Mexico Proposes Reopening Border With US City by City Depending on Vaccination Rates

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard during a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 15, 2021. (Luis Cortes/File Photo/Reuters)

MEXICO CITY — The Mexican government has proposed to the United States a staggered reopening of the shared U.S.–Mexico land border city by city depending on vaccination rates, Mexico’s foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.

U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least July 21, the U.S. Homeland Security Department said last month, extending restrictions that were put in place last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.