Prevention Through Deterrence

Prevention Through Deterrence is a set of policies instituted by the United States to deter the illegal crossing of its southern border with Mexico.[1] First introduced in a document entitled "Border Patrol Strategic Plan of 1994 and Beyond", this policy has since been used to police high-traffic areas of the Mexico–United States border.[1]

Since its institution, the number of migrant deaths at the southern border of the U.S. has doubled, with 75% occurring in the Sonoran Desert.[2] Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Affairs places the number of deaths at roughly 450 per year (including migrant deaths on both the US and Mexican territory).[3]

  1. ^ a b E-mail, Via (1994-07-01). "Border Patrol Strategic Plan 1994 and Beyond: National Strategy". U.S. Border Patrol.
  2. ^ Androff, David K.; Tavassoli, Kyoko Y. (2012). "Deaths in the Desert: The Human Rights Crisis on the U.S.—Mexico Border". Social Work. 57 (2): 165–173. doi:10.1093/sw/sws034. JSTOR 23718921. PMID 23038878 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Whitaker, Julie (2009). "Mexican Deaths in the Arizona Desert: The Culpability of Migrants, Humanitarian Workers, Governments, and Businesses". Journal of Business Ethics. 88: 365–376. doi:10.1007/s10551-009-0283-x. ISSN 0167-4544. JSTOR 27749710. S2CID 154342406.