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An empty wing of the Pima County Juvenile Justice Complex before its transformation into a temporary shelter for asylum seekers in transit through Tucson.

How a group plans to transform detention center into space for asylum seekers

Jul 26, 2019 Catholic Community Services will offer services out of a portion of the county's Juvenile Justice Complex.
Dan Shearer (left), Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Dylan Smith participate in a roundtable discussion with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera on July 25, 2019.

Journalists roundtable: Shelter for asylum seekers moving

Jul 26, 2019 Plus, growing opposition to the proposed Interstate 11 corridor.
A Border Patrol vehicle drives along a section of fence at the Organ Pipe National Monument, west of Lukeville and south of Ajo, Arizona, Nov. 2, 2018.

Supreme Court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall

Jul 26, 2019 The court said Friday that it would lift a freeze on the money put in place by a lower court.
A Border Patrol vehicle drives along a section of fence at the Organ Pipe National Monument, west of Lukeville and south of Ajo, Arizona, Nov. 2, 2018.

Conservation, law enforcement and ranching: Weighing in on a proposed border fence

Jul 25, 2019 The majority of new bollard-style wall would run through protected areas in Pima and Cochise counties.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla L. Provost May 7, 2019.

Head of Border Patrol admits to membership in lewd Facebook group

Jul 25, 2019 Carla Provost told a committee that she joined the secret group only to search her own name.
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background.

Geoff Notkin on the past - and future - of space exploration.

Jul 24, 2019 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mexican rock stars sing out about immigration; and a party to celebrate the "The Queen of the Night" at Tohono Chul.
Vehicle barriers form the border west of Sonoyta, Sonora, south of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Tohono O'odham group: Border wall would block sacred pilgrimage

Jul 23, 2019 Proposed bollard-style fencing would cut through the route used by the Tohono O'odham for their Salt Pilgrimage.

Expanded fast-track deportations likely to face legal challenge

Jul 23, 2019 At least one rights group has promised a lawsuit to the expansion, which could impact hundreds of thousands of people.
The Board of Supervisors hears public comment on the proposed plan to allow Catholic Community Services to use a portion of the county's juvenile detention center as a shelter for asylum seekers, July 22, 2019.

Catholic Community Services secures new space for immigrant shelter at juvenile detention center

Jul 22, 2019 The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved the lease Monday.
A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Some controversial texts from accused border agent won't be shown to jury

Jul 19, 2019 Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen faces felony charges after allegedly ramming a man with his car and then lying about it.
Tucson media tour a vacant "pod" at the Pima County Juvenile Justice Complex, which is slated to be converted into transitional housing for migrant families.Officials from the county and Catholic Social Services conducted a tour of the facility for media on July 17, 2019.

Group hopes juvenile detention center can be welcoming space for migrants

Jul 18, 2019 The Board of Supervisors will vote next week on whether to approve the empty center as temporary migrant housing.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, May 2018.

Secretary of State Pompeo plans travel to Latin America

Jul 17, 2019 Pompeo is expected to talk about issues like free trade and immigration with counterparts in Mexico and other countries.
Boxes containing petitions collected by the People's Defense Initiative were displayed on July 3, 2019, before the group submitted them to Tucson city officials. The group claims it collected 18,155 signatures, more than the 9,200 needed to qualify its proposed Sanctuary City ordinance for the Nov. 5, 2019 Tucson city election ballot.

Sanctuary city effort approved for Tucson November ballot

Jul 16, 2019 The Pima County Recorder's office certified signatures that exceeded the minimum requirement by about 3,100.
A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Prosecutors in border agent trial trying to keep some testimony away from jury

Jul 16, 2019 They want Bowen to not be able to tell the jury his job is dangerous and that agents risk their lives.
Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera interviews Zaira Livier at Arizona Public Media. Zaira serves as executive director of the Peoples Defense Initiative, a group spearheading a voter-initiative to declare Tucson a sanctuary city.

Sanctuary city initiative organizer on the movement's goals

Jul 15, 2019 A discussion with Zaira Livier, who leads the group spearheading the initiative in Tucson.
An altar at the end of a hallway inside the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson.

Migrant shelter in Benedictine Monastery preparing for move

Jul 15, 2019 Catholic Community Services talks about its future plans for aiding asylum seekers.

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