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Motorists wait to cross at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, in February 2019.

In week after border reopening, feared lines yet to materialize in Nogales

On Monday afternoon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s wait time smartphone app was showing modest 25- to 30-minute waits for passenger vehicles in Nogales.
Nogales, Arizona, strung up a welcome banner for people crossing into the town after the restrictions were lifted.

As crossing restrictions are lifted, Arizona border communities begin to reconnect

For the first time in nearly 20 months, visitors on non-essential trips started crossing into the United States along the border with Mexico on Monday.
Lanes directing vehicles entering the United States at the Mariposa border crossing, Nogales.

Hours expand at major Nogales port of entry

Operating hours at Mariposa Port of Entry will be extended from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Sept. 1.
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Mexican tomato importers worry rule interpretation could raise prices

"This might add up to 20% to 25% of the Nogales shipping cost of tomatoes," industry group says
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border

Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
A worker at David's Western Wear in Nogales examines a boot. July 2021.

Pandemic-related struggles continue for longtime Nogales boot maker

The future of the family business remains unknown.
Dozens of migrants walked through downtown Nogales asking President Joe Biden to restore the asylum system and begin processing.

NGO asylum program comes to Arizona

The Biden administration is asking humanitarian groups to recommend vulnerable migrants to bypass pandemic expulsions.
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

Migrants, asylum seekers march in Nogales, Sonora

They say they want to hold President Biden accountable for his promise undertake immigration reform
The site of construction on new flyover ramps that will connect State Route 189 to Interstate 19 in Nogales. April 30, 2021.

New ramp by Mariposa Port of Entry seen way to boost trade

It's expected to shave minutes off of travel time from the port to Interstate 19 for commercial trucks
Dozens of migrants walked through downtown Nogales asking President Joe Biden to restore the asylum system and begin processing.

In march through Nogales, migrants ask Biden to restore asylum process

This is the most recent in a series of demonstrations over the last year.
A woman and girl sit on the sidewalk with a group of migrants as they wait to enter the Kino Border Initiative's cafeteria. The nonprofit provides humanitarian aid to migrants and deportees in Nogales, Sonora. February 2020.

Migrants in Mexico under Trump-era protocols await changes from Biden

We get an update from the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora.
A cyclist wears a bandana over his face as he bikes in Nogales, March 2020.

Santa Cruz County has one of the state's highest COVID-19 positivity rates

The border county has some 46,000 residents.
A man and woman walk past a closed building listed for sale in Nogales, Arizona on August 17, 2020.

Travel restrictions at the border strain Nogales’s economy

But other areas of the city are continuing to grow.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, in 2016.

CBP head defends accelerated border expulsions, blames migrants for increasing COVID-19 risk

Commissioner Mark Morgan spoke to the media ahead of agency's release of July arrest data.
A cyclist wears a bandana over his face as he bikes in Nogales, March 2020.

Surge in cases prompts mask ordinance in Nogales

Mayor Arturo Garino said cases increased following holidays in May.
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, Feb. 26, 2020.

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf's Arizona visit covers wall construction, PPE for Border Patrol

The secretary's visit included a trip to the border wall and a Border Patrol facility in Tucson.

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