Uncertainty Abounds As Some Asylum Seekers Bypass Pandemic-Era Restrictions At Border
By Alisa Reznick, AZPM
Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 5:15am
Updated: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - 8:13am
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A collection of car seats leans against the wall at the rural health clinic where aid workers are processing asylum seekers in Nogales, Arizona. The seats are used on the bus ride to Tucson for families with small children.
Part two of a two-part report looking at asylum amid the pandemic-era border protocol, Title 42.
Part 1: Seeking Entry Through Exemption | Part 2: Uncertainty Abounds For Asylum Seekers
All told, the DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales is about 600 meters long. On a slow day, it might take a U.S. citizen half an hour to cross. But for migrants part of the Title 42 exemption program, the process will last hours. And they wait weeks to finally make the trip.
During processing by Homeland Security personnel, across the border in Arizona, humanitarian workers like Anna Vasquez also wait.
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