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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court Leaves Obama Immigration Policy Blocked

Jun 23, 2016 Range of Arizona reactions: President must 'enforce immigration laws;' 'heartbreaking news.'
"Divided by Law," presented by AZPM’s Fernanda Echavarri and Perla Trevizo of the Arizona Daily Star, has won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for best small market radio news documentary.

AZPM News Original "Divided By Law" Wins National Edward R. Murrow Award

Jun 21, 2016 Special report wins the 2016 award for best small market radio news documentary
Border Patrol agents help an ailing migrant crosser.

Record Desert Heat Puts Border Patrol Rescuers on High Alert

Jun 17, 2016 Elite BORSTAR unit on lookout for migrants stranded in Arizona's harsh desert.

Cochise County Ranchers Use Radios to Get Help on Border

Jun 13, 2016 Ranchers in remote areas near the border can now communicate with law enforcement.
The trailer in Marion, Ohio, where labor traffickers kept their victims.

Central American Teens in Hands of Labor Traffickers

Jun 10, 2016 Story of group in Ohio held for more than one year; wages taken by captors.

Border Patrol Faces Pushback on Surveillance Towers

Jun 10, 2016 Plans for the Tohono O'odham Nation, but residents say they invade their privacy.

$1.2B Proposed Savings on Immigrant Detentions

Jun 10, 2016 Report by United Nations says use nonprofits not private prisons.
Legal assistant Javier Hernandez and lawyer Sara Van Hofwegen of Public Counsel meet with a teenage client from Guatemala who is applying for asylum.

Thousands of Children Seek Asylum, Many Without Lawyers

Jun 9, 2016 10,000 Central American children facing 'removal' went to court without lawyers.

Mexico Cracks Down on Northbound Central Americans

Jun 8, 2016 Freight train 'La Bestia' - The Beast - now off limits to migrants, leading to long walk.
Bridge connecting Guatemala and Mexico on the Rio Suchiate. Guatemalans hoping to make it to the U.S. take rafts across.

'Programa Frontera Sur:' US Intercedes in Southern Mexico

Jun 7, 2016 US funds Mexican government's efforts to slow Central American illegal immigration.
Beatriz Escalante and her son at a Yuma church shelter after crossing illegally in hopes of receiving asylum.

New Surge of Central Americans Seen on Border

Jun 6, 2016 Unaccompanied youth, women with small children still making their way north.

Arizona-Mexico Border: Cooperation, Not Confrontation

Jun 3, 2016 National political rhetoric belies what locals see as a 'region, not a border.'
Produce inspected at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales, Az. (2015)

Report: U.S.- Mexico Border Trade at All-Time High

May 31, 2016 More than 100,000 jobs in the state are supported by trade with Mexico

Judge: Shooting near Douglas by Border Patrol Justified

May 23, 2016 19-year-old Carlos LaMadrid was shot in 2011; agents called it accidental.
Commercial trucks inspected at the Mariposa Port of Entry. (2015)

Arizona Ports of Entry Handle $31B in 2015, UA Study Says

May 16, 2016 10% increase in two years result of every state in US importing, exporting through state.
There is one idea which would spend billions of additional dollars for personnel, equipment and barriers along the border with Mexico, but this is raising red flags for environmentalists.

Environmental Impact of Border Barriers in the Past Decade

May 16, 2016 Sierra Club publishes "11 Years of Lawlessness"

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