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Los Angeles Times
'The Bridge' straddles US, Mexico border
Los Angeles Times
But "The Bridge" is distinguished by a hot-button issue that brings an edgy topicality to the usual formula — the politics and controversy behind the border between the United States and Mexico. In this drama, the detectives aren't the only ones at odds.
FX's 'The Bridge' Premiere Set for July 10ScreenCrush
FX sets launch date for new thriller 'The Bridge'Zap2it.com (blog)
FX Connects "The Bridge" to Viewers July 10thThe Futon Critic
HitFix -Deadline.com
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ABC News
Infographic: US-Mexico border crossers not giving up
Center For Investigative Reporting
Most are from Mexico, but thousands of others come through Mexico and into the U.S. from Central American countries. Despite efforts by the Border Patrol to deter migrants from entering the country without authorization and curtail repeat offenses ...
Highlights From 'The State Of The Border Report'Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
Mexican border delays costing US businesses billionsThe Strategic Sourceror (blog)
Immigration Bill 'Could Create DMZ'CNBC.com
Fox News Latino -Texas Tribune -CounterPunch
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Highlights From 'The State Of The Border Report'
Fronteras: The Changing America Desk
The United States-Mexico border needs more customs officers, not more Border Patrol agents, according to a team of U.S. and Mexican researchers. “At this point in time we're at or past the point of diminishing returns in terms of Border Patrol staffing ...
Mexican border delays costing US businesses billionsThe Strategic Sourceror (blog)
Border security, trade, environment studied in reportU-T San Diego

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FX sets premiere date for US-Mexico border drama 'The Bridge'
Los Angeles Times
The present-day drama sets its focus on U.S.-Mexico border tensions. After an American judge known for her anti-immigration views is found dead on the bridge connecting El Paso and Juarez, Sonya (Diane Kruger) from El Paso PD joins forces with her ...

Organizing on Both Sides of the Border
Truth-Out
According to the caravan organizing alliance Acción Migrante, tens of thousands of Central American and Mexican migrants have been kidnapped or have disappeared over the last seven years while attempting to reach the U.S.-Mexico border, making these ...

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Tighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US ...
Irish Times
Four counties within Pima County's areas have the highest recorded number of migrant deaths over recent years of any area along the 1,969-mile border separating the United States and Mexico. The bulk of those identified, around 85 per cent, came from ...
Organizing on Both Sides of the BorderTruth-Out
Border Theories and the Realities of Daily Public Exchanges in North AmericaISN

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Rally Ends at U.S. Border as Mexico, Canada Trail Most Since '98
Bloomberg
Mexico's IPC Index has dropped 8.2 percent in 2013 and Canada's S&P/TSX Composite (SPTSX) is up 2.6 percent, compared with the 16 percent advance in the S&P 500. They're lagging behind the U.S. after two decades in which annual gains in Latin ...

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Brush Fire Burns Along US-Mexico Border Fence
NBC 7 San Diego
A fire burning near the U.S.-Mexico border fence scorched dozens of acres Wednesday, Cal Fire officials said. The fire sparked around 4 p.m. at Alta Road and Tin Can Hill. Cal Fire officials said the blaze was burning near the U.S. side of the border ...

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Aerial Views Of The US-Mexico Border On The Rio Grande
Getty Images
BROWNSVILLE, TX - MAY 21: The Mexican border town of Matomoros is seen on the Rio Grande across the U.S.-Mexico border on May 21, 2013 near Brownsville, Texas. The area is active for smugglers bringing their product north from Mexico into the ...

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Aerial Views Of The US-Mexico Border On The Rio Grande
Getty Images
BOCA CHICA STATE PARK, TX - MAY 21: Wetland vegetation and tidal waters form patterns at the southernmost tip of Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border on May 21, 2013 at Boca Chica State Park, Texas. The area, popular with tourists as well as wildlife, ...
Commentary: Immigration reform a must for AmericaSavannah Morning News

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Barclays: US gas exports to Mexico will accelerate
Oil & Gas Journal
RBN Energy LLC reported earlier this year that the 2.1-bcfd pipeline will start at the US-Mexico border and be complemented on the US side by a 125-mile pipeline from Agua Dulce, near Corpus Christi, to McAllen, Tex., on the border with Reynosa in ...

Press-Enterprise (blog)
BORDER PATROL: Tricky criminals fail to fool cops
Press-Enterprise (blog)
Criminals have found all sorts of ways to smuggle people and drugs past the U.S.-Mexico border, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers showed in the past few days that they are on to many of the criminals' tricks. Friday night, a U.S. citizen ...
Sen. Feinstein Issues a Confusing Warning about Terrorists at the Mexican ...Immigration Blog (blog)

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Daily Mail
Arrests up 65 per cent on Mexican border with Texas as drug cartels drive ...
Daily Mail
US Border Patrol agents escort a group of undocumented immigrants into custody as they try to cross the Rio Grande - a hotspot for illegal immigration on the Mexican border with Texas. Rio Grande Valley arrests rose 65 per cent last year and they hit ...
Cartel Towns Prove To Be Challenge For Immigration ReformHuffington Post

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Former US Marine Kidnapped In Mexico
Fox News Latino
Mexico gun laws are confusing. The laws are characterized as restrictive. U.S. consulate generals and massive signs along the Mexican border advise Americans and crossers that it is illegal to bring guns into Mexico. But there are exceptions if the gun ...

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Cartel Towns Prove To Be Challenge For Immigration Reform
Huffington Post
MATAMOROS, Mexico -- Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer immigrants a ...

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Creative Time Reports
Disarm: Transforming Guns into Art, from Mexico to the US
Creative Time Reports
Lax gun laws in the United States also have devastating effects south of the border: over 250,000 guns are smuggled into Mexico each year, contributing to the country's warlike conditions. As an urgent debate about gun control continues after ...

At the US-Mexico Border, Prosperity and Pollution
New York Times
“Building Ties to a Neighbor on the Border” (front page, May 13) raises an important issue that is overlooked in immigration reform debates. From the viewpoint of the people living along the United States-Mexico boundary line, the border is a ...
Reason for optimism on border section of immigration legislationVOXXI

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Border Cities Demonstrate Importance Of US-Mexico Relations
Huffington Post
For those who live along the U.S.-Mexico border, especially in large cities, the relationship between the two countries is different than for those who live elsewhere in the U.S. It's difficult for those outside this area to understand, because despite ...
San Diego's border lesson for ArizonaArizona Republic

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Reconsidering and understanding border relations - Voxxi
VOXXI
For those who live along the U.S.-Mexico border, especially in large cities, the relationship between the two countries is different than for those who live elsewhere in the U.S. It's difficult for those outside this area to understand, because despite ...
US citizens among those missing in MexicoKVUE

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Phoenix New Times (blog)
More Than 200 Pounds of Cheese Seized at US/Mexico Border, for Second ...
Phoenix New Times (blog)
For the second time this year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized hundreds of pounds of cheese from someone trying to drive a cheese-load into the United States from Mexico. Federal authorities say not only was this cheese undeclared, but it ...

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