Is it easy for migrants to enter the U.S.? We went to the border to find out – By Steve Inskeep and Ally Schweitzer (NPR) / May 6, 2024
NOGALES, Ariz. – It’s easy to walk south from the U.S. into Mexico. What’s hard is going the other way.
A team of NPR journalists experienced that for ourselves, on a bright day in March when we passed easily through a legal port of entry that separates Nogales, Arizona, from Nogales, Sonora.
We walked alongside trucks carrying goods between the two countries. This border is a boon for businesses on both sides, recently making Mexico the United States’ biggest trading partner. But it’s also been the source of a major political headache: the arrival of millions of migrants from across the Americas and elsewhere in the world seeking to enter the U.S.
We came here to glimpse a small part of the border on a typical day.
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