Associate Professor, History and African-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
I am a historian of immigration and mass incarceration, and the author of two books: Migra! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol (University of California Press, 2010) and City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles (University of North Carolina Press, April 2017).
How crossing the US-Mexico border became a crime
May 01, 2017 03:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
It was not always a crime to enter the United States without authorization. In fact, for most of American history, immigrants could enter the United States without official permission and not fear criminal prosecution...