MONTERREY — Graced with Lone Star brands like H-E-B, Whataburger and 7-Eleven, this affluent city in northeastern Mexico is home to global conglomerates and...
, not just as a prosperous city with a need for more workers, but also as a high-profile waystation — an increasingly important logistical hub for some people fleeing violence and economies ravaged by nearly three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Many migrants have stayed in Monterrey and raised or formed families,” said Victoria Rios Infante, coordinator of Tendiendo Puentes , an effort to integrate migrants into their communities. She co-authored an October 2020 Tufts University study,“This is no longer just the American dream, but also theA leading city of laborthe capital of the state of Nuevo León, is home to more than 5 million people. By comparison, the D-FW metro area has about 7.7 million residents.
The city is on a key trade route used by millions of commercial trucks hauling cargo, which too often includes human beings, according to theThe so-called “NAFTA highway” turns into Interstate 35 on the U.S. side of the border. It’s a straight shot to Dallas-Fort Worth, and then all the way north to Canada.
Of the 2.2 million U.S. apprehensions in fiscal year 2022, more than 1 million took place in the Border Patrol sectors of Del Rio, Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley. The border cities in those sectors are all within a 3- to 6-hour drive from Monterrey. The Yuma sector in Arizona, which came in second place, accounted for an estimated 310,000, followed by El Paso with 308,000, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
“For migrants, in Monterrey you find a city that can embrace you and provide you with a job, which is the dream of every migrant fleeing their homeland,” Lino Garcia said. “It’s been hard,” he said in late July, speaking near Casa Indi. “You’re always careful about not being exploited by Mexicans. But I’m living and working in a city where even a Black person can blend in, because there are plenty of jobs and migrants from all over the world.”
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