AQ VIDEO: A Mexico Border Tour with Alfredo Corchado
AQ VIDEO: A Mexico Border Tour with Alfredo Corchado
The beloved author of Midnight in Mexico walks across the border into Ciudad Juárez with AQ's editor-in-chief .
"This is the Ellis Island of the Southwest," says author and journalist Alfredo Corchado.
He knows from experience. Born in Mexico, Corchado's family moved to El Paso when he was a boy, and he was a waiter in their restaurant just two blocks from the border itself. In this short video, Corchado shows AQ Editor-in-Chief Brian Winter how integrated both countries are – and talks to Mexicans and Americans about how life has changed (and stayed the same) under President Donald Trump.
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