Despite repeated calls from some leaders to restrict border traffic, the Obama administration and health officials have rejected the request, saying it would do little good in stemming the spread of the swine flu from Mexico to the United States.
Health officials say shutting down the border would not contain the flu because the virus already has been introduced in the United States, according to the North County Times.
Economists argue that restricting access or closing the border would have severe economic consequences on both the U.S. and Mexico sides.
As of Sunday, the swine flu had killed 22 in Mexico and one person in the U.S., a toddler from Mexico who died in Texas.
Read what President Obama said about the proposal in the full article in the North County Times.
