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Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, Feb. 26, 2020.

DHS head touts immigration policy at Arizona sheriffs' roundtable

Oct 23, 2020 Chad Wolf promoted the Migrant Protection Protocols as safe, though critics say the policy fails obligations to asylum seekers.
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.

Young asylum seekers in Nogales share their stories, plead for relief

Oct 22, 2020
President Donald Trump stands at a section of border wall on the southern border near Yuma, June 23, 2020.

SCOTUS to hear border wall and asylum seeker suits

Oct 20, 2020 A federal appeals court recently ruled the administration was illegally using military funds to pay for 11 segments of the wall.
An art installation on the exterior of Kino Border Initiative's facility depicts one hand grasping another. The nonprofit provides humanitarian aid for deportees and migrants in Nogales, Sonora.

Border restrictions leave asylum seekers stranded in Nogales, Sonora

Oct 16, 2020 Many continue to receive humanitarian aid at the Kino Border Initiative.
Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan goes over the agency's 2020 fiscal year during a news conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Oct. 14, 2020.

Border apprehensions down, nearly 200k returned to Mexico under COVID-19 policy

Oct 16, 2020 Customs and Border Protection's acting commissioner visited Tucson to recap the agency's 2020 fiscal year.
A line of DPS officers forms in front of an Indigenous Peoples' Day Protest north of the Lukeville Port of Entry on Oct. 12, 2020.

'Falling on deaf ears': Tohono O'odham Nation reacts to use of force at Indigenous protest

Oct 15, 2020 Tohono O'odham Nation Chairman Ned Norris Jr. says tribal needs along the border are being ignored.
Rep. Tom O'Halleran, left, and Republican challenger Tiffany Shedd, right, debate on Arizona PBS, Oct. 8, 2020.

Shedd challenges O'Halleran in Arizona's 1st Congressional District

Oct 14, 2020 Arizona's largest district is bipartisan.
Arizona Department of Safety officers surround and handcuff an Indigenous demonstrator during an O'odham-led blockade at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Highway 85 on October 12, 2020.

Indigenous Peoples' Day border demonstration ends with tear gas, arrests

Oct 12, 2020 11 demonstrators taken into DPS custody during a Border Patrol checkpoint blockade in Pima County.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

Daily News Roundup: Pascua Yaqui sue over ballot access, court mulls voter registration extension, and restaurants look for relief

Oct 12, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 12
President Donald Trump stands at a section of border wall on the southern border near Yuma, June 23, 2020.

Appeals court rules against Trump administration on border wall funds

Oct 10, 2020 The 9th Circuit ruled that just because the country’s military deems the border wall is necessary, that doesn’t mean it is.
A sign directs voters where to cast their ballots at a polling place in Tucson.

As candidates woo Latino voters, local organization steps in with an ear to the ground

Oct 10, 2020 LUCHA's get-out-the-vote campaign aims to reach more than a million Indigenous, Black and Latino voters.
A Border Patrol vehicle.

Border Patrol agents to be equipped with body cameras

Oct 9, 2020 The cameras will be distributed to agents stationed along the Mexico border starting next spring.
No More Deaths says this agent was armed in the camp.

Border Patrol storms humanitarian aid camp in Southern Arizona; no criminal charges filed

Oct 7, 2020 The raid is part of escalating tension between the federal agency and nonprofit No More Deaths.
Downtown Tucson, Oct, 23, 2019.

News roundup: Court extends AZ voter registration, UA to start in-person classes, Indigenous protesters block border crossing

Oct 5, 2020 Recent coverage impacting Southern Arizona, Oct. 5
An O'odham demonstrator stands in front of a pickup truck trying to break through a highway blockade the morning of Oct. 5, 2020.

O'odham-led demonstration blocks highway north of Arizona-Sonora border crossing

Oct 5, 2020 Demonstrations against border wall construction on ancestral Indigenous land continue despite Quitobaquito closure.
A federal court temporarily blocked a steep increase in fees for citizenship and asylum application and other fees set to take effect Friday. That’s good news for migrants, but poses a challenge for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which gets almost all of its budget from fees for services.

Judge halts fee hike that would have nearly doubled cost of citizenship

Oct 1, 2020 Arizona advocates welcomed the action, saying the increases would have put the cost of citizenship out of reach for many.

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