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La Linda International Bridge (also known as the Gerstaker Bridge, Hallie Stillwell Memorial Bridge, Big Bend Crossing Bridge, Puente La Linda, and Heath Crossing [2] [1] is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) on the United States–Mexico border in the Big Bend region of Texas.
The Boquillas Port of Entry is a port of entry into the United States from the town of Boquillas del Carmen, Coahuila, Mexico, into Big Bend National Park, West Texas. [2] Having opened in April 2013, the port of entry that is unstaffed by Customs and Border Protection agents, but at least one National Park Service employee is present while the ...
In May 2002, the border crossing from Big Bend National Park to Boquillas was closed indefinitely. By October 2006, only 19 families comprising around 90 to 100 residents remained in Boquillas. Most of the town's residents had been forced to move away by the closure of the tourist crossing and destruction of the town's traditional economy.
A group of people cross the US-Mexico border from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, into Sunland Park, New Mexico, US, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. "All illegal entry will immediately be ...
The dispute intensified on January 10, when Texas authorities effectively blocked US Border Patrol agents from a 2.5-mile area in Eagle Pass, which had seen a surge of migrant crossings. This area ...
The rail industry is demanding the Biden administration immediately reopen rail crossings at the southern border with Mexico that officials shut in response to a surge in crossings by migrants.
Two years later, a U.S. Senator from Texas wrote to U.S. President Roosevelt proposing an international park overlapping the U.S.–Mexico border in this area, [6] prompting the U.S. and Mexico to form a commission establishing Big Bend International Park. [5] [7] [6] It was not until June 1944 that Big Bend National Park came into being.
Big Bend National Park is located in West Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. The remote park is not near any major cities but in Brewster County, which has a population of under 9,400, according ...