Navigating the Archive

In order to facilitate navigation of the archive, we suggest consulting the index of key terms provided here (A-C, D-F, G-I, J-M, N-P, Q-S, T-Z). Key terms are based on explicit oral or visual representations provided by the creators of each digital narrative.

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Activism:  

• American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU): #144 ,#153a.,
• Caravana: #261, 274, #278, #283
• Deportados unidos en la lucha (CDMX): #48
• Deported Veterans Support House “The Bunker” (TJ): #14, #30b, #34a, #34b, #42, #81, #134, #142, #227, #228
• Enclave Caracol: #153c.,
• Fundación Gala (TJ): #32,
• Las Personas Mexicanas: #260
• Jardín de las Mariposas: #295, #296, #315, #348
• Madres y Familias Deportadas en Acción (TJ): #42, #98,
• Madres Sonadoras (TJ): #4b., #18a, #116, #131, #233.,
• Migrantes Retornados con Discapacidad (AMERIDIS): #370f.,
• Missionary work: #263
• Transgender Women Protection: #191
• Unified US Deported Veterans Resource Center (TJ): #42, #98, #102,
• Undocumented Youth Movement: #221b., #249

Activists:#3, #4a, #4b, #28, #42, #131, #155, #221b, #235, #249, #256, #277, #278, #366a, #366b, #370e., #370f.,

Age upon first migration:

• 0-11 months: #22, #54, #58a, #58b, #89,  #92a, #103, #165,  #167, #178,  #179, #180, #199,  #213, #233, #242, #249,  #273a, #273b, #302
• 1-5 years:  #6,  #21,  #23, #26,  #31,  #35, #38,  #63, #67,  #78, #81,  #84, #88c,  #102,  #105, #110,  #136,  #14ob, #141,  #142,  #153a., #153b., #153c., #164, #174a., #174b., #182, #203, #219, #216, #222, #224, #229, #233, #262a,  #262c, #267, #268, #272, #282, #294
• 5-10 years: #10,  #42,  #45,  #60,  #71a,  #73,  #139,  #150,  #161, #167, #168,  #176, #214,  #220, #243.  #244a., #244c., #248., #310
• 10-20 years:  #1, #2, #5, #8,#14, #18a, #55, #57, #59, #72, #76, #78, #85, #86, #93, #96, #109a, #112, #114, #117, #118, #124b,  #126,  #128,  #130, #137,  #138,  #143a,  #144,  #145,  #148a,  #149,  #151, #158,  #184,  #187,  #197,  #227,  #228,  #231,  #234.,  #240.,  #241a., #244., #245, #247, #252, #258, #259,  #263, #265, #271,  #280,  #285, #288, #290, #338, #344, #347, #348, #365a, #365b,  #370a., #370b.,
• 20-30 years: #48,  #82,  #83,  #119,  #121b,  #125,  #127,  #147,  #152a,  #154,  #171, #177, #185,  #186, #196, #211, #239, #246, #251, #257a, #257b, #264, #270, #296, #300, #303, #321, #341, #345, #357, #359, #366a, #366b,
• 30+ years: #155, #157,  #159, #191, #195a, #195b, #201, #208, #274,  #276, #278, #279, #293, #343, #353

Age upon most recent return/repatriation:

• 0-10 years:
• 10-20 years: #302
• 20-30 years: #22, #306
• 30-40 years: #365a, #365b,
• 40-50 years:#321
• 50+ years: #310

Age upon production of digital story:

• 0-10 years:
• 10-20 years: #348,
• 20-30 years: #22, #192, #196, #210, #296, #299, #300, #303,#341, #344, #345, #347, #357
• 30-40 years: #21, #25, #128b, #201, #225, #279, #302, #343, #351
• 40-50 years: #306, #321, #365a, #365b, #377,
• 50-60 years: #293, #353
• 60+years: #14, #310, #366a, #366b,

Age when deported:

• 0-20 years:#31, #32, #33, #167, #220, #244a., #244b., #244c.,
• 20-30 years: #111, #114, #118, #124b, #136, #144, #145, #149, #161,#165, #168,#178, #179 #216, #219, #237b., #242,  #243.,
• 30-40 years:  #10,  #21,  #83,  #96,  #108a,  #112,  #128,  #132,  #155,  #164,  #176,  #214,  #224, #237a., #237b.   #237c,.  #241a.,  #243.,  #257a,  #257b,  #359, #365a, #365b,
• 40-50 years: #6, #33, #48,#58a, #58b, #83, #119, #125, #147, #187,#195a,#195b,#240, #321,
• 50-60 years: #236., #310
• 70-80 years: #14,

American Dream: #2,  #5,  #7,  #8,  #9, #11d, #11e.  #19,  #22,  #23, #25,  #26,#27,  #31, #34a,  #34b,  #40b, #43a, #43b, #56a, #56b,  #62,  #64,  #65,  #73,  #76,  #78,  #84,  #87,  #88a,  #96,  #97,  #101,  #102,  #104,  #113,  #115b,  #119,  #120,  #123,  #125,  #126, #127, #129, #133,  #149,  #151,  #159,  #160, #161, #162, #166b, #172, #178, #182, #183a, #183b, #184, #185, #186, #188a, #188b, #189a,  #189b, #190, #191, #193, #194, #196, #197, #199, #204, #206, #207, #208, #210,  #211, #213, #223, #224, #226, #233.,  #237a., #244a., #245, #249 , #251, #274,  #276, #277,  #278,  #280, #282, #284, #291, #294, #295, #296, #300, #307, #315, #321, #347, #348, #359, #370c., #370d., #370f., #376, #377,

American Identity:  #2, #6, #14, #23,  #30a,  #35,  #42,  #52, #58a, #58b,  #67,  #73, #84,  #88b, #89, #98,  #104, #115a,  #115b,  #135, #200, #213,  #221b. #232, #234., #234., #242, #244a., #249, #255, #258, #265, #272, #273a,  #273b,  #276, #282, #366a, #366b, #377,

