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U.S.-Mexico border
With Mexico as top U.S. trade partner, industrial real estate booms in Laredo
Nov 21, 2023
Developers in the city on the Rio Grande are seeing high demand for warehousing space as the U.S. strengthens trade with Mexico.
Inside the evolving infrastructure of Laredo, the No 1. port in the U.S.
Nov 14, 2023
With tens of thousands of trucks passing through Laredo each day, bridges and roads are critical to this center of North American trade.
How a booming gun business in the U.S. arms Mexico’s cartels
Oct 19, 2023
Easy access to weapons has fueled an underground supply chain that sends firearms and ammo south while drugs and migrants move north.
As Title 42 ends, the strong U.S. economy is a major draw for migrants
May 11, 2023
Available jobs and better wages are helping shape the immigration patterns of people leaving their home countries for safer conditions.
Mexican border town residents resilient despite pandemic isolation
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.
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.
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.
For public good, not for profit.
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.
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.
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.