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Northern Arizona University track star Luis Grijalva is representing Guatemala in the Olympics.

Arizona DACA recipient headed for the Olympics

Jul 30, 2021 Northern Arizona University track star Luis Grijalva came from Guatemala when he was 1-year-old
Daniela Chavira and other undocumented students and DACA recipients meet at the Arizona Capitol to speak with representatives.

After Texas ruling on DACA, Arizona Dreamer says life on hold again

Jul 27, 2021 This month a federal judge in Texas ruled the Obama-era program was illegal, suspending new applications and renewals
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border

Jul 20, 2021 Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
A group of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Sasabe on March 24, 2021.

CBP data shows another rise in apprehensions, repeat crossings

Jul 19, 2021 The agency says border officers encountered almost 190,000 migrants across the southwest border.
A migrant receives a serving of breakfast at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora. The faith-based shelter offers food, showers and other services, and also partners with legal aid groups to offer case assistance.

Migrants in Nogales seek entry through exemption as pandemic-era restrictions drag on

Jul 19, 2021 A DHS program allows a few hundred people a day to gain entry through humanitarian exemption, but questions remain.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

New ICE directive looks to limit detention for pregnant, nursing women

Jul 13, 2021 The new rule reverses a Trump-era policy forged in 2017.
Students on the University of Arizona campus protest President Trump's announcement in September 2017 that the DACA program would be phased out.

Months-long backlog leaves first-time DACA recipients in limbo

Jul 5, 2021 Of some 55,000 first-time applicants, USCIS data shows just over 760 have been approved so far.
The steps outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court rules some immigrants don't have the right to a bond hearing

Jun 29, 2021 The ruling applies to immigrants who have already been deported once and say they'll face persecution or torture if returned home.
Mixed immigration status students gather in downtown Phoenix for a celebration of Joe Biden's presidential victory on Nov. 7, 2020.

DACA recipients, undocumented people mark '20 years of uncertainty' on DREAM Act

Jun 28, 2021 Two decades since the first version of the DREAM Act was brought to the U.S. Senate, Arizona Dreamers host panel asking for change.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Report: ICE Detainees On Hunger Strikes Subject To Force-Feeding

Jun 28, 2021 The report, released by the advocacy groups Physicians for Human Rights and the ACLU, uses more than 10,000 pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Immigrants with active cases under the Migrant Protection Protocols travel through the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego as they are processed for entry into the United States. February 2021.

In latest MPP rollback, asylum seekers with closed cases will have the chance try again

Jun 24, 2021 Researchers say some 28,000 migrants enrolled in the Trump-era program had their cases closed in absentia.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out

Jun 23, 2021 Trump appointed official will be reassigned
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

ICE to open hotel space for asylum seekers in Yuma

Jun 21, 2021 The space is part of a more than $86 million contract with the nonprofit Family Endeavors
New border fence going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Feb. 26, 2020.

Government watchdog finds Army Corps expedited border wall contracts

Jun 21, 2021 The report found the Corps awarded over $4 billion in noncompetitive contracts, green-lit some work before terms were agreed.
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

DOJ reverses Trump-era restrictions on asylum

Jun 17, 2021 Rights groups say the 2018 restrictions made it nearly impossible for survivors of domestic and gang violence to claim asylum.
Arizona Gov. Ducey speaks to reporters at a news conference held along the border in Douglas on March 19, 2021.

Florida sending cops to Arizona border

Jun 16, 2021 The Florida announcement comes with criticism of Biden border policies.

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