US-Mexico border
Rio Grande division
The US-Mexico border is the nearly 2,000-mile boundary between the United States and Mexico, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
It passes through deserts, rivers, and urban areas, with the Rio Grande forming much of its length.
The border figures prominently in American political discourse about immigration, trade, and security: The debate over the US-Mexico border dominated the campaign.
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
- maquiladorasMexican export-processing factories
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- Rio GrandeMajor southwestern waterway
- Sonoran DesertArid region, Arizona-Mexico
undocumented migration · bilingualism · remittances · detention centers · smuggling tunnels · Baja California · deportation · indigenous communities · drug cartels · immigration policy · Colorado River · human trafficking · desert crossing · supply chains · surveillance technology · free trade zones · humanitarian crisis · Spanglish
- North American Borders49th parallel, state lines, Mason-Dixon line, territorial waters
- border crossingsentry point, port of entry, customs house, immigration desk, immigration office
- U.S. TerritoriesNorthwest Territory, Guam, territories, overseas territories, territorial governance
US-Mexico borderUS-Canada border
Boundary between North American allies
49th parallel · coastline · seaboard · Atlantic coast · Pacific coast
Mexico, Mexican, border, borders, bordered, bordering, borderland, borderlands, borderline