA
se pasa en Estados Unidos y la inmigración se inunda de mexicanos que quieren trabajar en los Estados Unidos.
1996
Bill Clinton passes the "Illegal
Immigration Reform" which raises
fines for illegal immigrants and gives
funding for more border fences
As a result, immigrants find new
ways to pass the border like
going through privately owned
property. This causes owners to
build fences on their properties.
2000's
Early 20th century
Mexican oil boom places
Mexico in rising debt
2001
9/11 twin towers terrorist attack.
George W. Bush increases the border
patrol from 10,000 to 20,000 and
now all citizen crossing international
borders require legal documents
2005
Over one million people are arrested
for crossing the border illegally and
around 500 die
2006
George W. Bush signs an act
that will build 700 miles of
fencing along the border
Today
2017
Donald Trump vows to build a wall
between the US and Mexico. He also
argues that there should be 5,000
more border patrol agents and
10,000 more Immigration and Customs
Enforcement officers on top of the
21,000 employed border staff that
already exists.
Maps
1800
1900
Today the border has not changed
much to the border that was declared
in the 1900's