Members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe pose for a photo in their tribal community in Sonora, Mexico. in March, 2023. (Raymond V. Buelna via AP)
For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might be released.