Julie Watson, reporter, San Diego; Greg Bull, photographer, San Diego; John Mone, video journalist, Houston; and Sharon Cohen, national writer, Chicago, called attention to the migrant health care crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border with a compelling, all-formats look at how volunteer doctors are stepping in to care for sick, vulnerable and traumatized asylum seekers from Central America. The team followed Dr. Psyche Calderon as she made rounds in Tijuana, part of a movement of health professionals and medical students from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border that is quietly battling to keep asylum seekers healthy and safe while their lives remain in flux.
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All-formats look at volunteer doctors responding to border crisis
Dr. Psyche Calderon works with a patient in a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 14, 2019. Calderon is a general practitioner volunteering her time to provide care for Central Americans stuck in Mexico while they try to obtain asylum in the United States.
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