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Tijuana

College campus with large yellow block letters that spell out C-E-T-Y-S
The World's Global Classroom
Hundreds of US students cross the border daily to attend college in Tijuana
border
The World's Global Classroom
Crossing borders: Living in one country, going to school in another
Yellow sign on beach warning people to stay out of water because of pollutants, in Tijuana River Valley
Environment
Pollution from Tijuana River contaminates marine border areas
A young migrant shows off his red "Haiti" cap in Tijuana.
Migration
Haitian asylum-seekers face discrimination in Tijuana migrant camp
A migrant from Honduras stands in front of the border wall with the sun shining behind him
Immigration
After two boys’ murders, migrants and advocates fear new ‘remain in Mexico’ policy
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waves to a crowd
Global Politics
No honeymoon period for Mexico’s incoming president
A small girl in a t-shirt with bare legs and feet cries she and her mother run up a dirt hill.
Immigration
Mexico calls for ‘full investigation’ of US tear gas used at border
migrants reach through a fence with pieces of food
Immigration
Waiting for asylum, migrants in limbo grow desperate
A young man waits for a ride, looks at the camera.
Tensions rise in Tijuana as migrant flows strain Mexican border shelters
Cross-border dog adoption
Culture
Why a trailer filled with 23 greyhounds is crossing the US-Mexico border
Tijuana
Economics
Why Haitians are stranded in Mexico
Joe Corona, 23 years old and Mexican-American, is one of the star players for the Xolos, a professional soccer team based in Tijuana, Mexico. The team is actively recruiting top soccer players from the US, and now other Mexican soccer clubs are following
Sports
To get on the US national men’s soccer team, you may need to cross the border into Mexico
Planned housing developments continue to be built on the outskirts of Tijuana. Mexican authorities say they want to promote infill development and sustainable housing.
Development & Education
Mexicans are abandoning their suburban dreams and their ‘birdcage’ homes
Environment
US border fence skirts environmental review
Conflict & Justice
Border Fence Skirts Environmental Review
Loved ones separated by the U.S.-Mexico border meet at Friendship Park
Global Politics
Fence along U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego represents a barrier and a bridge
Development & Education
U.S. aerospace and defense contractors set up shop across the border
Global Politics
Illegal Mexican immigration more professional, dangerous
Arts, Culture & Media
Nortec Collective
Loved ones separated by the U.S.-Mexico border meet at Friendship Park
Conflict & Justice
Families Divided by US-Mexico Border Meet Across the Fence
Conflict & Justice
How to Measure the Effectiveness of Border Security
Conflict & Justice
Families Torn Apart by Immigration Rules
New Rules for Sharing the Shrinking Colorado River
Arts, Culture & Media
Dance Floor Politics in Tijuana with the Band Los Macuanos
Sports
Soccer Dogs in Mexico’s Championship Finals
Global Politics
US Aerospace and Defense Companies Set Up Shop in Mexico
Conflict & Justice
Psychological impact of Mexico’s drug war
Conflict & Justice
Patroling the border with Mexico
Estuary Series Part 4: Where the Tijuana River and the Pacific Ocean Meet
Is the Tijuana River Half Full, or Half Empty?
A Garden Grows in Tijuana
Arts, Culture & Media
Nortec Collective
Underground drug tunnels discovered between Tijuana and San Diego
Arts, Culture & Media
Nortec Collective on music and borders
Global Politics
The impacts of an illegal-immigration crackdown
Tijuana in trouble
Conflict & Justice
Tijuana’s dance protest
Jennifer Egan, The Afterlife of Sum