Santa Fe Bridge in Downtown El Paso Will be Open Only to US Citizens or US Permanent Residents

No Word Yet on Santa Teresa or Other Bridges

Customs and Border Patrol will suspend crossings into the US except by US citizens and permanent residents.  The order was supposed to be initiated at midnight last night, but Carlos Barranco, a reporter for NorteDigital, wrote early this morning that as of 12:30 traffic on the bridge was normal.  So far there is no information about the pedestrian crossings at Zaragoza bridge, the Bridge of the Americas, Santa Teresa, or the Lerdo fast-lane downtown.

CBS reporter Weijia Jiang tweeted that President Trump is expected to announce the US-Mexico border will be closed down to non-essential traffic, but exempting trade, similar to the agreement with Canada.