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Lockers at the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office contain belongings recovered alongside migrants who died in the desert. Death investigators use the items to help determine the person’s identity, and return their remains to family.

Migrant deaths declined as encounters rose

Sep 14, 2022 Advocates warn against relaxing.
Migrants wait near the end of a border wall Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Tale of two borders

Sep 6, 2022 Mexicans not seen at busy Arizona crossings
Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Tribe: Arizona built border barrier against its wishes

Sep 2, 2022 The Cocophah Indian Tribe has a number of concerns.
Water rippling under the influence of the Cohesion effect.

Kevin Hines shares stories of survival and hope in "Suicide: The Ripple Effect".

Sep 1, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Invisible Theatre's "The Lifespan of a Fact" explores where truth begins and ends; and The Migrant Quilt Project commemorates those who have lost their lives trying to cross the U.S. / Mexico border.
Border Patrol agents patrol along a line of shipping containers stacked near the border Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Containers are no hindrance for migrants on Arizona border

Aug 30, 2022 So far there has been no drop off in the number of people crossing the border.
Fruit stacked at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

The Buzz: USMCA turns 2

Aug 19, 2022 How are Arizona's importers & exporters doing under the new trade deal?
Border wall fencing with concertina wire attached in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Illegal border crossings fall in July but remain high

Aug 16, 2022 The busiest sectors are in Texas.
The port of entry in Douglas, Arizona in April 2016.

GSA hosts public meeting expanding Douglas’ Port of Entry

Aug 15, 2022 The new port is a project that many has been in the works for years.
Migrants staying at Jesús el Buen Pastor, a migrant shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, line up for a free meal of black beans and tortillas on March 8, 2022. Guests are not allowed to bring food or drinks into the shelter and can’t take meals to go. Although migrants here have a roof, free meals and a mat or bed to sleep on, they must follow certain rules to stay.

Housing options limited for migrants forced to wait in southern Mexico

Aug 13, 2022 Sleeping outside for some is seen as better than staying in a shelter.
Gov. Doug Ducey's office said Friday, August 12, 2022 that he directed crews to use shipping containers to close a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ducey orders crews to fill gaps in border wall

Aug 12, 2022 State contractors began moving and stacking 60-foot-long, 9-foot-tall shipping containers early Friday.
A young boy lines up with his family outside the refugee assistance office in Tapachula, Mexico, on March 9, 2022. Later in the day, a protest erupted outside the office, with dozens of migrants demanding their paperwork be expedited.

‘All I can do is wait’: Children make up a third of migrants in documentation limbo

Aug 6, 2022 Asylum seekers crowd into Tapachula, Mexico.
A court document submitted by federal attorneys May 20 eliminates funding for a stretch of border wall that would have crossed through tribal land.

US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma

Jul 28, 2022 Biden had pledged during the campaign to stop all border wall construction

Where's the new money in the state budget going?

Jul 8, 2022 We look at a handful of areas that will see a notable increase in funds this fiscal year
The U.S.-Mexico border in Southern Arizona, photographed from the air in August 2021.

Ducey signs bill directing $335M to build border fence

Jun 30, 2022 The fencing legislation does not say where, when or how the barriers and technology will be installed and no planning document was available.
A sea turtle heads back to the ocean after the tortugueros have finished gathering data on it.

Providing a future for sea turtles in Kino Bay.

Jun 29, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A roundtable with Young Muslims about maintaining their faith in a secular culture; and the difficult reality of living with aphasia.
U.S. Supreme Court

Justices dismiss Trump-era immigration case

Jun 15, 2022 Ruling is a loss for Arizona's Attorney General.

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