The fragmentation, war, and collapse of the North American region quickly became the fuse for a series of major events.
October 25, C.E. 71.
The ZAFT Army brazenly crossed the Eastern European front and launched a full-scale offensive against the northern frozen lands that had once brought countless powerful nations and renowned generals to grief.
November 18, C.E. 71.
Due to the prolonged war in the North American region, grain, vegetables, and meat production plummeted, plunging more than a billion people into an unprecedented famine.
The famine, in turn, forced large numbers of people to migrate south, attempting to cross the former US-Mexico border and flee to the more stable and secure New Alliance.
December 6, C.E. 71.
The New Federation, led by Orb, urgently formed border patrol units to prevent a massive influx of refugees from creating public security risks and a social crisis.
At the same time, under the banner of humanitarian aid, it began providing living supplies to some more obedient political factions while conveniently poaching top talent from the Atlantic Federation's scientific research sector.
Mexicans living along the border eagerly signed up for the patrol units, determined to stop those refugees from entering their territory, disrupting social order, and taking jobs and welfare benefits that should have belonged to them.
It had to be said, the scene was truly quite ironic.
Because after World War II ended and before World War III broke out, a certain country had used the exact same method to build a wall, attempting to prevent Mexicans and people from other Central American countries from entering North America.
But now, everything had reversed.
Reality once again proved that a country's appeal to immigrants did not depend on some bullshit "democracy" or "freedom."
It depended only on the country's economic conditions, welfare benefits,