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Nogales Port of Entry
Arizona's main gateway and a winter-produce funnel
The Nogales Port of Entry connects Nogales, Arizona, with its larger twin, Nogales, Sonora, in a pass through the high desert hills where the two towns share a name and a street grid split by the border fence. It is the busiest crossing in Arizona and the main entry point for fresh produce from western Mexico.
Each winter, a huge share of the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and melons eaten in the United States crosses here, refrigerated trucks rolling north from Sinaloa and Sonora to be distributed across the country from Nogales's warehouses.