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Foreigners Get Vaccinated Too at U.S.’s Busiest Border Crossing
In San Diego, immigrants line up for shots along with citizens who meet eligibility requirements.
Health-care workers wait in their vehicles at a drive-thru Covid-19 vaccination site in San Diego, California.
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In California’s San Diego County, rolling out a Covid-19 vaccination program hasn't been made easier by the daily ebb and flow of people across the border with Mexico.
Long before the Biden administration signaled a return to more humane immigration policies, San Diego’s crossing was the busiest in the Western Hemisphere. During the pandemic, nearly 100,000 people a day have continued to cross from Tijuana to work or study and then return. At least another 160,000 undocumented immigrants already live in the county.