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A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Border Patrol expelling migrants to minimize virus exposure

Apr 3, 2020 The agency has returned to a deportation policy not seen in the Southwest in nearly 20 years.
A community health worker with the University of Arizona talks to a client during a mobile health screening event in Arizona in this photo taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health workers, aid groups step in to fill Spanish-language gap around COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 More than 1 million people speak Spanish at home in Arizona, but official coronavirus bilingual communication has lagged.
President Trump signs the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief package, March 27. DACA recipients in Arizona say it fails to protect mixed immigration status families during a crucial time.

DACA recipients search for answers among local and federal measures to ease impact of pandemic

Apr 1, 2020 Recipients of the Obama-era program for immigrant youth say questions remain for mixed immigration status families
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic

Mar 31, 2020 Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
File photo of a pedestrian crossing at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales.

Officials take temperatures of southbound border crossers in Nogales, Sonora

Mar 30, 2020 The U.S. has closed the border with Mexico to all "non-essential" travel, but Mexico has not yet broadly implemented similar restrictions.
Outside the Eloy Detention Center in Pinal County.

Immigration attorneys, turned away without protective gear, call for detention center closures

Mar 27, 2020 Arizona attorneys say they can't find protective equipment required to visit clients, putting their cases in danger.

Immigration lawyers: New personal protective equipment rules endangering detainees

Mar 24, 2020 Lawyers and advocacy groups say the U.S. government is defying public health rules intended to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

Financial impact to Arizona from border closure will be severe

Mar 23, 2020 The administration has said both countries will review whether or not to continue the closure in 30 days.
Douglas, Arizona, 2017.

Border residents brace for change with approach of closure to nonessential travel

Mar 20, 2020 Both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in Douglas were left wondering what comes next as the Friday night restriction neared.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Environmental advocates say planned border construction threatens jaguar corridors

Mar 19, 2020 CBP announced plans to build more than 90 miles of border wall in an area advocates say is predominantly remote wilderness.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Coronavirus forces ICE to shift enforcement priorities

Mar 19, 2020 ICE says it is temporarily focusing on arresting unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds and those considered dangerous.

More demands to close immigration courts as judge tests positive for COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020 Immigration lawyers, judges and prosecutors sent a joint message to the Department of Justice to close the courts.
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge encompasses nearly 118,000 acres southwest of Tucson and includes a stretch of the border with Mexico.

Borderlands symposium explores web of people, wildlife in Sonoran Desert

Mar 17, 2020 The Ajo conference last week brought together scientists, tribal leaders and community members.

Judges ask DOJ to reconsider hearings in high-traffic immigration courts amid coronavirus outbreak

Mar 13, 2020 Judges and attorneys working in immigration courts say they need federal support to protect their clients and the public.
A group of Tohono O'odham, Hia C-ed O'odham, Pascua Yaqui and their non-Indigenous allies gathered, Sunday, March 8, 2020, beside the pond fed by Quitobaquito Springs to discuss how building the border wall and pumping local groundwater to make cement is harming the area cherished by the local Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous group reaffirms importance of Quitobaquito Springs amid border wall construction

Mar 13, 2020 The group discussed how construction and pumping local groundwater is affecting the sacred site.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

U.S. tries again to convince courts for military funds for border fences

Mar 11, 2020 At issue is $3.6 billion the Trump administration wants to divert from military construction projects to fund a border fence.

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