How El Paso shaped modern America
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

How El Paso shaped modern America

2026-07-16

For generations, Ellis Island has been America’s great symbol of immigration. But another gateway has shaped the nation just as profoundly: El Paso, Texas. We trace one hundred years of migration, violence and memory along the U.S.–Mexico border.

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