Labor shortages may fuel inflation and hurt construction and food service. Some U.S.-born workers, along with the detention industry, may gain.

Those waiting on an asylum request often can’t move forward with a job, housing or education.

China is simplifying some of the rules to enter its zero-COVID bubble, but many hurdles remain.

China’s borders shut in March 2020 to contain COVID-19. It’s been rough for people who made a life in China but were forced to leave.

When the border closed between Big Bend National Park and Boquillas in 2020, it separated residents from their main source of income.

Central Americans who make a living towing secondhand goods over the U.S.-Mexico border have a new crossing point at Presidio.

Travel restrictions have resulted in some couples having to choose between keeping jobs and seeing loved ones.

Lots of Texans drive to Mexico for vacation. Many go for a very different reason: dental work.

From Tijuana to Matamoros, people work in the U.S. for higher wages but live in Mexico for cheaper rent.

Ireland and the EU say the border needs to remain open or paramilitary violence will resume. Brexiteers say that's nonsense.