Illegal immigration flooding river’s bank (Rio Grande). Natural division creates debate about cultural divides

Posted on: May 31st, 2006
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“Twisting and winding its way, snakelike across South Texas the Rio Grande has come to symbolize the border between the United States and Mexico: the divisions between two countries, cultures and is for some the demarcation between different worlds.

Some say this division is a safety net ”” a guarantee that this natural barrier will make border communities safer and, more im-portantly, separate.

Others say that for border city residents like Brownsville’s ”” where 2,792,873 people and 7,141,808 vehicles crossed its interna-tional bridges in 2005 ”” close relationships with Mexican cities complicate things.”

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