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The Mexico–United States border (Spanish: frontera Estados Unidos–México) is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east. The border traverses a variety of terrains, ranging from urban areas to deserts.
May 12, 2024 · Politics. America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts. For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration...
Mar 7, 2017 · MPR News Staff. March 7, 2017 12:00 AM. Listen How the U.S.-Mexico border was created, changed and enforced. A vehicle drives along the U.S.-Mexico border fence at sunset in an area...
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Summary. In the U.S.–Mexico context, the concepts of the border, borderlands, and la frontera represent their ongoing complex geopolitical, cultural, and historical relations. With the signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase in 1853, the Mexican and U.S. governments established the southern border of the ...
6 days ago · What do border politics look like along the U.S.-Mexico border? NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with two members of a political family in Nogales, Ariz., whose lives and careers have been shaped...
Dec 20, 2023 · Analysis by Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN. 6 minute read. Updated 9:05 AM EST, Wed December 27, 2023. Link Copied! More than 1,000 migrants wait to be processed by Border Patrol agents after...
Introduction. The United States-Mexico border is unique in nearly every respect. In 1848, the entire border region was part of Mexico, and consequently, Mexican cul-ture, food, and the Spanish language are ever-present. Today, the 2,000-mile border is mostly private property, with more than 1,200 miles comprising the.
