US extends CDC health protocol to speed deportations at the border
The order will remain until May 20 at least.
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ACLU calls on Border Patrol to halt enforcement at hospitals, other 'sensitive locations'
A video sent to the legal aid group shows an agency vehicle parked at a COVID-19 testing site.
Groups say Border Patrol's accelerated deportations are sending migrants to ill-equipped border towns
The agency is using an emergency protocol to send migrants back across the border in a matter of minutes.
Border Patrol expelling migrants to minimize virus exposure
The agency has returned to a deportation policy not seen in the Southwest in nearly 20 years.
Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic
Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
Immigration attorneys, turned away without protective gear, call for detention center closures
Arizona attorneys say they can't find protective equipment required to visit clients, putting their cases in danger.
Environmental advocates say planned border construction threatens jaguar corridors
CBP announced plans to build more than 90 miles of border wall in an area advocates say is predominantly remote wilderness.
More demands to close immigration courts as judge tests positive for COVID-19
Immigration lawyers, judges and prosecutors sent a joint message to the Department of Justice to close the courts.
Judges ask DOJ to reconsider hearings in high-traffic immigration courts amid coronavirus outbreak
Judges and attorneys working in immigration courts say they need federal support to protect their clients and the public.
Final charge dismissed against humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren
Prosecutors declined to say why they dropped the case against Warren.
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
The move is expected to speed construction and bring the president closer to his pledge of 450 miles by year's end.
‘Remain in Mexico’ policy’s impact in Nogales, Sonora
The migrant protection protocols expanded to Nogales in January 2020.
Touring a new center for migrants and deportees in at the border
The facility allows Kino Border Services to drastically expand its services in Nogales, Sonora.
Federal judge throws out No More Deaths convictions
The volunteers had been convicted of misdemeanors after leaving food and water in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
