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2. Allegations that supervisors set specific limits on apprehensions. In the June 1996 Harper's article about Operation Gatekeeper, an unidentified agent claimed that Imperial Beach supervisors had told agents to apprehend fewer aliens. The agent was quoted as contending that if apprehensions at the Imperial Beach Station exceeded 200 aliens a ...
The drastic reduction in apprehensions prompted the Border Patrol to undertake a full-scale effort in San Diego, California, which accounted for more than half of illegal entries. Operation "Gatekeeper" was implemented in 1994, and reduced illegal entries in San Diego by more than 75% over the next few years.
By fiscal 1993, the San Diego sector accounted for 42% of all apprehensions along the southwest border. The 531,689 people caught that year likely represented only a fraction of those who crossed unhindered. A new tactic. The atmosphere was ripe for Operation Gatekeeper. California Gov. Pete Wilson was fighting to be reelected.
I. Operation Gatekeeper and the San Diego Sector. The San Diego Sector is one of nine Border Patrol sectors along the United States/Mexico border. It is responsible for patrolling the first 66 miles of the United States/Mexico border starting from the Pacific Ocean, and covers approximately 7,000 square miles of southwest California.
A. The strategy of Operation Gatekeeper. B. Allegations that supervisors set limits on the number of aliens who could be apprehended in a day or on a particular shift. 1. Allegations that supervisors told agents to reduce apprehensions. 2. Allegations that supervisors set specific limits on apprehensions.
In 1995 Imperial Beach apprehensions in August were 1,924 higher than the June totals. In 1996 the August totals were 258 fewer than the June numbers. Chula Vista saw an increase of 211 reported apprehensions in July 1996 and an increase of 201 in August. In September, however, apprehensions decreased by more than 2,200. Sector-wide there was a ...
Using data collected during Operation Hold the Line, a border enforcement program implemented in El Paso in 1993, Gatekeeper adopted a strategy of ‘prevention through deterrence,’ which was part of a comprehensive national southwest border strategic plan meant to bring migrant apprehensions under “control.”
