'Open Border' Myth Couldn't Be Further From Migrants' Real Experience

“Entering Mexico from the U.S. is remarkably simple. On a summer morning, sitting in the backseat of a Toyota Sienna, I entered Reynosa after Joe Nolla, a Jesuit priest-in-training who ministers to migrants, exchanged a few words with a Mexican immigration officer. To our left trailed a seemingly endless line of cars, inside of which children slept and workers swigged coffee. As we entered Reynosa, the car rumbled as it forced its way through the scars of damaged roads. A few turns later we arrived at Casa Del Migrante, a shelter for migrants run by a group of nuns. The metal gate was pulled to the side, and we entered, driving under the barbed wire surrounding the shelter.”