Amnesty Law: #11d, #33,#196, #221b., #223,#225,#233., 274, #278, #280,

Border Crossing Points: #238.,

• Acuña (Coahuila): #152a,#184,
• Agua Prieta (Arizona): #50, #290
• Agua Prieta (México): #83, #119,
• Arizona: #97, #223,#241a.,
• Calexico: #64, #126, #135, #213, 
• Cañon Matadero: #164, #176,#228,
• Chiapas: #114, #124b, #175, #191, #217a, #279, #280, #281, #316, #317a, #317b, #317c,
• Chile: #320a, #320b
• Ciudad Hidalgo: #270, #283, #293, #347, #348,
• Ciudad Juárez:  #4a.,  #53,  #57,  #65,  #67,  #79a,  #83,  #84,  #85,  #94a,  #94b,  #94c,  #110,  #151,  #158,  #160, #175, #198, #203, #231,  #234.,  #242,  #246, #289a;  #289b, #292
• Costa Rica: #207, #208, #211, #225, #309a, #309b, #309c
• Colombia:  #208, #207, #211, #309a, #309b, #309c
• Desert:#226, #237b., #237c,. 
• Desierto de Sonora (Arizona): #1, #71b, #83, #93, #102, #112, #114, #120, #135,
• Ecuador: #211, #309a, #309b, #309c
• El Bordo: #3, #7, #20, #37a, #37b, #37c, #222,
• El Chaparral (“ped west”): #8, 274, #368,
• El Paso (Texas): #65, #79a, #177, #194#242, #247
• El Salvador: #139, #192,#225, #308a, #308b,
• Frontera Comalapa: #347, #348,
• Guatemala: #139,  #162, #192, #206, #207, #208, #210, #211, #223,#225, #260, #295, #309a, #309b, #309c, #316, #317a, #317b, #317c,
• Honduras: #192, #206, #207, #210, #211, #223, #260, #295, #309a, #309b, #309c, #316, #317a, #317b, #317c,
• Houston: #156,
• Laredo/Nuevo Laredo: #177, #184, #298a, #298b
• La Rumorosa (Baja California): #121a,
• Las Mesillas: #277, #347, #348,
• Matamoros: #142,
• Mexico: #192, #207, #208, #210, #211, #223, #260, #295, #308a, #308b, #320a, #320b
• McAllen (Texas): #14,
• Mexicali: #28, #29, #33, #36, #64, #81, #90, #91, #95, #102, #287
• Nicaragua: #207, #211
• Nido de las Águilas/ Eagle’s Nest: #1
• Nogales (México): #83, #261, #291
• Nuevo Laredo:
• Ojinaga:
• Otay: #4a, #311, #314,
• Panama: #207, #208, #211, #225, #309a, #309b, #309c
• Peru: #320a, #320b,
• Piedras Negras: #157, #285
• Playas de Tijuana: #1, #4a., #11b, #76, #86, #124a, #124b,#185, 
• Reynosa:
• Río Bravo: #93, #94a, #107, #108a, #118, #157, #161,  #237a.,
• San Luis (Arizona): #241a.,
• San Ysidro: #13, #15, #136, #162 #166c,  #166d, #185,  #251,  #263, 273a, 273b, #278, #280, #296, #343,
• Sonora (Arizona): #97, #108a, #123,
• Tapachula: #277, #278, #296, #309a, #309b, #309c
• Tecate: #121b, #245
• Tecún Umán: #270, #274, #293, #316, #347, #348,
• Tenosique: #296
• Texas: #297
• Tijuana: #4b., #11a,  #11b,#15,#17, #18a, #71a, #72, #95, #102, #106, #110, #121a, #149,#180, #189a,  #189b, #24, #250, #257b, #263, 273a, 273b, #278, #296., #310, #314, #349a, #360
• Trinidad y Tobago:  #208,
• Yuma (Arizona): #95,

Central American:  #28,  #33,  #75,#114, #124a,  #124b,  #124c,  #127, #129, #139,  #159,  #162, #166a, #166c, #166d, #181, #191,  #192,  #196,#197,  #201,#202,#206, #210,  #217a, #218, #220, #223, #225, #240, #254, #257a, #257b,  #260, #261, #270, #276, #277, #278, #279, #280. #281, #282, #293, #295, #296, #303, #307, #308a, #308b, #309a, #309b, #309c, #316, #318, #323, #326, #329, #331, #334, #345, #346a, #346b, #347, #348, #354,  #370a., #370b., #370c., #370d., #370e., #370f., #378

Communication Difficulty:  #1, #16,#29,#45,  #60,  #61,  #63, #67,  #75,  #83,  #87,  #88a,  #88c,  #89,  #94a,  #110,  #124c,  #131,  #146a,  #148a,  #238.,  #241a., #252, #256,  #264,  #276,  #289a,  #289b, #306, #312, #323,

 Country of Origin:

Cameroon: #207,#211, #218, #235.,

Cuba:  #208,#225,

Colombia: #134, #320a, #320b,

Costa Rica: #282,

• San Ignacio de Acosta: #282

Ecuador: #171, #256, #285, #286, #287, #288, 289a; 289b, #290, #291, #292, #297, #298a, #298b

• Azogues: #297
• Cuenca: #286, #291, #298a, #298b
• Monora Santiago: #288
• Nazón: #285
• Riobamba: #287

El Salvador: #28, #114, #161,#191, 274, #283, #308a, #308b,#341, #358, #359, #378

