Texas Rangers to Border Patrol the shift in border security in the 1920's: The legacy of undemocratic and often violent origins

Authors

Rodolfo Arriaga, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

8-2010

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Dr. Michael Faubion

Second Advisor

Dr. Irving W. Levinson

Third Advisor

Dr. Charles V. Waite

Abstract

This study will explore the history of the United States Border Patrol (USBP) along the U.S./Mexico Border of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas, its position as defender of the border between Anglo Saxon Americans and ethnic Mexicans, and the repression of that history by the legitimizing actors within Texas and the United States. The shift of border security from the Texas Rangers to the USBP in 1924 resulted in ethnic Mexicans in Texas viewing the USBP not only in a negative manner but with an ethnic cultural phobia. That the result of former Texas Rangers being employed by the USBP as border patrolmen continued their tradition of actions toward ethnic Mexicans, the legacy of violent origins.

Comments

Copyright 2010 Rodolfo Arriaga. All Rights Reserved.

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Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American