Customs and Border Protection officers conduct a mobile field force training exercise at the Paso del Norte international bridge on January 23, 2025, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, in Mexico.

“It’s weird. It’s weird times. Being part of a border community where there’s so much back and forth between International Falls and Fort Francis.

Hundreds of people were shifted to temporary homes, while others left to stay with relatives far from the border as fighting intensified earlier in the week. "I want to go back to my village in ...