ARRESTED ON ENTRY: OPERATION STREAMLINE AND THE PROSECUTION OF

IMMIGRATION CRIMES

BY: DONALD KERWIN AND KRISTEN MCCABE

Analyzed By: Denise Mitchell

Overview

The U.S. Mexico border has been the outlet for many strategies used to stop illegal immigration. Among these strategies is “Operation Streamline” which targets illegal border crossers for criminal prosecution prior to removal and deportation. The program instates a zero tolerance policy.

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=780

Questions Raised

What other strategies have been employed to lessen

illegal immigration?

The text lists, “border blockade strategies; construction

of an actual fence and attempts to create a "virtual"

fence consisting of towers, cameras, and remote

sensors; use of the National Guard to support the Border

Patrol; and prosecution of persons apprehended trying to

cross the border illegally” as various strategies.

The above image serves as a metaphor for U.S. and Mexico border relations.