AP COGO MEXICO

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Across
  1. 2. Seeker A person who is seeking international protection and is asking for legal status because they fear persecution in their home country.
  2. 5. The AP concept challenged when the US forces Mexico to enforce the US border, leading to an Externalized Border.
  3. 7. of Resources The deficit in funding that prevents non-city, rural areas in Mexico from adequately managing the flow or providing services to migrants.
  4. 9. 42 The temporary US public health rule (used during the pandemic) that allowed for the expulsion of migrants without standard asylum processing.
  5. 12. Tools The use of negotiation and official agreements between the two governments instead of military action to manage border issues.
  6. 15. Triangle The collective term for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, the countries where most migrants travelling through Mexico originate.
  7. 16. Capacity The term for the Mexican government's failure to provide enough resources, such as food or healthcare, for the large number of migrants.
  8. 18. The fast, immediate deportation of migrants back across the border to Mexico or their home country.
  9. 19. Cartels The Transnational Criminal Organizations that profit by controlling and exploiting migrant transportation routes through Mexico.
  10. 20. Policy The shift where Mexico's own foreign policy is now primarily focused on meeting the security and migration demands of the United States.
  11. 22. Guard The military-like force that the Mexican president deploys to patrol Mexico's southern border as a form of migration enforcement.
  12. 23. Protection Protocols The US policy (MPP) that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait indefinitely in dangerous Mexican border towns for their US court dates.
  13. 24. Society Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and churches that are now overwhelmed and provide the main source of aid and shelter for migrants.
Down
  1. 1. Pressure The use of diplomatic tools, treaties, or economic threats (like tariffs) by the US to compel Mexico to stop migrants.
  2. 3. The government's right to rule is undermined by widespread corruption, where immigration agents are bribed by criminal groups to let migrants pass.
  3. 4. Integration The major struggle Mexico faces in providing jobs, services, and housing for its own citizens who are deported back from the US.
  4. 6. Border Mexico's border with Guatemala and Belize, which the National Guard is deployed to patrol to prevent migrant entry.
  5. 8. One App The US mobile application that migrants must use to try to secure a limited, scheduled appointment to enter the US legally at a port of entry.
  6. 10. Efficacy (Low) The feeling among citizens in border towns that their local government cannot effectively control the migrant flow or the associated violence.
  7. 11. Third Country An agreement that would make Mexico legally responsible for processing and protecting all migrants who cross its territory from Central America.
  8. 13. Displacement The forced migration of people within Mexico's own borders, often due to drug cartel violence, which adds to the general flow of people needing help.
  9. 14. Migration The AP term for people crossing borders without proper documents or outside the usual legal process.
  10. 17. Country The term for Mexico, as it acts as the necessary bridge that migrants pass through to travel from Central America to the US.
  11. 21. Incentive The remittances (money sent home) that help Central American families and governments, which acts as a key factor causing migration to continue.