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Grijalva calls for unused COVID vaccines to be donated to border communities

The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to non-essential travel for over a year, Grijalva says ramped up vaccine effort could help.

'Injustice has us here': In Nogales, faith leaders, migrant families call for an end to pandemic-era protocol, Title 42

18 months after the CDC protocol was enacted, migrants say they're COVID tested and vaccinated, but still waiting for asylum.

Rights groups advocate for 'climate-focused' approach to quell deaths at the border

More than 160 sets of human remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year

Judge orders government to stop expelling families under Trump-era border policy

Biden administration has continued to use Title 42 to send migrants back to Mexico almost immediately after apprehension.

Mexico completes vaccination campaign for adults in northern border cities

In June, Mexico introduced a campaign to vaccinate all adults in in cities along its northern border to help speed the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions

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 by numbers: Dangers of the desert

Pima County is on pace for a record number of deaths in the desert this year.

Tucson surgeon Douglas Lowell runs for Congress

Lowell vows to complete border wall, push "America First" agenda.

Federal judge says Customs and Border Protection broke environmental law

Lawsuit accused the agency of failing to assess how ramped up border enforcement would impact the borderlands and endangered species that live there.

Border by numbers: all Border Patrol sectors aren't equal

Data show who crosses the border depends on location.

Mexican official: Border restrictions unlikely to ease over ‘short term’

Foreign secretary throws cold water on the prospect of northbound border crossing restrictions easing soon.

Border apprehensions rose to a new high in July, but so-called Title 42 expulsions are slightly down

Border-wide, less migrants were subject to Title 42 than were taken into custody. Still, less than half were released in the U.S.

Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott retiring

New chief is Raul Ortiz, who started as an an agent in San Diego Sector.

Top Mexican official says loosening of border restrictions unlikely this month

Foreign secretary cites surge in coronavirus cases on both sides of the border.

Deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border are on pace to set a new record

More than 140 sets of remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year.

Migrants from Texas being flown to Tucson

As Rio Grande Valley surpasses capacity, Pima County administrator says some migrants and asylum seekers are coming to Tucson.

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