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Car crossings up to pre-pandemic levels, pedestrians lag at Arizona ports

Pedestrian crossings in Nogales this January were still down 36% from January 2020.

$3.4B in produce came in through Nogales in 2021

After being slightly edged out by Hidalgo, Texas, for tomato imports in 2017, Nogales has maintained the top spot since then.

In months since border reopening, sales tax revenues up in Nogales

State treasurer’s data shows that roughly $1.2 million in sales taxes were generated in the city in November, and $1.3 million in December.

Officials break ground on project to repair leaky cross-border sewage pipe

The pipeline, built more than half a century ago, has cracked and ruptured, leading at times to the release of raw sewage.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Pandemic-related struggles continue for longtime Nogales boot maker

The future of the family business remains unknown.

NGO asylum program comes to Arizona

The Biden administration is asking humanitarian groups to recommend vulnerable migrants to bypass pandemic expulsions.

Migrants, asylum seekers march in Nogales, Sonora

They say they want to hold President Biden accountable for his promise undertake immigration reform

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

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.

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

We get an update from the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora.

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