Like many people in the tiny town of Why, Arizona, Stephanie Fierro’s life revolves around the nearby border crossing. She works at a roadside café serving enchiladas to American tourists passing through on their way to beach resorts in Mexico. Her husband, a Mexican citizen, lives on the other side.
LUKEVILLE, Ariz. — Like many people in the tiny town of Why, Arizona, Stephanie Fierro’s life revolves around the nearby border crossing. She works at a roadside cafe serving enchiladas to American tourists passing through on their way to beach resorts in Mexico. Her husband, a Mexican citizen, lives on the other side. That link was severed Dec. 1 when United States border officials closed the port of entry in nearby Lukeville to cope with an influx of thousands of migrants who have been camping
Some border communities in the U.S. and Mexico are suddenly cut off from each other after a border crossing closed to cope with large numbers of migrants.