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The Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a border crossing and port of entry that connects San Diego in the United States and Tijuana International Airport in Mexico. Operational since December 2015, CBX consists of a terminal building located in the Otay Mesa community that is connected to the airport with a dedicated 120-meter (390 ft) pedestrian bridge that travels over the United States–Mexico ...
The 2015 opening of the Cross Border Xpress terminal and bridge to Tijuana International Airport, also referred to as the Tijuana Cross-border Terminal and the Puerta de las Californias, was preceded by a quarter century of negotiations that were impacted by political, economic and security issues.
In 2014, the US declared a crisis at the border due to an influx of unaccompanied minors and women making their way through checkpoints. [7] The US southern border had long struggled with implementing policies that aim to prevent immigration-related tragedies.
Map of the Mexico–United States border wall in 2017 Border fence near El Paso, Texas Border fence between San Diego's border patrol offices in California, U.S. (left) and Tijuana, Mexico (right) The border wall along the Mexico–United States border is intended to reduce illegal immigration to the United States from Mexico . [ 1 ]
Migrants cross the Rio Grande, cut the concertina wire or place clothing or pieces of cardboard over the wire to walk up to the fence, which stands on U.S. soil along the riverbank.
The border separating Mexico and the U.S. is the most frequently crossed international boundary in the world, [31] [32] with approximately 350 million legal crossings taking place annually. [31] [33] [34] Border crossings take place by roads, pedestrian walkways, railroads and ferries.
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The Mexico–United States border. The order directs "executive departments and agencies ... to deploy all lawful means to secure the Nation's southern border, to prevent further illegal immigration into the United States, and to repatriate illegal aliens swiftly, consistently, and humanely", and states that "It is the policy of the executive branch to secure the southern border of the United ...