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>> el paso is falling a little behind. abbott has started the governor but said our hospitalizations were too close for comfort and we are about a week behind the west of state so rest of the restaurants and bars are lowerlly reopening but at capacity than the rest of the state. we are falling behind. too close for say comfort, what are the levels and what are the levels of testing and year el paso o test in >> testing is increasing here. antibody testing and tests for covid-19. 2,300 cases and all deaths. e are part of a tri-state

bi-national region so we have to parts of mexico cases but 210 deaths which would suggest is weak on the mexico,side. count continues to go up and we have reported clusters care facilities,ing about becomes stores and el paso just hasn't mounted that peak the way or parts of the state have. host: let's talk about the border are. ril remind people for what the status is for commerce and the border crossing and what happens with illegal pandemic?amid the >> illegal crossings have precipitously. there's not as much movement of

given that much of central america is on lockdown mexico. as far as legal crossing trade not stopped inve terms of government regulation. had an impact. trump arch 21, the u.s istration closed the u.s.-mexico board to all but essential movement. o border crossings that we see on a daily basis, the movement or shopping, visiting family and friends has really come to a crossings and border are way down. is nonessential travel expected to consume? keeps pushing back. the original order was april, june 22. now so we don't know. i think that the government will

he picture look at t on above the sides of the border and usual that decision is made announced a least the day before the crossing is supposed it has been extremely disruptive but there of concerns about the wave coronavirus cases. can you talk about coronavirus in detention facilities both the people who being detained and what we know about the spread and the works who work in the facilities? u.s. immigration and customs detention facilities where immigrants are detained and there are facilities. both it continues to grow. there are about 49 detention are ities where immigrants eing held almost entirely on

violation of civil immigration outbreaks at are 49 of them. it is a concern for our el paso on lawyers in because detained court continues fox are being held in there are detentions where there are cases. host: you are a border reporter for the el paso times. el paso times.com. one of the industries you is sed on in your writing the automotive industry, the chain when it comes to border.ts moving across an you delve into that and how resilient or nonresilient that supply chain is. incredibly complicated. the big three in detroit began

across north ts america last monday. the assembly plants u.s.uge part suppliers for auto makersment they supply everything from automotive seating, lighting. hard ey were especially hit at the beginning of this. they had several cases in juarez reopening has been slow. there are automotive suppliers are beginningthat to star productionment that will ram ramp up now through june 1. 300,000 in juarez and bear housing and logistics that move those parts throughout the country. nd you have plants that employ

1,000, 5,000, 13,000 people so social places where distancing is hard to maintain. the plants are taking precautions lake taking emperatures and improving sanitation. so we will have to see how that goes. unemployment rates are something everybody is watching more data getting about individual states. el to we know about the paso side and mexican side about he jobless rates and how many people's jobs have been impacted? of there are a huge number people furloughed in juarez. it is hard to count unemployment in mexico because so many work economy.formal millions have applied for unemployment. it is a huge concern.

the street in wn el paso last week i ran into a and i thought rs what is going on here and it was a mile long of cars waiting to pull through a bank. people are relying on free meals school. clearly the governor here in reopen the nted to economy for just this reason. a again in el paso we have ontinued rise in the covid-19 and it is not clear how soon we can on thinking. stkpwhost: part of the "u.s.a. " network. if you want to follow her work she is on >> want unfiltered coverage to

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