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The following timeline represents some of the most significant dates that have gradually transformed life along the U.S.-Mexico border up to the present day.
1849
Mexican-United States Boundary Commission
1855
The Chamizal Dispute and the Gadsden Purchase.
1882
The Chinese Exclusion Act
1848
The Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty
1891-1894
The International Boundary Commission
1911
The first ever border fence was completed
1917
Immigration Act of 1917
1924
The Border Patrol
1930s
The Depression
1942
The Bracero Program
1954
Operation Wetback
1965
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965
1986
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
1990s
Operations Hold-the-Line, Gatekeeper and Safeguard
2006
Secure Fence Act
2018
Central American Migrant Caravan
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