NOTE TO MODS: This is NOT an immigration story. This is a NEWS story of what is happening today, right now, on our border. Please leave this thread here where it belongs!
Border-crossing closures are disrupting trade and vehicle traffic during the busy Christmas holidays
U.S. immigration authorities have closed several bridges and ports of entry along the U.S. border with Mexico, an unusual measure to contain a surge in illegal migration that is overwhelming many border communities in Texas, Arizona and California.
On Monday, Customs and Border Protection closed a pair of railway bridges in Texas, including one in Eagle Pass, closed another bridge to inbound traffic there and reduced a third bridge used by private vehicles to just one lane. The closures disrupted cross-border activities and business with the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras during a busy shopping period ahead of the Christmas holiday