McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas border city further cemented its position at the center of a surge of Central American immigrants by opening its fourth foreign diplomatic office Friday.

McAllen is a far cry from Houston and Dallas, where El Salvador has its other consulates in Texas. But the majority of the 63,000 unaccompanied children who entered the U.S. illegally between October and July crossed near McAllen in this southernmost tip of Texas. Nearly 15,000 of them were from El Salvador.

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