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A jaguar projected on the border wall is part of a dynamic wildlife-themed installation by Lauren Strohacker.

Ecologists and artists in Nogales to celebrate new jaguar

May 10, 2024 To celebrate the discovery of a new jaguar roaming the Arizona borderlands, conservationists will host a public discussion in Nogales on Saturday followed by a procession to the border wall to view a wildlife-themed art installation on the wall itself.
Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce board member Lorena Van Assche speaks at a press conference of faith and business leaders opposing HCR 2060 on May 8. 2024.

Business and faith leaders speak out against new immigration ballot referral

May 9, 2024 A group of business and faith leaders are opposing a GOP proposal that would expand employers’ requirements to confirm citizenship status when hiring, under penalty of up to a $10,000 dollar fine and a class 6 felony.
Rep.-elect Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., nominates Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.

Congressman Ciscomani on the border, 1864 abortion ban, effort to oust House speaker

May 6, 2024 Congressman Juan Ciscomani spoke with AZPM senior reporter Danyelle Khmara on some of the most salient topics of the day
George Alan Kelly listens to closing arguments Thursday, April 18, during the murder trial in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea. Kelly pled not guilty.

Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher accused of murder near the US-Mexico border

Apr 29, 2024 The jurors in the trial of George Alan Kelly were unable to reach a unanimous decision on a verdict after more than two days of deliberation.
Migrants wait to be processed by border patrol outside of Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 5, 2023.

New report shows that migration worldwide has rebounded since the pandemic

Apr 25, 2024 The report says the world is entering an age of disruption for human mobility, with impacts that are hard to predict.
George Alan Kelly during opening statements, on March 22, 2024, at trial where he's being charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Family of slain migrant still seeks justice after mistrial

Apr 24, 2024 The Mexican consul in Nogales says the family of a Mexican man killed on the property of Nogales rancher George Alan Kelly is still hoping for justice, after the case ended in a mistrial.
George Alan Kelly during opening statements, on March 22, 2024, at trial where he's being charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Judge declares mistrial in case of rancher accused of killing migrant

Apr 22, 2024 The judge declared a mistrial yesterday in the murder trial of rancher George Alan Kelly after a jury could not agree on a verdict.
George Alan Kelly listens to closing arguments Thursday, April 18, during the murder trial in the shooting death of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea. Kelly pled not guilty.

Jury starts deliberation in border rancher murder trial

Apr 18, 2024 George Alan Kelly has pled not guilty in the murder of a Mexican citizen.
Two young children do arts and crafts at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

New data shows families continue crossing the border in large numbers in the Tucson Sector

Apr 15, 2024 Tucson Sector continues to have the highest number of migrants crossing, and by far the highest number of families and children, even as the total number of migrant apprehensions at the southern border dropped slightly from the previous month.
Sleeping area at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

Pima County receives nearly $22 million for asylum seekers

Apr 12, 2024 Pima County is receiving nearly $22 million in federal funding to continue services to asylum seekers, who come to Tucson and smaller border communities after being released by Border Patrol.
Jurors in the George Alan Kelly case murder trial visited the Kino Springs ranch on April 12, 2024, where officials found the body of Gabriel Cuen Buitimea last year.

Jury visits a ranch near US-Mexico border where an Arizona man is charged with killing a migrant

Apr 12, 2024 The case in Nogales, Arizona, has attracted national attention as border security becomes an increasingly important issue in this year’s presidential contest.
A view from the Atascosa Borderlands in the Coronado National Forest.

Coronado National Forest launches Cochran Fellowship Program

Apr 9, 2024 Cross-border collaborative training in southeastern Arizona
George Alan Kelly during opening statements, on March 22, 2024, at trial where he's being charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

The trial of an Arizona border rancher charged with killing a migrant has reached the halfway point

Apr 8, 2024 The judge denied a request by news media to accompany jurors on the visit to 75-year-old George Alan Kelly's ranch.
People wait for assistance at a shelter that's part of the Casa Alitas program on March 1, 2024.

Pima County expects upcoming migrant funding to last through August

Apr 3, 2024 Pima County expects to receive at least 12 million dollars in federal funding from the recent Homeland Security appropriations bill to continue services to asylum seekers through August, after coming dangerously close to having to turn people away.
A Customs and Border Protection drone is ready for launch in this undated photo. While U.S. military and border officials use drones for border surveillance, they say cartels may be sending many as 1,000 drones a month across the border to probe for weaknesses and sometimes deliver illicit goods.

Senators told of ‘alarming’ level of drone incursions at southern border

Mar 31, 2024 Cartels are sending as many as 1,000 unmanned drones across the border every month.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Officials warn of dangers of crossing the border in anticipation of summer heat

Mar 28, 2024 Officials from both sides of the border warn migrants of the dangers of crossing the border in potentially deadly heat.

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