When Lisa Manuel was a child, her mother would take her to Quitobaquito Springs, a rare oasis amid the giant cacti and rolling hills of southwest Arizona’s Sonoran Desert.

On October 5, 2020 investigative reporter Tim Steller for the Arizona Daily Star uncovered the Trump administration’s cover-up used to initiate, implement, allegedly cancel, and then continue separating children from their parents even while under court order to find and unite them.

With a week to go until the US presidential election, more than 60 million Americans have already taken advantage of early voting, smashing all records.

National Park Service officials at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument announced a road closure that will block access to Quitobaquito Springs.

O’odham people from both sides of the border met Sunday morning to exchange blessings through an opening in the international boundary that won’t be open much longer.