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Nov 23, 201431.767° -106.451°

US Southwest

The US Southwest is full of fences. The border fence between the USA and Mexico blocks not only “illegal, alien” human beings, it also blocks many other animal species.1 As fixed as the border/fence might seem, it was drastically moved over 150 years ago, in 1848, when the USA annexed its present day southwestern states, after the Mexican–American war. A popular saying in the area goes:

“WE DID NOT CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED US”

National parks and forests are also regarded by many, especially racial minorities, as physical and cultural fences that block them from both natural resources and recreation.2