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CBP officers stand guard next to fentanyl seized by the agency at the Port of Nogales Jan. 26, 2019.

Analysis counts toll of Arizona fentanyl crisis at $58 billion

Jun 24, 2024 A new report calculates the direct and indirect costs of the fentanyl crisis to Arizona’s economy at $58 billion last year.
From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

Change in asylum rules creates influx of migrants in Sonora shelter

Jun 18, 2024 A migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora, is having a large increase in migrants being returned to Mexico after crossing the border into Arizona, including many families and children.
Trucks drive on SR-189, near Nogales, on March 10, 2022.

Arizona troopers warn Congress that lifting weight limit on trucks will make highways more dangerous

Jun 15, 2024 Backers say the idea would improve the supply chain.
Migrants re-enter Guatemala after getting deported from the United States. The number of Central Americans removed from the U.S. is going up.

At the border, Biden's plans for fast deportations collide with international politics

Jun 14, 2024 Most migrants being apprehended now are barred from applying for asylum, despite U.S. laws and international agreements that require it.
Swarms of Arizonans gathered at the Capitol in Phoenix Saturday, joining more than 600 rallies across the country protesting the separation of immigrant families at the U.S. - Mexico border.

Pima County and Arizona are requesting FEMA money for asylum seeker aid programs

Jun 14, 2024 Pima County has been running an aid program for asylum seekers and migrants released by the Border Patrol across southern Arizona to pursue immigration cases in the U.S. since 2019.
President Joe Biden speaks about an executive order in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Biden unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border

Jun 12, 2024 The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court on Wednesday challenging the Biden administration’s new executive actions that block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern U.S. border when crossings surge.
Migrants walk to the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry for a CBP One meeting in Nogales, Arizona on Friday, June 7, 2024.

Blocked from asylum, migrants juggle their choices

Jun 10, 2024 Under Biden's asylum ban, migrants can either go home or try to cross into the U.S. again
A sign directs voters to a polling site set up at Temple Emanu-El in Tucson on Nov. 3, 2020.

LUCHA looks to block controversial border ballot proposition

Jun 5, 2024 HCR 2060, also known as the Secure the Border Act, passed the state's House of Representatives yesterday. Now the civil rights group says it is unconstitutional.
The Arizona state Capitol on March 3, 2020.

House passes controversial border initiative, heads to ballot for voter approval

Jun 4, 2024 The ballot measure would make it a state crime to enter the country somewhere other than a port of entry.
President Joe Biden walks off after speaking about an executive order in the East Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Biden unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections.

Biden says he's restricting asylum to help 'gain control' of the border

Jun 4, 2024 The President signed the proclamation Tuesday as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability before November's elections.
George Alan Kelly listens to closing arguments Thursday, April 18, during the murder trial in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea. Kelly pled not guilty.

A judge will mull whether an Arizona border rancher can face a new murder trial after dismissal

Jun 3, 2024 It was unclear when the judge will decide.
President Joe Biden signs executive orders at his desk in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2021.

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

May 30, 2024 It would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold.
United States House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Democratic Congressional candidate Kirsten Engel tour the Southern Arizona Regional Health Center of Planned Parenthood on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. The group of women stand in the portion of the medical office where abortions are administered.

House Minority Whip backs Engel, slams Ciscomani on women's health record

May 29, 2024 United States House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and democratic congressional hopeful Kirsten Engel tour Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access.
Participants on the 20th annual Migrant Trail Walk carry crosses with the names of those who have died in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Participants walk "migrant trail" in solidarity

May 28, 2024 The 21st Migrant Trail Walk begins Monday, a yearly event held in remembrance and solidarity with people who cross the border and have died in the Arizona borderlands.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Arizona Republicans move forward controversial immigration bill

May 22, 2024 Senate Republicans passed a ballot measure that could empower local law enforcement to arrest people who they believe entered the country illegally.
Family members of Tohono O’odham tribal member Raymond Mattia speak outside the Evo A. DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.

Family of Tohono O'odham man killed by Border Patrol last year files wrongful death suit

May 20, 2024 Raymond Mattia was killed in the Tohono O’odham community of Menagers Dam the night of May 18, 2023.

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