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Holiday tourism from Mexico on the rise despite immigration crackdown
CIUDAD JUÁREZ — The number of international tourists traveling to the United States has declined, with one exception, Mexico.
After a dip at the beginning of the year, visitors from Mexico are back, and their numbers are growing. In fact, those tourists are a bright spot this holiday season when many plan trips to visit relatives, enjoy entertainment and amusement parks and, of course, Christmas shopping in malls from San Diego, San Antonio, or El Paso, across from Ciudad Juárez.
The increase in Mexican travelers is rising despite repeated videos on social media platforms showing ICE or Border Patrol agents tackling and arresting people, the majority of them, Latinos, to carry out Trump's mass deportation promise. And it comes just as the U.S. government plans to require visitors applying for travel visas to provide their personal social media history going back five years, among other requests, according to a recent proposal by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or CBP. [...]
https://myrgv.com/local-news/2025/12/11/holiday-tourism-from-mexico-on-the-rise-despite-immigration-crackdown/