O’Rourke and the writer visiting El Paso in August 1995. A few months later, I went with Beto to his hometown of El Paso for the first time. Along with a group of his El Paso friends, we’d landed in that Southwestern city and promptly realized that seasonal jobs were scarce. The couple viewing the lights of El Paso and Mexico in 1995. When he talked about the border, I knew how long he’d been gazing down at the line winding along the edge of this country.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2019 14:48 UTC