1911: Establishment of the US-Mexico border fence
 

the first border fence built in 1911 by the US Department of Agricultre and Bureau of Animal Industry, as a way to keep animals from transmitting ticks across the border
 
there is only a secondary mention of "preventing illegal traffic between the two countries"
 
no Border Patrol would exist for another decade entirely

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