Mexico to keep US border closed to non-essential travel. – Both Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas, are on stay-at-home orders, but many people who live on the border are essential workers who live on one side and work on the other, and are still crossing. Dulce Garcia, right, carries a cup of coffee as she crosses the border from Mexicali, Mexico, to Calexico, Calif., Wednesday, July 22, 2020. EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The Mexican border has long been a springboard for drugs into the United States. The USCIS Field Office in Mexico City, Mexico, will assume responsibility for certain immigration services provided to individuals residing in the Mexican states of Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, and Sonora (see table below). 1 of 3. Local leaders say the federal government’s decision to extend a ban on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Mexico border is crippling their budgets and local businesses. An altar to Santa Muerte, a folk saint favored by kidnappers, was removed. USCIS has permanently closed its field office in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, as of June 30, 2019. Phone: (956) 725-9954. A woman wearing a protective mask carries her baby as she walks towards El Paso, Texas at the international border bridge Paso del Norte, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on March 13, 2020. 63732 The border crossings connect El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, the world's largest international border metroplex. Operational Hours: 12:00 PM-12:00 PM (Central) Seven Days A Week (7) Railroad. The United States, citing the coronavirus, is shutting off access for anyone trying to claim asylum from the Mexican border. 293 Lt. 1. JUAREZ, Mex. Covid-19 has introduced incredible complexity into a region already defined by it: The border is closed except by permit and now, after a spring of relative calm, the region is coping with a serious Covid-19 outbreak. The longer the border remains closed, the more difficult it becomes for some of these businesses to stay open. The following day — across the border in Juarez — pediatrician Victor Luévano Hidalgo, 46, was taken to Perches for funeral services and cremation after he died of COVID-19. Puerto Vallarta (An extension of the Consulate General in Guadalajara) Paseo de los Cocoteros #85 Sur Paradise Plaza, Local L-7, Segundo Piso Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit C.P. Carretera Federal Puerto Juarez-Chetumal, Mz. A driver turns back after U.S. border agents rejected his entry last month on an international bridge at the U.S-Mexico border that joins Ciudad Juarez and El Paso. That same day, however, CBP agents in El Paso closed the Paso Del Norte Bridge that connects El Paso with Ciudad Juarez when a larger group of migrants tried to cross shortly after the decision. EL PASO, Texas -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it will keep the U.S.-Mexico border shut down to "non-essential" traffic through June 22. They sell the excess product in Mexico and lots of people start dying or getting hooked on drugs in Juarez, Tijuana, Reynosa and other border towns, police and drug experts say. A Closed Border, Dashed Hopes and a Looming Disaster. A border crosser wears a mask for protection against COVID-19 on April 1, 2020, on the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The Mexican Federal Government issued orders Saturday that the entire education system in Mexico will close beginning March 20 through April 20. Fax: (956) 794-9958. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are pictured at the border line where they check permits for crossing Paso Del Norte bridge between downtown El Paso and Ciudad Juarez… El Paso–Juárez, also known as Juárez–El Paso, the Borderplex or Paso del Norte, is a transborder agglomeration, on the border between Mexico and the United States. United States port of entry City, State Mexico port of entry City, State Notes San Ysidro - Virginia Avenue San Ysidro, San Diego, California: El Chaparral Tijuana, Baja California: For many years, all trucks entering the U.S. from Tijuana were inspected at this border crossing just west of the Interstate 5 crossing. August 13, 2020 GMT. Mexico has remained well below the number of confirmed cases […] 11/23/1963 A U.S. Immigration Service law and a new Mexican order were put into effect within minutes of each other Friday night allowing conditional pedestrian and vehicular traffic along El Paso-Juarez border. Equipment was installed on a tower to block cell phone calls. Mexico and the U. S. announced Friday that they would prohibit all "non-essential" travel across their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. The border will remain closed to nonessential traffic, although at many crossings the closure applies only to Mexican travelers going north. Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo C.P. Hundreds of thousands of workers continued to toil side by side in Juarez, Tijuana and other border cities, churning out electronics, medical equipment and auto parts. 77710 Phone: (+52) 999-942-5700 E-mail: ConAgencyPlayadelC@state.gov. MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Mexican health officials, worried about how the coronavirus could spread from the U.S. to Mexico, are considering border restrictions that … The U.S. sides of these ports of entry are owned by the City of El Paso and they operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. news Mexico. But what happens when drug traffickers stockpile more drugs than they can cross? (KTSM) — Students in Mexico will not be attending schools for one month in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Phone: (956) 794-9401. Like many in Mexicali, Garcia lives in Mexico but works in Calexico. Fax: (956) 794-9446 Fax: (956) 693-5758. Closed Commercial Lane (FAST Lane) The information here presented is intended for the recipient's information only and has been provided by the Customs and Border Protection Spike in virus cases derails plan to completely reopen the border Both Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso are confronting dangerous increases in the number of COVID-19 cases. Lincoln Juarez Bridge. The U.S.-Mexico border will remain closed to "non-essential" travel through June, according to statements issued by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday. The land border restrictions introduced on March 21, 2020 due to Covid-19 —and extended each month since then— have been extended again. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, are effectively one community that crosses a border, and they're being hit hard by a surge of coronavirus cases. Starting Saturday, the US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel in order to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump announced Friday. Phone: (956) 693-5755. Operational Hours: 12:00 PM-12:00 PM (Central) Seven Days A Week (7) World Trade Bridge Commercial. The land border between the United States and Mexico will now remain restricted to ‘essential’ crossings only until at least December 21st, 2020.. Air travel between the United States and Mexico remains unrestricted. From a doctor stranded in Ciudad Juárez to a shelter closed after an outbreak, COVID-19 is hitting hard along the Texas-Mexico border. 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