Immigration, Environment, and Security on the U.S.-Mexico Border
This book examines the convergence of conservation and security efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The author presents a unique analysis of the history of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a federally protected border wilderness area.
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Immigration, Environment, and Security on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Lisa Meierotto
Immigration, Environment, and Security on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Lisa Meierotto School of Public Service, Global Studies and Environmental Studies Boise State University Boise, ID, USA
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To Zoe, Dimitri, and Lukas. May you always find the passion to pursue your dreams, the drive to stick with your goals, and the support of family, friends, and community throughout your lives. In Memory of my father, Kenneth Elmer Meierotto, 1943–2019
Preface
The first time I crossed the U.S.-Mexico border was in December 1997. I had graduated from college the previous spring and was feeling bored and unsatisfied with my nine-to-five job. I wanted to do something “more” with my life. To quell the boredom and in search of a grand adventure, my sister and I planned an odyssey of sorts. We decided to retrace the immigration route of our maternal grandparents from northern Mexico and Texas to southern Idaho some 50 years earlier. I named the trip the descubrimiento de mis raíces tour. Technically, my grandmother was an “illegal” Mexican immigrant. However, back in the 1920s, when she crossed the border with her siblings, perceptions of “illegality” were more fluid. Family lore has it that my grandmother, along with her brother and sister, crossed the border together. They brought along a “pretty friend” to flirt with the border guards
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