US Closes Busiest Mexico Border Crossing for Several Hours A man walks near a barrier of concertina-wire set up by U.S. authorities at San Ysidro port of Entry, at the US-Mexico border. (GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP/Getty Images)
Monday, 19 November 2018 01:48 PM
The United States closed off northbound traffic for several hours at the busiest border crossing with Mexico to install new security barriers on Monday, a day after hundreds of Tijuana residents protested against the presence of thousands of Central American migrants.
The U.S. also closed one of two pedestrian crossings at the San Ysidro crossing in a move apparently aimed at preventing any mass rush of migrants across the border.
The installation of movable, wire-topped barriers threatens to complicate life for Mexicans using San Ysidro, where about 110,000 people enter the U.S. every day in 40,000 vehicles.
Long lines backed up in Tijuana, where many people have to cross the border to work on the U.S. side.
Such inconveniences prompted by the arrival of the migrant caravan may have played a role in Sunday's protests, when about 400 Tijuana residents waved Mexican flags, sang the Mexican national anthem and chanted "Out! Out!" referring to the migrant caravan that arrived in the border city last week.
Poster Comment:
I went to High School with a girl who said she planned on moving to San Diego. Not sure if she ever did. She got a job at Weiss Hospital as X-ray technician. But I was the photographer for the year book. I had her in the dark room with me. The bell rang to change classes and we had to get out of there. When we did there were 3 girls there who saw us. They went, "Aaawwwww!"