Border Fence Threatens Border Economy

It’s nearly midnight, and shoppers at the cavernous Wal-Mart in Eagles Pass, Texas are still lined up 10 deep at the checkout counters. U.S. and Texas flags hang under the fluorescent lights, but there should probably be a third: the tricolor of Mexico, the country whose shoppers sustain this store and much of the border city of Eagle Pass. In part because of economic gains of the past five years on both sides of the border, this stretch of Texas-Mexico frontier has become a focal point of protest against the 700-mile border wall signed into U.S. law in October.  Click here for the story.  Among other things, some Mexican shoppers see the fence as an indication that they are not wanted by the businesses on the Texas side of the border and may rethink doing businesss with them.

KJ