In Mexican border town, thousands of jobs lost due to Trump tariffs

People line up at dawn to apply for jobs at an assembly factory, amid closures and layoffs caused by U.S. tariffs, rising labor costs, and judicial reforms that have increased investor uncertainty, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -For 11 years, Fabiola Galicia worked her way up the ranks at a factory that produced decorative ribbons in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Starting as a production line worker, she was eventually promoted to manager overseeing 30 employees.

But in June, her shift was cut to just three days a week. Then in August, a representative for Design Group Americas, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month, shut down its Ciudad Juarez factory, leaving Galicia and some 300 other workers without jobs.