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Border residents: Border Patrol agents not wearing protective gear at checkpoints

May 7, 2020 The agency says front-line agents are provided with masks, but federal guidelines don't require them.
A scene from the film "DUSTWUN", written and directed by Genevieve Anderson.

DUSTWUN - A film about life, death & trust on the U.S. / Mexico border.

May 6, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How Imago Dei Middle School is building community with food; and - can a borderlands hotel that has survived a century endure the COVID-19 pandemic?
A Border Patrol vehicle.

Border Patrol soliciting contractors to take over meals for detainees

May 5, 2020 The project aims to streamline meals for immigrants in its custody along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A group of men, women and children prepare their documents after approaching and surrendering to Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector, 2019.

Trump administration finalizes deal to send asylum seekers to Honduras

May 4, 2020 The administration forged a similar deal with the government of Guatemala last year.
Border Patrol agents process migrants who crossed the border illegally in a facility in McAllen, Texas, in this photo from June 2018. A federal judge recently found overcrowded CBP facilities in the Tucson area have not met “basic human needs.”

Former detainees discuss life inside ICE detention during COVID-19

May 1, 2020 The LGBTQ advocacy group Trans Queer Pueblo organized a press conference this week with people formerly detained in Arizona.
A point indicating the border between Mexico and the U.S. at the San Ysidro port of entry.

‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum hearings delayed a third time

May 1, 2020 Hearings are being pushed back again through June 1.
The entrance to the La Palma Correction Center in Eloy, Arizona, 2019.

Former ICE detainee says little coronavirus information given in custody

Apr 30, 2020 Alejandra Alor Reyes spent almost 10 months in detention after claiming asylum at the border last June.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it follows COVID-19 testing and quarantine protocols outlined by the Centers for Disease Control for detained environments.

ICE data: Nearly half of detainees tested are positive for COVID-19

Apr 30, 2020 The agency has tested more than 1,000 detainees so far.
Trucks carrying cargo at the Mariposa Port of Entry on the border of Arizona and Sonora.

ADOT shifts to virtual training for truck drivers in Mexico during pandemic

Apr 29, 2020 The training is part of a program that started in 2016 to help truck drivers avoid long, costly delays at the border.
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva speaks the the Pima County Democratic Party election night event, Nov. 6, 2018.

Lawmakers and advocates push back on wall construction during pandemic

Apr 25, 2020 Groups say project funding should be used on COVID-19 supplies and relief.
An image provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a group of construction workers at a site in the San Bernadino National Wildlife Refuge on April 8.

Continued wall construction puts border residents on edge amid COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 23, 2020 Residents of small border communities say construction workers don't practice safe social distancing on or off the job
President Donald Trump said his executive order suspending some forms of immigration for 60 days is meant to protect jobs for American workers during COVID-19. But experts say it does little more than what has already been done to tighten immigration.

Critics say Trump order on immigration does little but stir up anxiety

Apr 23, 2020 Experts said the order does little to expand restrictions in an immigration system that is already shut down in many ways.
Adiba Nelson with her daughter Emory.

“'Rona needs to stay away!”: How a single mother stays resilient.

Apr 22, 2020 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Free meals for our community; and an interview with César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, author of "Migrating to Prison: America's Obsession with Locking Up Immigrants".
Sonoran Health Department spokesman Gerardo Álvarez.

Sonoran coronavirus cases concentrated in border town San Luis Rio Colorado

Apr 22, 2020 The high number of cases is likely related to the town’s proximity to both Arizona and neighboring Baja California.
U.S. Border Patrol agents near Sasabe, Arizona, March 22.

US extends CDC health protocol to speed deportations at the border

Apr 21, 2020 The order will remain until May 20 at least.
Still image from a video provided by ACLU Arizona. The video shows a parked Customs and Border Protection vehicle at Diamond Children's Medical Center, located at Banner-University Medical Center, which the ACLU says was recorded on March 20.

ACLU calls on Border Patrol to halt enforcement at hospitals, other 'sensitive locations'

Apr 16, 2020 A video sent to the legal aid group shows an agency vehicle parked at a COVID-19 testing site.

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