TUCSON, Ariz. — Sitting around Maria Eugenia Carrasco’s kitchen table on a particularly warm Monday evening in suburban Tucson, Arizona, she pointed out the lack of passing cars.

It used to be noisy with rush hour traffic whooshing by, she said. But now, the streets are quiet. People only leave the house if it is truly essential, she said, like for grocery shopping or dropping the kids off at school. A once bustling block of children playing or neighborhood dinner parties no longer happen. Even church has moved to a virtual experience, Carrasco said.

“People are just not going out,” she said, explaining this is true for undocumented immigrants, but also other community members as well. “They only come out for the most essential things.”

Dwindling work opportunities and growing fear of d

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