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Rio Grande city is the seat of Starr county in south Texas.
ST PHOTO: BHAGYASHREE GAREKAR
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas - “US citizen?” he asks in a soft Spanish cadence as I lower the car window.
Framed against the open Texan sky, the checkpoint looks quaintly narrow. There is just enough space for a car to drive through.
