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It is just at the other side of the border, with the city of San Diego, CA.
San Diego. Only 2 hours away.
San Diego, California qualifies as such. It borders the Mexican city of Tijuana.
On the Mexican side, those would be Tijuana and Mexicali, on the Mexican state of Baja California, opposite to San Diego and Calexico across the border, respectively.
The mexican city is called Tijuana, but just if you mean San Diego, CA, but if you're typing San Diego, TX, then there's no one near city..
San Diego, of course. It is a mere 10 miles from the Mexican border city of Tijuana, while New Orleans is some 533 miles to the closest city in Mexico, which would be Matamoros on the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
From San Diego (USA) is 31 min (20.3 miles) via I-5 S to the Mexican city of Tijuana.
Mexicali is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California.
San Diego is on the Pacific coast of extreme southern California. It is about 120 miles (193 km) south of Los Angeles, and the city center only about 15 miles (24 km) from the Mexican border at Tijuana.
San Diego hands down
Chicago does not lie near the Mexican border. It is located in the state of Illinois in the Midwest region of the United States.
Both El Paso and Laredo (Texas) are near the Mexican border.