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Fabens was a small border crossing ten miles east of El Paso, Texas. It opened in 1938, and closed on November 17, 2014, when the new Tornillo Port of Entry opened nearby. The Fabens-Caseta International Bridge was too small to handle commercial traffic, and local business interests pressed for an alternate route from the busy commercial ...
In 1889, eight years after the first railroad bridge was constructed connecting two cities, the "Foot and Wagon Bridge" was built, enabling pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages to cross the border. [2] This bridge was destroyed by a tornado and subsequent flood in 1905, and again by a mysterious fire in 1920.
The El Paso Paso del Norte (PDN) Port of Entry is a crossing of the United States–Mexico border, connecting the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas with the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It is among the busiest border crossings between the two countries: more than 10 million people enter the U.S. from Mexico each year at this location.
The Fort Hancock Port of Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry located on the U.S. side of the Fort Hancock–El Porvenir International Bridge along the U.S.–Mexico border. It was established when the original bridge was built by the International Boundary and Water Commission in 1936. [1]
Migrant crossings in this area have dropped from over 10,000 one December day to about 200 per day recently. In all, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had almost 250,000 migrant encounters ...
The Laredo World Trade Port of Entry is located at the World Trade International Bridge (sometimes referred to as "Bridge IV") in Laredo, Texas. It was built in 2000 in an effort to relieve traffic from the congested downtown Laredo bridges. [ 1 ]
An influx of Chinese migrants, facing China's economic uncertainty, are crossing the U.S.'s southern border.
A shelter in El Paso, Texas, has been emptier than usual as migration at the U.S.-Mexico border declined dramatically in summer 2024.