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Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry.
California’s border communities are feeling the strain of long delays at the U.S.-Mexico border. In recent months, lines at the border often stretched for several hours, frustrating the more than 150,000 students, cross-border families, health care workers, small business owners, and others who daily cross to and from Mexico. The federal government is spending billions to reduce border wait times, yet small business owners say long delays are threatening their livelihoods.
You can take a look at the miserable lines in this CalMatters video .
San Ysidro has been particularly affected. Local businesses report a noticeable drop in foot traffic, which led to decreasing sales and concerns about the long-term economic health of these border communities.