At Home on Both Sides of the Border
At Home on Both Sides of the Border
By
Alfredo Corchado
A Mexican-born journalist writes about how living in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands has always required resilience, ingenuity – and a sense of humor.
This article is adapted from AQ's special issue on the U.S.-Mexico relationship. To receive AQ at home, subscribe here.
You could call me an adopted child of the border. A native of the northern Mexican state of Durango, I spent much of my childhood between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. As a boy, I stared at a Christmas star shining from the Franklin Mountains...
Read this article on the Americas Quarterly website. | Subscribe to AQ.
