By 1994 American anti-immigration rhetoric had reached a fevered pitch, and throngs of migrants entered the U.S. nightly. In response, the INS launched "Operation Gatekeeper," the centerpiece of the Clinton administration''s unprecedented effort to "regain control" of our borders. InOperation Gatekeeper, Joseph Nevins details the administration''s dramatic overhaul of the San Diego-Tijauna border-the busiest land crossing in the world-adding miles of new fence and hundreds of trained agents.

Joseph Nevinsis an accomplished journalist whose work has appeared inThe Nation,The Progressive,The WashingtonPost, andThe Los Angeles Times. He currently teaches at the University of California, BerkeleyMike Davisis a contributing editor toThe Nationand Professor of History at SUNY Stony Brook. He is the author of four books, includingMagical UrbanismandCity of Quartz.

In 1994, the INS launched "Operation Gatekeeper, the Clinton administration's drastic effort to regain control of the U.S.-Mexico border. However, even as miles of new fence and hundreds of trained agents were added, the border was enjoying unprecedented economic growth. As Joseph Nevins details in this book, the effort has failed to significantly reduce unauthorized immigration, but has undoubtedly contributed to the hardship, and sometimes death, for many unauthorized border crossers. With a journalist's eye for detail, Nevins provides an immensely readable account of what has become an increasingly central concern for developed nations: keeping third world immigrants out.
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