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Border Crossings
(and the Towns that Love Them)

The U.S.-Mexican border is the world’s busiest and perhaps most dynamic international boundary. For some observers, the 1,954 mile (3,145 km) border represents the massive gap between the perceived security and wealth of the “first-world” and the poverty and dangers of the so-called “global south.” But for the people of the borderlands, the towns and ports of entry along the Rio Grande and the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts are the rich meeting place of the Spanish- and English-speaking Americas. Indeed the U.S.-Mexican ports of entry and their binational communities have been colorful and storied gateways between the two countries and their peoples despite the incredible economic and political struggles bordertowns face today. Cast the hype aside and explore the real gateways between the borderlands in a trip across boundaries and time in “Border Crossings (and the Towns that Love Them).”

Navigating through U.S.-Mexican border crossings and bordertowns


Baja California and California

Tijuana, Baja California – San Diego, California

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CBX, Tijuana-San Diego’s Binational Airport Connection
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​Reloj Monumental de Tijuana: A New Border Symbol

Sonora and Arizona

Sásabe, Sonora – Sasabe, Arizona

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Sasabe, Phantom Border Town

Tamaulipas and Texas

Heroica Matamoros, Tamaulipas – Brownsville, Texas

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Brownsville-Matamoros Gateway International Bridge
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Brownsville Gateway Port of Entry: A Welcoming Door to the U.S.?
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Matamoros - Puerta México (1962)

More border crossings coming soon!

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  • Nomadic Border
    • Echoes from the Borderlands >
      • Battle of Ambos Nogales (Part I)
      • Battle of Ambos Nogales (Part II)
      • The Chicano Moratorium 50 Years Later
      • Monumental Border Mistakes: Boundary Monument 127
      • Mexico's Lost Archipelago >
        • Mexico's Claims to the Channel Islands
        • Brown Beret Occupation of Catalina Island
        • Catalina: Borderland at Sea
        • San Clemente Island: A "Voyage into the Heart of Darkness"?
        • San Miguel: Island of Many Kingdoms
    • Border Crossings
    • PHOTO ESSAYS
    • ABOUT ME
    • Terms of Use
  • La Frontera Nomada
    • EXPOSICIONES EN LINEA >
      • La Batalla del 27 de agosto entre los Ambos Nogales (Parte I)
      • La Batalla del 27 de agosto entre los Ambos Nogales (Parte 2)
      • El Archipielago Mexicano Perdido >
        • El Reclamo Mexicano Sobre el Archipiélago del Norte en California
    • FOTO GALERIAS
    • ACERCA DE MI
    • Condiciones de Uso