Collection: Gov't 'hardens' Nogales ports and border

The Trump administration sprang an Election Day surprise on the people of Ambos Nogales on Tuesday, sending the U.S. military to string razor …

Army troops are putting up concertina wire and sealing off vehicle lanes, but it's unsure how much fortification they'll do and for how long, or even if the migrant caravan causing it all will arrive here.

Despite the dramatic deployment of new human and physical resources to deter possible aggressive behavior by caravan members, the only significant change CBP has made in Nogales to deal with a possible surge of orderly asylum-seekers is to stockpile more food appropriate for children.

Some merchants and shoppers were more concerned by the possibility that the ports of entry might close than the 20-to-1 exchange rate and longer-than-usual lines at the border.

A temporary closure of the local ports of entry, as well as continuing unease about crossing the border through the ports, could have “catastr…

A delegation of city leaders led by Mayor Arturo Garino walked out of a meeting with Border Patrol representatives on Wednesday afternoon afte…

“When we really started seeing more traffic is when they started putting more wire on the fence,” said Olivia Ainza-Kramer, director of the visitor center in Nogales.

Modest changes in tax revenue collected during the holiday season suggest that the economic impact of local border militarization – which included the visible presence of Army troops, the installation of concertina wire on the border fence, and the use of razor wire and shipping containers to restrict access at the ports – has been limited, at least for now.