Below you will find example sentences with "southern border". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Southern Border in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: border
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 23
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.2 words

Words in this phrase

southern border

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • southern can mean: Of, facing, situated in, or related to the south. Common word
  • border can mean: The line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

at the southern border 2× alongside the southern border 1× at our southern border house republicans 1× at the southern border and if 1× at the southern border has become 1× at the southern border is rapidly 1× at the southern border since oct 1× at the southern border since president 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

border patrol and 1× both candidates emphasized 1× but despite the 1× but yeah basically 1× critics argue that 1× fox news bill 1×

Common sentence endings:

the southern border 3× and border protection 2× border protection cbp 1× border with guatemala 1× border with mexico 1× by lake erie 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

mexico 6× crisis 5× illegal 5× migrants 4× patrol 4× secure 3× northern 3× 000 3× customs 3× protection 3× house 2× security 2×

Related phrases

border patrol southern nevada southern california southern lebanon border wall border security southern gaza border protection southern israel border crossing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around border:

border patrol 20× border security 17× border protection 13× border crossing 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

southern alberta southern africa southeast winds southeast texas southeast missouri southeast asian

Just after it in the phrase index:

southern california southern england southern gaza southern hemisphere southern indiana southern israel

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

southern nevada southern california southern lebanon southern gaza southern israel southern africa

Same ending:

irish border

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "southern border" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as at the southern border, alongside the southern border, mexico, crisis and illegal stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with border patrol, southern nevada, southern california, border patrol, border security and border protection, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with southern border

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The longest part of the southern border is the Texas-Mexico border. (12 words)

In 2022, the Border Patrol encountered 2.2 million people at the southern border. (14 words)

Border Patrol and ICE agents speak of the children dumped alongside the southern border. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

NOW: Ahead of today’s House Oversight committee hearing I asked Border Patrol Chiefs if they believe there’s a crisis at the southern border and if they’re concerned about the alarming numbers of illegal migrants evading arrest pic. (40 words)

Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1792 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie. (38 words)

To address the crisis at our Southern Border, House Republicans passed the Secure the Border Act—the strongest border security bill America has ever seen in order to keep our nation safe and our border secure. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

To address the crisis at our Southern Border, House Republicans passed the Secure the Border Act—the strongest border security bill America has ever seen in order to keep our nation safe and our border secure.

Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1792 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie.

According to the Washington Office on Latin America, "Mexico’s southern border city of Tapachula continues to fill up as approximately 6,000 migrants arrive every day along Mexico’s border with Guatemala.

Fox News' Bill Melugin there have been over 730,000 migrant encounters at the southern border since Oct. 1 and that December was set to break all-time records for border crossings.

In 2022, the Border Patrol encountered 2.2 million people at the southern border.

In conclusion, the migrant crisis at the southern border is rapidly escalating, and the National Border Patrol Council has called for the arrest of President Biden over his handling of the situation.

NOW: Ahead of today’s House Oversight committee hearing I asked Border Patrol Chiefs if they believe there’s a crisis at the southern border and if they’re concerned about the alarming numbers of illegal migrants evading arrest pic.

Open border Democrats don’t like being stopped from destroying the southern border, even if it’s only for 14 days.

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The southern border has hit numbers of illegal immigrants passing through, with over 188,000 illegal migrants encountered in October alone, according to data from the U.S Customs and Border Protection.

Trump added he would reinstate his previous administration’s border policies, including Remain in Mexico, Safe Third Agreement, and asylum bans, while also finishing the southern border wall.

Border Patrol and ICE agents speak of the children dumped alongside the southern border.

Both candidates emphasized their border policies continuously throughout the debate, reiterating their support for legislation to secure the southern border, reduce illegal immigration and prevent the smuggling of opioids into the United States.

But despite the work they do in the north, it’s common for northern border agents to be dispatched to assist at the southern border.

But yeah, basically, it would have made the border crisis permanent, and they would have given billions of dollars to these NGOs that are facilitating the human trafficking and drug trafficking operation on our southern border.

Critics argue that the administration’s handling of the southern border has allowed a record number of undocumented individuals to enter the U.S., overwhelming resources and complicating border security.

The crisis at the southern border has become a sore point in the 2024 US Presidential elections with a spike in the number of migrants entering the country through its Mexico border in recent years.

The latest figures come amid a massive rise in illegal immigration over the southern border this winter, with thousands at a time lining up to be processed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

The longest part of the southern border is the Texas-Mexico border.

There have been over 8 million encounters at the southern border since President Joe Biden took office, with many concentrating in U.S. cities like to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Trudeau requested the meeting in a bid to avoid the tariffs by convincing Trump that the northern border is nothing like the U.S. southern border with Mexico.

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