Names
This anthropologist wrote the text
Who is Jason De León?
Most of the desert crossings described in the reading happen in this southwestern U.S. state.
What is Arizona?
This U.S. border enforcement strategy aimed to stop migrants by pushing crossings into dangerous desert areas.
What is Prevention Through Deterrence?
This pair of migrants shared their story and experiences of crossing the Sonoran Desert
Who are Memo and Lucho?
The harsh desert in Arizona where many migrants are forced to travel on foot because U.S. border policy pushes crossings into dangerous terrain.
What is the Sonoran Desert?
This term refers to a smuggler who guides migrants across the border
What is a coyote?
This migrant traveled with Memo and Lucho on their last crossing
Who is Ángel?
Migrants use this Spanish phrase meaning to refer to the U.S-Mexico border they must cross to enter the United States.
What is la línea?
This Spanish term is commonly used by migrants to refer to the U.S. Border Patrol.
What is La Migra?
Many of the photographs of migrant sites and artifacts in the reading are credited to this collaborator of Jason De León.
Who is Michael Wells?
This border city in southern Arizona is split from its Mexican counterpart by a fence and is described in the reading as a key checkpoint area where migrants are deported or attempt to cross again.
What is Nogales?
his slang term used by migrants refers to places along the route where supplies like water, food, or backpacks are left behind.
What are layups?
This former Border Patrol chief helped develop the strategy called ‘Prevention Through Deterrence,’ which focused on stopping unauthorized crossings in major urban border areas.
Who is Silvestre Reyes?
Memo and Lucho recovered from dehydration at this migrant shelter in Nogales after their difficult journey through the desert.
What is the Juan Bosco Migrant Shelter?
This term is used to describe how undocumented migrants are treated as a separate group, allowed to work but often denied rights and ignored by society.
What is exceptionalism?