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Border Patrol says agents have to work on migrant influx and can't open park at the border

Updated 2 hours ago GETTY It has been more than a year since the International Friendship Park remains closed on the U.S. side, a situation that has led to the discontent of the park's founders and the sadness of those who used it to see their families divided by the border. "Embracing or touching someone in your family that you haven't been able to hug, who you don't know when you're going to be able to hug and especially in pandemic time, the situation becomes more difficult and more critical," said Yolanda Varona, who's been deported since 2010. She feels sorry for those people who cannot ...

Print It has been around a year since the last time families who used to gather at both sides of the border fence in Friendship Park were able to meet. For years, this binational park between Tijuana and San Diego has served as a meeting point for families who have been separated by immigration laws, along with hosting simultaneous events on both sides of the border, such as yoga classes and Christmas posadas. For some families, this is the only place where they can reunite even if it is through mesh that limits contact to only the tip of their fingers.

(Alexandra Mendoza/U-T ) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed Friday that all border barrier projects executed by the agency — in Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security-funded sites — were halted in compliance with the president’s order. “Only construction activity that is necessary to safely prepare each site for a suspension of work will occur over the next few days,” said Raini Brunson, a spokesperson for the agency. The president also asked officials to develop a plan within 60 days for the redirection of funds for the border wall, which would include �...