• Chalatenango: #259,
• San Marcos: #33,
• San Salvador: #308a, #308b

Guatemala: #257a, #257b, #293, #311, #348, #354

Haiti: #309a, #309b, #309c, #344, #349a, #349b, #353, #355, #356, #361, #362, #364, #367, #373,

Honduras: #124a, #124b, #127, #139, #154, #162, #166c, #166d, #175, #191 #192, #202,#206,#210, #217a, #217b, #223, #240., #260, #270, #276, #278, #279, #280, #281, #295, #296, #303, #307, #316, #317a, #317b, #317c, #318, #323, #326, #331, #334, #340, #345, #346a, #346b, #369,  #370a., #370b., #370c., #370d., #370e., #370f.,

• Departamento Copan: #331
• El Progreso: #295,  #370a.,
• Morazán: #279
• San Francisco: #261
• San Pedro Sula: #75, #217a, #217b,
• Tegucigalpa: #240., #307
• Tela: #303
• Trinidad, Santa Barbara: #217a, #217b,
• Yoro: #295

Jamaica: #271

México: #1,  #2,  #3,  #4b., #12, #13, #14, #15, #17, #18a,  #19,  #20,  #21,  #22, #25,  #27,  #35,  #44,  #46,  #47,  #51,  #52, #54,  #55,  #60, #61,  #65,  #68,  #69,  #77,  #82,  #89,  #91,  #93,  #94a,  #95,  #99,  #100,  #103,  #104,  #105,  #108a,  #108b,  #111,  #112,  #113,  #116,  #119,  #120,  #122,  #123,  #127, #128b,  #129,  #132,  #144,  #148a,  #148b,  #150,  #153a,  #153b.,  #153c.,  #157,  #165, #169,  #172, #173, #176, #177, #184, #187, #189a,  #189b, #193, #199, #200, #204, #205, #209  #212, #213, #214, #219, #221b., #222, #224, #238.,  #243., #244a., #244.,  #245, #246,  #247  #248,  #252,  #255, #268,  #272,  #275, #294, #299, #302, #304, #305, #306., #310, #321, #322, #324, #328, #330, #332, #335, #336, #338, #339, #366a, #366b, #368, #371, #374, #376,

• Aguascalientes: 133,
• Baja California:
  • Tijuana: #6, #17, #23,#26, #31, #42, #72, #80, #124a, #164, #172, #216,#215, #232,#251, #263, #267, 273a, 273b
  • Playas de Tijuana: #124a, #185, 
  • Camargo: #152b,
  • Mexicali: #241c,
• Chiapas: #272, #333,
  • Tapachula: #43a,#43b, #124a,
    
  • Tuxtla Gutiérrez: #146a, #146b, #315,
• Chihuahua: #183a,#183b,#190,#198,
  • Ciudad Chihuahua: #350a, #350b,
  • Ciudad Juárez: #57, #84, #97, #151,#155, #160,#177,#194,#231,#258, 
• Coahuila:
• Colima: #169, #327, #357
• Torreón: #10
• Durango: #5, #29, #64, #85,#195a,#195b, #224, #233.#266a,#266b, #313,
• Estado de México (Edo. Mexico): #250
  • Naucalpan: #118,
  • Nezahualcóyotl: #87, #377,
  • Tenango del Valle:
  • Tonatico: #238.,#239,  #245, #246, #247
  • San Miguel Balderas: #130,
• Guanajuato: #128, #262a
  • León: #86,
• Acambaro: #262c,
• Guerrero: #59, #136, #185, 
  • Acapulco: 135, #325,
  • Iguala: #125,
• Jalisco: #76, #248, #294
  • Ahualulco de Mercado:  #117,
  • Ameca: #12,
  • Buenavista de Cañedo: #149,
  • El Opeño: #106,
  • Guadalajara: #6, #96, #102, #115a, #131,#180,#229,
  • Ocotlán : #90,
• San Juan de los lagos: #241c,
  • San Martín Hidalgo:
  • Trapiche de Abra: #147,
  • Tequila: #145,
  • Tepatitlan #203,
• Mexico City: #45, #59, #71a, #73, #124a, #214, #221b, #352a, #352b, #352c
  • Iztacalco: #74,
• Michoacán: #140a,#182, #212, #305, #328, #351, #408
  • La piedad: #58a, #58b,
  • Puruándiro: #305
  • Uruapan: #299, #304
  • Yuércuaro: #142,
• Morelos: #137, #178,
• Nayarit: #322, #416
• Cuernavaca:  #197,
• Oaxaca:#11a,#11b,#11c,#11d,#11e#124a, #163, #319, #365a, #365b,
• Puebla: #92a, #92b, #143a,
• San Luis Potosí: #107,#186,#188a,#188b,
• Sinaloa:#37a,#37b#37c, #121a,
  • Culiacán: #81,
• Sonora:
  • Navajoa: #83,
• Tamaulipas: #158,
  • Reynosa: #141, #163,
• Veracruz: #300
• Zacatecas: #101,#230,
  • Florencia: #98,
  • Ixytaczoquitlán: #306

