@article{9b91b0f294ad421fb206ce9a1cace7a8,
title = "The mexico-US borderlands through two decades",
author = "Arreola, {Daniel D.}",
note = "Funding Information: The first border fence built to divide towns on the US-Mexico boundary was erected at Nogales in 1918 (Arreola 2001a) (Figure 2). Fences along the border beyond town limits especially in rural areas were likely constructed before this time, and some survive to the present to contain livestock and perhaps to deter smuggling across private land. During the late 1970s, as undocumented immigration swelled, the Border Patrol, part of the Immigration and Naturalization Service agency charged to police the boundary, received funding from Congress to replace dilapidated sections of border fencing at El Paso, Texas and San Ysidro, California (the US port of entry near San Diego). The new fences*twelve-feet high with barbed and razor wire strung along the top to discourage climbers*were quickly dubbed a Tortilla Curtain by the US national media. National security alarm escalated following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, launching a full-scale effort to enclose the entire southern border thereby deterring both unwanted terrorists and increasing numbers of unauthorized immigrants, chiefly Mexican nationals.",
year = "2010",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1080/08873631.2010.517621",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "27",
pages = "331--351",
journal = "Journal of Cultural Geography",
issn = "0887-3631",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}