By John Seiler Mexicans have a saying, “Tan Lejos de Dios, y Tan Cerca de los Estados Unidos”: “So far from God, so close to the United States.” It works the other way, too. Mexico’s policies directly affect the United States, and especially California, with its large population of immigrants from Mexico, as well as […]
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California, a western U.S. state, stretches from the Mexican border along the Pacific for nearly 900 miles. Its terrain includes cliff-lined beaches, redwood forest, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Central Valley farmland and the Mojave Desert. The city of Los Angeles is the seat of the Hollywood entertainment industry. Hilly San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island and cable cars.