U.S.-Mexico border
Southern American boundary
The U.S.-Mexico border is the boundary line separating the United States from Mexico, stretching roughly 2,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
In political discourse, the border often stands as shorthand for debates over immigration, drug trafficking, and national security: The border has become a central issue in the election.
Border towns like El Paso and Tijuana have developed distinct cross-cultural identities.
- maquiladorasMexican export-processing factories
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- fence jumpingVaulting over enclosures
- immigration policyRules controlling border entry
Sonoran Desert · bilingualism · dual citizenship · water scarcity · desert ecosystems · indigenous communities · remittances · wildlife corridors · smuggling routes · cartel violence · deportation · family separation · migrant shelters · Tijuana · sister cities · surveillance technology · sovereignty · desert crossing
U.S.-Mexico bordercoastline
Land-water boundary
seaboard · territorial waters · county line · Atlantic coast · Pacific coast
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