It shares thousands of miles of border with Mexico that is its only route of access from the South, and so, as the former dictator of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz, used to say, "Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States."
美国跟墨西哥有着上千公里的边界线 这是从南部进入美国的唯一途径 因此，正如墨西哥过去的统治波菲里奥·迪亚斯曾经感慨过的, “可怜的墨西哥啊" "离上帝如此之远，却离美国如此之近！"