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File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

CBP says more than 178K apprehensions occurred along border in December

Jan 26, 2022 The agency says more than 78,000 people apprehended in December were sent back under Title 42.
Motorists wait to cross at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, in February 2019.

More non-U.S. citizens will need to show proof of vaccination at land ports

Jan 23, 2022 U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents returning to the United States are exempted from the requirement.
Amber Ortega

Indigenous woman arrested for blocking wall construction found not guilty

Jan 19, 2022 Amber Ortega's defense argued her actions should be protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Supporters of Amber Ortega hold signs of support during a rally across the street from the federal courthouse in downtown Tucson on Nov. 23, 2021.

Indigenous woman arrested for blocking wall construction back in court

Jan 19, 2022 Amber Ortega is asking a federal judge to reconsider whether she can use a religious freedom law as her defense.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Arizona data shows another deadly year for migrants along the border

Jan 16, 2022 More than 220 sets of remains were recovered in counties around the state last year, according to a count by the Arizona advocacy group Humane Borders.
A stretch of border fencing east of Douglas constructed as part of President Trump's initiative to erect a taller wall along the southern border. November 2020.

DHS wants public input over border wall remediation

Jan 12, 2022 The federal government released an interactive document showing how rugged border wilderness has been impacted by the border wall.
A makeshift memorial to murdered U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Southern Arizona.

Mexico charges 7 in 'Fast and Furious' weapons trafficking

Jan 10, 2022 Federal agents allowed criminals to buy guns with the intention of tracking the weapons. But they lost most of the guns.
A map of North and Central America on the patio outside the El Refugio migrant shelter in Guadalajara, Mexico, says "Nobody is illegal."

Asylum applications in Mexico hit historic highs in 2021

Jan 6, 2022 But the country admits its refugee agency is struggling to keep up with the increasing number of asylum applications.
The Arizona Trail runs from the border with Mexico to the Utah state line.

Arizona Trail's southernmost point is open again after long border wall closure

Jan 5, 2022 After more than a year of closures, it’s opened to hikers again on Dec. 31, 2021.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

A record number of migrants died along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021

Jan 4, 2022 The grim milestone comes as border officers continue to use the pandemic-era protocol Title 42, which sends most migrants and asylum seekers quickly back to Mexico.
Department release photo of police with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Some ICE officers will begin wearing body cameras

Jan 3, 2022 The first phase of the program will roll out in a handful of U.S. cities.
Demonstrators protest the separation if immigrant children from their parents during the visit of First Lady Melania Trump to Tucson, June 28, 2018.

Biden administration drops out of talks with separated migrant families

Dec 20, 2021 Lawyers representing some of those who have been reunited have been in talks for months with the administration.
Demonstrators protest in favor of protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.

Parliamentarian's latest ruling is a new setback on immigration reform

Dec 20, 2021 So far, every proposal has been rejected.
A health care worker prepares doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination event in Globe on March 13, 2021.

DHS explores COVID-19 vaccine services at the border

Dec 16, 2021 DHS says it’s looking to award a short-term contract to provide vaccine services to non-U.S. citizens at points along the Southwest border.
Aeration tanks at the blue plains sewage treatment plant on the Anacostia River. April 1973.

Sewage crisis hits Mexico beach community

Dec 13, 2021 Sonora's governor promises aid
A group of migrants and Border Patrol agents along the border fence in Yuma County. June 2021.

Yuma mayor: US responding to border, emergency easing

Dec 12, 2021 Asylum seekers picked up sooner in Yuma.

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