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Shouldnt this be more important in the porjects for the USA and Mexico[edit]

This is listed as low for Mexico and mid for the USA shouldnt this be higher for both of them — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeordieNamedPercy (talk • contribs) 02:02, 14 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect caption and unrelated image on border region[edit]

In the Mexico–United States border#100-mile border zone section there is an image captioned "100-mile border region on the U.S.–Mexico border", but the image actually shows a "100km Border Buffer" (100km, not 100 miles). The image seems to be from a water infrastructure program, which covers 100km on both sides of the border, as highlighted in the image, and is unrelated to the 100-mile region on the US side only where CBP has the authority to stop and search. --4.28.172.154 (talk) 23:06, 30 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I came here for the same reason. I'll remove it. 100 kilometres ≠ 100 miles, and the buffer obviously doesn't extend into Mexican territory. --Craig (t|c) 00:20, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Actual position of the Rio Grande border[edit]

Is the border in mid-river, the north or the south bank of the river? Avalon (talk) 00:08, 26 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

from what i've seen, mostly north. But the river breaks away from mexico to the west, at which point the border is mostly land (until the Colorado river?)2603:7080:CB3F:5032:D4A0:5216:15F3:22AF (talk) 13:22, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Extreme example of systemic bias[edit]

I came here to find some basic information about the Mexican border, customs, and immigration service(s). Can’t even find its/their name in this ginormous article about United States issues. It’s an extreme example of wp:systemic bias, and I hope it can be improved. —Michael Z. 19:30, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Current progress of border wall construction[edit]

Article currently states that the Biden administration has stopped building that wall: The construction of the wall has been halted by President Joe Biden as he canceled the national emergency declaration, originally used by Trump.

A recent issue of The Economist (Oct 8th, 2022, p. 39f) has an article that claims otherwise: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/10/04/the-biden-administration-is-quietly-completing-bits-of-donald-trumps-wall --176.199.18.181 (talk) 20:55, 17 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's now the last days of 2022 and the Biden Administration section has virtually no content. very little from Jan 20, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021 and Zero content from Jan 1 2022 to Dec 26, 2022.

Reliable sources like CBS News have spoken on multiple "migrant crises" over the year. Title 42 expiring, the sudden temperate drops impacting the migrants delayed outdoors in late December, the crowding of migrants into Airports, etc.

Though they don't say that over 2 million were allowed to walk across and virtually zero deportations occurred. 2023 will likely see in excess of 3-5 million, since title 42 will be null. Why doesn't biden's cabinet abolish the Border Patrol to save money? the migrant volunteer groups can handle all the paperwork, since 100% of arrivals are waved through anyway. They might as well build a DMV/Social Services complex right at the Rio Grande edge with 20-30k staff working triple shifts. {even then, migrant flows are increasing so rapidly, that even that would be insufficient within 1/2 yrs. Alas, open borders have long term consequences, no matter what you give them, it'll always be seen as too little. The pre-1965 days of 40k legal migrants/yr is a distant memory}2603:7080:CB3F:5032:D4A0:5216:15F3:22AF (talk) 13:18, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico–United States border[edit]

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