Today, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation titled, "Presidential Proclamation Addressing Mass Migration Through the Southern Border of the United States". The gist of the document, and of much of his talking points as of late about immigration, is that he hopes to shut down the United States' southern border as a "caravan" of refugees from Central America head north.

Of the cities with border crossings, El Paso, TX hosts the most operating businesses, followed by Nogales, AZ and Calexico, CA.

City

State

Locations

El Paso

TX

224

Nogales

AZ

196

Calexico

CA

187

San Ysidro

CA

181

Laredo

TX

109

Douglas

AZ

92

San Luis

AZ

79

Brownsville

TX

57

Santa Teresa

NM

30

Mission

TX

19

As far as the businesses operating along the border, restaurants via UberEATS ($PRIVATE:UBER) and BiteSquad ($PRIVATE:BITESQUAD) are the most prevalent, followed by Fresenius Kidney Care ($FMS) VUSE Vapor dealers. Other common businesses include vape dealers for VUSE and JUUL, Jiffy Lube, Marriott hotels, and auto-part stores. In addition, 71 public school operate in the border zones.

The top-30 are listed in the chart below:

Entity Name

Locations

Entity Name

Locations

UberEATS Restaurant Delivery

129

Nutraceutical

15

BiteSquad Restaurant Delivery

112

Bebe

15

US Public Elementary/Secondary Schools - NCES

71

7 Eleven

14

Optimum WiFi Hotspots

64

O'Reilly Auto Parts

13

Fresenius Kidney Care

38

AutoZone

12

VUSE Vapor

35

Jack in the Box

11

Jiffy Lube

26

Family Dollar

11

MarkTen e-vapor

22

Bank Of Montreal - BMO

10

Hilton Worldwide

20

CEP Compression

10

JUUL Labs

19

Anytime Fitness

10

Marriott

19

Best Western

10

Seamless Restaurant Delivery

16

Aeropostale

10

GrubHub Restaurant Delivery

16

Cars.com

10

Sprint

16

Burger King

10

It's unclear how America's border cities will be affected by the recent focus on the United States' southern borders. Open borders are certainly good for the businesses listed above, but it's unclear how much a complete stop in free movement between the two countries will affect them. There has been little research done on American businesses local to border crossings, but we intend to pay close attention as Trump's proclamation rolls out.