Push/Pull factors
What are some main factors that pull Mexicans to the U.S.?
economic possibilities, unemployment, education, security, healthcare
The policy in which popular border crossing spots are blocked, forcing migrant through the deserts.
What is Prevention Through Deterrence?
The place most Mexican Immigrants were forced to cross to immigrate to the US.
What is the Sonoran Desert
The process of relocating an immigrant back to their home country called?
What is Deportation?
What is the definiton of immigration?
What is the movement of non-native people into a country to settle there
An area in which the rule of law is suspended and where one forfeits their human rights when entering.
What is a Space of Exception?
"Promoting freedom and democracy and protecting human rights around the world" are examples of.
What is US foreign policy goals.
The most common foreign language spoken in the US?
What is Spanish
a generic term used by law enforcement to describe any and all places where migrants hide and
where artifacts associated with crossing are deposited, usually when people use this term, they are referring to the areas where large amounts of clothes, back-
packs, and other items have accumulated."
What is "layup"
The mistreatment and erasure of bodies in the desert.
What is necroviolence?
The theoretical concept the Sonoran is compared as.
What is hybrid collectif.
Who traveled with the immigrants?
What is their family
The process in which an immigrant becomes a US citizen?
What is Naturalization?
What were illegal immigrants called?
What is wetbacks
The use of political power to dictate how some may live and some must die.
What is necropower?
The cities Mexican Immigrants were transported to from Texas.
What is New York City and Chicago.
The US agency is responsible for detaining and deporting immigrants?
What is ICE?
What are some legal pathways from Mexico to the US
What is Family-sponsored Visas, Employment-based visas, Refugee or Asylee Status
The current US Border Policy has been in effect since this US President.
Who is Bill Clinton
The Top 5 countries of origin for foreign born residents are.
What is the Mexico, India, the Philippines, China, and the Philippines.
About how many immigrants from Mexico came to the u.s. in 2022?
What is 2 Million?
The three states where the most Latin American immigrants settle in the US
What are Florida, California, and Texas?