Info About the Border

Hi, everyone I wanted to provide a little information for this first post, specifically about the border itself. First and foremost the border is referencing the border between Mexico and America. This border encompasses the Southern border of America and the Northern Border of Mexico, and it spans 1,989 miles. America has four states that are on the border while Mexico has six on the border. In Texas the border follows the Rio Grande River, after which the border goes through the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts before ending in the San Diego-Tiajuana metropolitan area at the Pacific Ocean.

The border came to completion in 1848 with the treaty of Guadeloupe hidalgo. This happened after the Mexican American war and declared that the border would coincide with the Rio Grande River as well as have Mexico give the western part of the United States to America. This was what determined the border. Since the border was created, many people have tried to cross it which has lead to a large amount of immigration from the two countries.

This immigration is what to border towns and areas such as the Rio Grande Valley. Many people who cross to America were happy to just get into the States and therefore they would settle down at the border where they were close enough to home that they could still have their culture, but were in America  The Rio Grande Valley is one of these. It is right across the Border if full of many little border towns.

I will continue to inform everyone about the border, specifically life in the Bordertown, but felt that having a little bit of knowledge beforehand would be a good place to start. So have a great day, and I'll be back soon.