Nicaragua: #159, #196,#201,#220, #314, #329, #347,

Perú:

• Lima: #38,

Russia: #342, #343, #360

United States: #312,

• New Jersey: #167, #236., 

Venezuela: #337,

Creative Expression:

• Graffiti:#31, #262a, #261, #260 , #295, #296
• Music: #8, #12,#31,#56a, #56b, #101, #140a, #166b, #166c,  #166d,   #168, #173,#178,#200,#215,#248, #249, #255, #313, #375, #376,
• Poetry: #3, #23,#31, #41, #81, #143b, #233.,#256,
• Tattoos: #23, #19,#31, #69,  #86, #92a, #92b, #140a, #164, #170, #176,  #240., #242, #255, #262a, #261, #260 , 274, #295, #296
• Visual Art: #12,#19, #153a., #153b., #153c.,  #255, 273a, 273b, #277, #278, #280, #336, #337, #373, #375, #376,
•  Writing: #140a, #143b, #210, #256,
• Audiovisual production of own narrative: #263
• Photography/self-portraits: #276

Crime: #164, #338,

• Aggravated felony: #14, #224, 273a, 273b, #310, #323, #339, #352a, #352b, #352c,
• Armed Robbery: 273a, 273b, #317a, #317b, #317c, #332,
• Assault: #7, #69, #141, #153a.,#155,#164, #222, #240., #270, #271, #279, #281, #295, #300, #303, #304, #308a, #308b, #311, #317a, #317b, #317c, #323, #325, #337, #349a, #352a, #352b, #352c, #360, #370f.,#378
• Bank Robbery: #73,
• Car accident: #224, #313, #317a, #317b, #317c,
• Corruption: #356
• Delinquency: #64, #124a, #278, #317a, #317b, #317c, #322, #323, #327, #330, #339, #346b, #367,
• Domestic Violence: #18a, #18b, #19, #21, #96, #102, #128, #132,#190#202, #217a, #272, #294, #299, #311, #321, #323, #324, #331, #351, #416
• Driving Under the Influence (See DUI): #1, #2,  #45, #75, #83, #97, #132, #135, #137, #149, #155,#170, #186,#215,
• Drug Dealing:#58a, #58b, #114, #118,#180, #182,#230,#231,#258,
• Drug related charges:#15,#58a, #58b,#161, #222,#227,#230,#231,#258, #276., #310, #322, #323, #346a,
• Drug Possession: #7, #33, #53, #73, #78, #87, #114, #165, #173,#180,#188a,#188b,#222,#258,
• Drug Trafficking: #15, #33, #76, #84, #118, #143a,#182, #219,#231,  #237a.,#258, #261,#266a, #276, #284, #304
• Extorsion: #196, #308a, #314, #358
• False Accusation(s):#28, #29,#31, #42, #78, #83, #153a., #158,
• Fraud: #176, #257a, , #257b
• Fugitive: #65, #320a, #320b,
• Gang Member: #6, #26, #53, #70, #71a, #84, #176, #180,#182, #229, #263,#268, #317a, #317b, #317c, #323,
• Hit and Run: #135,
• Homicide: #78, #90, #175, #271, #281, #308a, #308b, #311, #314, #332, #346a, #352a, #352b, #352c, #357, #374,
• Human Trafficking: #143a, #257b, #303, #325, #346a, #371,
