Last week is was announced that newly elected Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum will expand the country's passenger rail system to facilitate travel to cities bordering the United States, as well as connecting the capital to other large cities such as Guadalajara. The plan includes building a line from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo, which shares a border with the American city of Laredo.
In a new interview with Newsweek, Laredo mayor Victor Trevino has said that he believes the plan could ease security concerns around migration, rather than adding to them:
