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Border wall construction near Walker Canyon, east of Nogales.

Borderlands groups submit list of wall sections prioritized for removal

Mar 5, 2021 One of the most comprehensive outlines so far lists roughly 70 miles of wall segments across the Borderlands.
Border wall fencing with concertina wire attached in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

An early look at the Biden administration’s approach to immigration policy

Mar 5, 2021 President Biden has already approved a slew of directives on immigration policy, but not everything has changed.
Border wall construction near Walker Canyon, east of Nogales.

Customs and Border Protection says wall workers winding down construction

Feb 25, 2021 After environmental groups released footage showing construction trucks at work, agency says contractors are only securing site.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

As Biden's deportation moratorium fails in court, advocates look at other options

Feb 25, 2021 Immigration attorney in Tucson says the administration still has options for policy change.
JaVonte' Marquez dancing in a scene from "Retrograde Lemonade".

"Retrograde Lemonade": Move like no one is judging.

Feb 24, 2021 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Playwright Elaine Romero is recognized for her body of work; and how the murder mystery podcast "Tucson Heat" came to be.
The American flag and a flag bearing the seal of the Department of Homeland Security.

ACLU AZ files records request for Trump-era DHS agreement made with Arizona

Feb 19, 2021 Arizona was one of a handful of states and districts to sign on to the agreements just before Biden entered office.
Children who are waiting for asylum in the United States with their families in Nogales, Sonora, marched to the border wall Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, to ask the United States to open the border to them.

Arizona reacts as Biden's 'Remain in Mexico' rollback begins

Feb 19, 2021 Governor Doug Ducey and Representative Raúl Grijalva addressed the new plan in letters to DHS this week.
A woman and girl sit on the sidewalk with a group of migrants as they wait to enter the Kino Border Initiative's cafeteria. The nonprofit provides humanitarian aid to migrants and deportees in Nogales, Sonora. February 2020.

As Biden rolls back 'Remain in Mexico,' advocates say next steps are still murky

Feb 16, 2021 The controversial Trump-era program forced over 70,000 people to wait for U.S. asylum hearings in Mexican border cities.
Border wall construction near Walker Canyon, east of Nogales.

Conservation group: Border wall construction continues

Feb 12, 2021 The Center for Biological Diversity says construction is continuing in spite of the President's order to stop it.
Thirty-foot-high border wall was installed along the border near Sasabe, Arizona, and Mexico in the summer of 2020.

Biden terminates Trump's emergency declaration for border wall construction

Feb 11, 2021 The former president enacted the declaration in 2019 to garner military funds for his wall.
A Customs and Border Protection employee in 2018.

New lawsuit revisits near-fatal Border Patrol shooting in Nogales

Feb 10, 2021 A Tucson man who almost died at a border crossing in 2019 is suing DHS
Aerial view of the border wall at the Tinajas Altas Mountains near Yuma, AZ.

Biden halted border wall construction. Now what?

Feb 5, 2021 Environmental and human rights advocates hope to steer the administration toward a new vision at the border.
Indigenous-led protesters walk along a construction line in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Sept. 2020.

Border wall scars: 'It feels like if someone got a knife and dragged it across my heart.'

Feb 4, 2021 Tribal leaders and Borderlands communities reflect on their fruitless struggle to stop the wall.
President Joe Biden signs executive orders at his desk in the Oval Office on Jan. 28, 2021.

US ends deal with Arizona designed to restrict Biden on immigration

Feb 3, 2021 Deal was reached in the final days of the Trump adminstration
U.S. Border Patrol agents near Sasabe, Arizona, March 22.

New report cast doubt on Border Patrol search and rescue efforts for migrants

Feb 3, 2021 No More Deaths analyzed hundreds of distress calls made to aid groups and 911 dispatchers requesting help from the agency
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona provides food to about 200,000 people each year.

Rights advocates applaud Biden's planned review of public charge rule

Feb 3, 2021 The 2019 change made it harder for immigrants to obtain visas and green cards if they used, or might use, government assistance

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