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A Day at the Busiest Border Crossing in the World
Each day tens of thousands of people make their way across the San Ysidro Port of Entry: the busiest land border crossing in the world. The crossing, which sits around sixteen miles south of downtown San Diego and less than two miles from the Mexican border, has long been a hub of cultural, economic, social exchange. On a typical day over 50,000 northbound vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians pass through San
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What you need to know about the border in San Diego, the wall and Trump's orders
Q: How much of the border already has walls? A: The border fence totals 653 miles. In San Diego County, where the border with Mexico is 60 miles long, there are 46 miles of barriers. That includes 13 miles of double fencing in areas along the San Diego-Tijuana corridor where nightly mass crossings of hundreds of immigrants were once common.
Q: What is the wall like in San Diego? A: Much of it is pieces of military helicopter landing mats, turned on their sides and welded together. That wall is 10 feet tall. Some of it is steel mesh fencing, 15 feet tall and topped by coils of razor wire. And some of it is large steel beams stuck in the ground, about 18 feet tall.
Q: How long have there been border walls in San Diego County? A: Some kind of barrier has been in place for decades. In many places, it used to be little more than three strands of barbed wire. That changed in the late 1980s, when the first wall went up, and again in the mid-1990s with the addition of secondary fencing. More recently, a third level of fencing was added in some sections along the Tijuana River.
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Each day tens of thousands of people make their way across the San Ysidro Port of Entry: the busiest land border crossing in the world. The crossing, which sits around sixteen miles south of downtown San Diego and less than two miles from the Mexican border, has long been a hub of cultural, economic, social exchange. On a typical day over 50,000 northbound vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians pass through San
Great article, Tennyson. I've crossed the border there. It is quite a sight. The border agents do a businesslike job there, and things generally move very smoothly considering the size of the issue.
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I found this article to also be informative about the walls around San Diego. I have also passed through the San Ysidro POE and found it sometimes efficient and sometimes a pain.
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I was amazed not so much at the auto/truck traffic, but by the 25,000 people using the pedestrian crossing approximately EVERY DAY ! It has been a number of years since I was in San Diego and visited Tijuana from there. I am sure that was a different time and a lot has changed. It does bring back memories.
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