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Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics' aid to migrants

by AP National Writer
| April 6, 2020 6:27 AM

NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — For years, Catholic-led, U-S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support migrants and asylum seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border policies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have drastically changed their work, much of which now takes place in Mexico.

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