Border, Parks Agencies To Announce Border Crossing

Alan Bersin, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol commissioner, will be headed to Big Bend National Park on Thursday for an announcement that might please residents of the remote border area. Bersin is set to meet with National Park Services staff to discuss the opening of a border crossing in Boquillas Canyon. 

Marfa Sector Border Patrol spokesman Bill Brooks says there won't be an official international bridge at the crossing anytime soon, though. Part of the discussion that will take place Thursday, Brooks says, will be determining how to get people with the proper legal documents from one side ...

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