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Sonoran Health Secretary Calls For End To Nonessential Crossings From U.S.

Sonora Health Secretary Enrique Clausen
Secretaría de Salud Sonora
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Enrique Clausen

A top Sonoran official is calling for a temporary halt of nonessential southbound border crossings.

Pointing to soaring COVID-19 cases in Arizona, Health Secretary Enrique Clausen said reducing such crossings is necessary to prevent further spread in Sonora.

“No more crossing from the United States to Mexico for visitors who don’t have pressing essential activities to do,” he said Tuesday evening.

Similar restrictions have been in place for northbound travel since a late March binational agreement, but none currently exist for southbound travel, according to a federal travel guide.

Clausen said he intends to request that the state’s health counsel petition their federal counterpart, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to implement such a policy.

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Murphy Woodhouse was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2018 to 2023.