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2017: Evaluating The Force Of Equal Protection Along The South-Texas Border In A Post Trump Elect United States, Ezekiel Perez
2017: Evaluating The Force Of Equal Protection Along The South-Texas Border In A Post Trump Elect United States, Ezekiel Perez
Ezekiel Perez
The history of Mexican-Americans along the South Texas border consists of a myriad of violations and challenges of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteen Amendment to the Constitution. From the end of the Mexican American War, which led to the incorporation of the land that comprises the southwestern portion of The United States, and the people who lived there prior to the war’s inception, Americans of Mexican descent, especially those who reside in borderlands, have had to overcome perpetual challenges to the legitimacy of their American-ness. These challenges have shifted form over the past hundred-plus years and continue to …