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Mexican border town residents resilient despite pandemic isolation

by Annie Rosenthal
Nov 23, 2021
When the border closed between Big Bend National Park and Boquillas in 2020, it separated residents from their main source of income.
Pre-pandemic, thousands of tourists crossed through the Boquillas port of entry each year. The port connecting Boquillas to Big Bend National Park in Texas closed in March 2020 but reopened on Nov. 17.
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Border towns struggling with virus surge

by Andy Uhler
Jul 17, 2020
In normal times, the border at Laredo, Texas, is very fluid. Now commerce is down and anxieties are up.
A man in Texas waits for a bus to take him across the border to Mexico. Travel and commerce are down in the area.
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For supply chain companies, U.S.-Mexico border closures could be catastrophic

by Andy Uhler
Mar 16, 2020
Mexico’s deputy health minister says he’s worried about people coming into Mexico from the United States.
Two-thirds of Mexico’s export business is with the United States. And 70% of that passes through Texas.
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What's changed at the U.S.-Mexico border because of COVID-19?

by Andy Uhler and Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 12, 2020
People are continuing to go to work and take public transportation at the border.
A man sits on a fountain just across the street from the border crossing in Brownsville, Texas, on June 29, 2019.
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Tariffs on Mexican imports may increase the price you pay for apples

by Liz Sanchez and Kai Ryssdal
May 31, 2019
One apple farmer in Washington state shares his concerns about the trade war with Mexico.
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Border life: They're fighting a wall that would divide their land

by Andy Uhler
Feb 4, 2019
Fred Cavazos and Rey Anzaldua say a planned expansion of a South Texas wall would hurt their livelihood and is disruptive to their family history.
Rey Anzaldua, 73, sits in his cousin Fred’s dining room on Thursday, Jan. 31 2019, mulling over documents the federal government has sent the family seeking permission to build a wall on their land. He says the family will never sign over the rights and the government will have to take the land through eminent domain if a wall is going to be built on their property.
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Not it: No one wants to pay for Trump’s border wall

by Jana Kasperkevic
Aug 24, 2017
Not the Sun. Not Mexico. Not Americans.
Volunteers look over the US-Mexico border fence to see how illegal border crossers may jump the fence before going on the nightly patrol. 
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Sharing water across borders can get complicated — and expensive

by Lizzie O'Leary
Jul 21, 2017
At the U.S.-Mexico border, two of the region's largest urban areas share a water source — and it's become a race to the bottom.
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