Operation Gatekeeper - Collection Finding Aid

Operation Gatekeeper - Collection Finding Aid

This collection consists of records related to US Border Patrol's San Diego Sector border control plan at Imperial Beach Station called Operation Gatekeeper. The plan was introduced on October 1, 1994 with the purpose of stemming the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico into the United States and to shift the remaining traffic eastward. The collection contains National Security Council cables and email, as well as records from the Domestic Policy Council and the Chief of Staff Office.

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