(15 Feb 2025)
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Ciudad Juárez, Mexico – 14 February 2025
1. Various of wedding minister marrying couple on border bridge
2. Wedding minister marrying Mónica Robles and Ramiro Seañez on border bridge
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ramiro Seañez, Mexican groom:
"It had to happen here at the bridge for it to be a legal document for the United States to do the immigration paperwork.”
4. Mónica Robles and Ramiro Seañez hugging after being pronounced man and wife
5. Wedding minister filling paperwork
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Mónica Robles, American bride:
"We met in Chaparral through his mother and unfortunately he was deported to Mexico but we stayed together for five years. And after five years with God’s blessing here we are.”
7. Various of couple holding hands as they are getting married on border bridge
STORYLINE:
It is not an uncommon story at the border.
He is from the north, she is from the south.
She is American, he is Mexican.
If one partner does not have the required documentation to enter the United States legally, couples can still get married at the border crossing.
Under Texas state law, if the wedding takes place on the border bridge, the marriage is valid in the United States.
On Friday, Valentine’s Day, two couples tied the knot at the international bridge.
Mónica Robles, US citizen, and Ramiro Seañez, Mexican, was one of them.
They were introduced by his mother in Chaparral, New Mexico.
Despite Seañez being deported to Mexico five years ago, the couple kept their relationship going.
For Robles, it was a particularly special day. She had always hoped to get married on February 14th, Valentine’s Day.
With the couple now legally married, Seañez plans to start the immigration process.
They don’t know how long it will take, but they hope that Ramiro will soon be able to return to the United States.
AP Video by Christian Chávez
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