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Sep 30, 2019 · One thing is certain: Operation Gatekeeper set in motion a process that significantly altered the landscape of the U.S.-Mexico border and transformed San Diego into one of the most heavily...
Oct 1, 2019 · (John Moore/Getty Images) The militarization of border communities did not start with President Trump. Twenty-five years ago Tuesday, the Border Patrol launched “Operation Gatekeeper” with...
Operation "Gatekeeper" was implemented in 1994, and reduced illegal entries in San Diego by more than 75% over the next few years. A defined national strategic plan was introduced alongside Operation Gatekeeper and set out a plan of action for the Border Patrol into the future.
Operation Gatekeeper was unveiled on Oct. 1, 1994. The strategy was to deter migrants from illegally crossing in the first place — and, for those who remained undeterred, to encourage them to cross in more isolated wilderness areas to the east, where they could be more easily captured.
Operation Gatekeeper is the name of the U.S. govern-ment’s enforcement strategy along the California section of the U.S.-Mexico boundary. Launched by the Clinton administration on October 1, 1994, Gatekeeper is a “territorial denial,” or “prevention through deterrence,” strategy that attempts to thwart migrants and smugglers from ...
Mar 1, 2003 · In an attempt to steal the immigration issue from the Republicans in the wake of California's notorious Proposition 187, Bill Clinton launched "Operation Gatekeeper" in 1994 with the objective of regaining "control" of the San Diego-Tijuana border, the busiest land crossing in the world.
Operation Gatekeeper. Michael Huspek. GATEKEEPER IS A MULTIFACETED STATE OPERATION CONDUCTED ALONG A 66-MILE. stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border ? much of it traceable by a winding. 10-foot-high steel wall ? that starts at the Pacific Ocean and cuts. eastward across mountainous terrain before running into California's Imperial Desert.
