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An image from a video camera in a Customs and Border Protection immigrant processing facility in the Tucson-area shows the overcrowding, with detainees forced to wrap themselves in Mylar blankets and sleep on the floor or sitting against a wall.

Judge caps time CBP can hold migrants in ‘degrading’ Tucson centers

Feb 21, 2020 The ruling noted overcrowding, a lack of sleeping areas or blankets, a lack of showers and other problems.
Motorists wait to cross at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, in February 2019.

Vehicle crossings at Arizona-Mexico ports fall for second year

Feb 19, 2020 While car crossings were down significantly, pedestrian crossings dropped much more modestly.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

Feb 18, 2020 The move is expected to speed construction and bring the president closer to his pledge of 450 miles by year's end.
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard during a press conference in Mexico's National Palace.

Mexico says fewer migrants are reaching the US border

Feb 18, 2020 The country's administration says its efforts to the reduce the flow of migrants are proving effective.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Controlled blasts for border wall project draw criticism

Feb 14, 2020 Critics say they threaten cultural sites that belong to the Tohono O'odham Nation.
A sign lets drivers know they are entering Mexico at the port of entry in Yuma.

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy’s impact in Nogales, Sonora

Feb 14, 2020 The migrant protection protocols expanded to Nogales in January 2020.
The dining hall in Kino Border Initiative's new Migrant Outreach Center in Nogales, Sonora. Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera toured the facility with Rev. Sean Carroll.

Touring a new center for migrants and deportees in at the border

Feb 14, 2020 The facility allows Kino Border Services to drastically expand its services in Nogales, Sonora.
The International Outfall Interceptor, or IOI, runs under this concrete-lined wash through the city of Nogales, Ariz.

More money possible to help faulty cross-border sewage pipe

Feb 14, 2020 A longstanding Nogales water contamination problem could see more funding under the President Trump's proposed budget.
Image from a Feb. 13 tweet by Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal, described in the tweet as showing border wall construction near Organ Pipe National Monument.

Border officials: No cultural sites where border explosions are taking place

Feb 14, 2020 A Tucson Sector official said on Twitter the detonations are happening in areas disturbed by the last border fence project.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Defense tries to move more money for border wall construction

Feb 13, 2020 The move has some in Congress calling constitutional foul.
The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

DOJ sanctuary city crackdown won't impact Arizona cities, US attorney's office says

Feb 11, 2020 The state doesn't have sanctuary cities or policies that fit that definition, an assistant U.S. attorney in Arizona said.

Tohono O'odham Nation denounces border wall construction and blasting of cultural sites

Feb 11, 2020 The blasting project reportedly went through Monument Hill, an Indigenous burial site on ancestral Tohono O'odham land.
The dome of the Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to let landowners build border walls with no permits

Feb 6, 2020 Private landowners wouldn't need to ask the city or county for a permit under the legislation, which is heading to the Arizona Senate.
Cottonwoods along the San Pedro River channel cut down for pending border wall construction across the river in February 2020.

Cochise County removes rented dumpsters used for San Pedro River border wall prep

Feb 5, 2020 The contract said the dumpsters were intended for another location, according to the county.
Tomatoes on their way north across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nogales gets ready for stepped-up tomato inspections

Feb 5, 2020 The inspections are part of the new tomato suspension agreement, which sets floor prices for Mexican imports among other things.
No More Deaths volunteers.

Federal judge throws out No More Deaths convictions

Feb 5, 2020 The volunteers had been convicted of misdemeanors after leaving food and water in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

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