In El Paso, President Trump's border closing threat disrupts city, economy.
Drivers and commuters wait in line to cross to El Paso, Texas, on the international border crossing bridge Paso del Norte, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 3, 2019.EL PASO, Texas — Edgar Salazar, a dental surgeon in Ciudad Juarez, across the border in Mexico, stood a few feet from slow-moving traffic on a bridge fretting about the U.S.
Commuters are pictured while crossing toward El Paso, Texas, at Paso del Norte international border crossing bridge, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 1, 2019.On the Cordova Bridge of the Americas, a window washer, who was wiping the windshield of a motorist waiting on the bridge heading into the United States, said the slowdown has hurt his business even though traffic is stalled longer.A vendor selling elotes said he, too, was not getting more business from the slowdown.
Jeff Mosely, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, said its members are “very, very concerned” about the slowdowns and potential shutdowns. Asylum-seekers are protected by U.S. law as well as international laws the U.S. has signed, even if they cross the border without legal permission.
Rubén Garcia, founder and executive director of Annunciation House, had swiped a credit card for $17,619.68 a few moments earlier to pay for 62 rooms and a ballroom at the hotel. Mike Ochoa, 67, who owns rental property in a neighborhood near the U.S. side of the international bridge, said he fully supports Trump’s actions on the border.
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