• Identity Theft: #74, #79b
• Illegal Firearm Possession: #118,#180, #182,
• Jaywalking: #69,
• Juvenile Justice: #22,#28,#31,#70, #84, #105, #146b, #196, #263, #302
• Kidnapping: #159, #175, #270, #279, #286, #292, #303, #305, #340, #341, #314, #324, #327, #339, #346a, #346b, #378
• Mara Salvatrucha: #33, #124a, #175, #191,#202,#217a, #223, 274, #278, #279, #280, #295, #296, #308a, #308b, #318, #323, #326, #354, #369,
• Money Laundering: #74,
• Murder: #175, #232,  #240., #271, #296, #303
• Murder Attempt: #141, #296, #308a, #308b, #317a, #317b, #317c, #318, #324, #332, #358, #371,
• Piracy: #89,
• Plea Bargain: #21,#28,#31, #35, #42, #153a., #233.,
• Prostitution: #300
• Public Intoxication: #2,#28, #53,
• Rape: #282, #293, #299, #303, #309a, #309b, #309c, #314, #323, #324, #325, #349a, #364, #367, #370b., #370f., #371, #374,
• Residential Robbery:
• Robbery: #309a, #309b, #309c,
• Sex Trafficking: #270, #325, #371,
• Theft: #124a, #295, #323, #326, #337, #341, #349a, #353, #358, #364, #367, #370b., #371,
• Torture: #305
• Traffic Violation: #24, #350a, #350b,
• Vandalism: #105, #274
• Violence: #159, #175, #235, #240., #263, #271, #272, #274, #281, #284, #294, #295, #296, #303, #304, #305, #307, #308a, #308b, #311, #318, #323, #324, #325, #331, #332, #337, #342, #346a, #346b,
• Victim of a crime: #175, #225, #235, #271, #274, #295, #296, #303, #304, #311, #317a, #317b, #317c, #320a, #320b, #323, #326, #332, #337, #341, #346a, #346b, #364, #371,
• Witness a crime: #124a, #166a, #240.,#259, #311, #323, #332, #337, #346a, #346b,

Criminal Organizations: 

• Gangs:#26, 274, #276, #277, #278, #293, #295, #296, #307, #308a, #308b, #316, #318, #320a, #320b, #323, #325,
  • Mexican cartel: #223,#234., #259,  #260,#265, #304
  • Street Gangs in Los Angeles: #263

Criminalization:#1, #2, #4a, #4b, #5,  #15,  #22,  #23,  #24, #25,  #26,  #29,  #32,  #39,  #45,  #53,  #47,  #50,  #52,  #59,  #67,  #88b, #92a,  #92b,  #102,  #103,  #105,  #110,  #121a,  #122,  #124a,  #131,  #135,  #136,  #141,  #143a,  #144,  #151,  #153a.,  #156, #181, #182,  #183a, #183b,  #188a, #188b, #191, #196,  #197, #223,  #233.,  #244c.  #254,  #255, #257a, #257b, #265, #267, #268,  #273a,  #273b,  #274, #276,  #277,  #282,  #289a;  #289b, #295, #298a, #298b, #302, #305, #314, #322, #334, #370d.,

Culture Shock: #2, #4a, #4b, #5, #14, #58a, #58b, #60, #73, #93, #94a, #96, #99, #128, #268, #336, #370c., #375, #377,