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A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Judge overseeing Border Patrol trial may order tents for Tucson Sector

Jan 16, 2020 Government attorneys said the number of families seeking asylum in the sector is already far higher than the last fiscal year.
Sandra Navarro worked with a team of female brewers in Monterrey to make Las Hermanas IPA.

Binational team of female brewers to debut IPA in Tucson

Jan 15, 2020 The effort brought together brewers from Tucson's Borderlands Brewing and Monterrey, Mexico's Turulata Brewing.
The border fence passes over hills on the line between Arizona and Mexico.

US sending Mexican migrants 1,000 miles from border

Jan 15, 2020 Mexicans accounted for half of the arrests and people stopped at the U.S. border in December.
Mexican Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Jesús Seade, left, and Secretary Marcelo Ebrard in Mexico City.

Mexican consulates to reinforce legal protections for workers

Jan 15, 2020 The country has asked its consulates to partner with nonprofits to strengthen protections for Mexican workers ahead of the USMCA.
A Border Patrol vehicle.

Trial over treatment of migrants in Border Patrol custody begins

Jan 14, 2020 Advocates are alleging inhumane treatment at many of the agency's short-term detention centers in Arizona.
U.S. and Mexico flags.

Number of Mexicans granted work visas in the U.S. increases

Jan 13, 2020 Mexico praised the rise in migrants taking part in U.S. work visa programs, calling it a sign of the countries' strong economic partnership.
A Customs and Border Protection drug detection K-9 sniffs luggage at the Mariposa Port of Entry in Nogales.

Seizing fentanyl at Arizona’s border

Jan 10, 2020 How CBP and the DEA have adopted new strategies to detect the drug.
Construction on new border wall fencing at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in September, 2019.

Grijalva asks feds to 'respect tribal lands' during border construction

Jan 9, 2020 U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva is asking the Department of Homeland Security to formally consult with the Tohono O'odham Nation.
Border fence construction projects funded by $3.6 billion pulled from military projects can go forward after the Trump administration won a case in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Trump administration wins appeal, pushes border fence projects forward

Jan 9, 2020 A lower court had stopped construction on 175 miles of the southwest border in areas along all four border states.
Migrants and Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, November 2018.

Mexican asylum seekers might be forced to apply in Guatemala

Jan 8, 2020 The Mexican government has condemned the measure, which is an extension of an agreement signed between the U.S. and Guatemala.
Army Corps of Engineers contractors pour concrete in August for the base of a new section of border wall near Yuma. The Department of Homeland Security waived environmental and other regulations on 90 miles of Arizona's border last year to smooth the way for border wall construction projects.

Feds waived environment, other regs on 90 miles of state border in 2019

Jan 6, 2020 The waivers were aimed at streamlining wall construction on nearly one-quarter of Arizona's border with Mexico.

DOJ, immigration judges head to hearing on future of labor union

Jan 6, 2020 A labor union for immigration judges is headed for a showdown with the Department of Justice.
A sign warns against trespassing on federal property in front of bollard fencing covered in concertina wire at the international border in Nogales, Arizona.

First migrants returned to Nogales, Sonora, under ‘Remain In Mexico’

Jan 2, 2020 The agency said it expanded the program because it believes migrants were crossing into Arizona to avoid being sent back to Mexico.
Entry way into the cross-border tunnel.

Third cross-border tunnel discovered this month in Nogales

Dec 20, 2019 The tunnel connected a home in Arizona to an enormous cross-border sewer line.
A video shot by wildlife biologist Rosemary Schiano of groundwater drilling near border wall construction close to Quitobaquito Springs on Dec. 16, 2019.

Video shows groundwater pumping for border wall near Quitobaquito Springs

Dec 17, 2019 Conservationists worry pumping will harm a rare and critical desert water source.
A Customs and Border Protection officer inspects a vehicle at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in May 2019.

Arizona border wait times up as CBP increases security

Dec 13, 2019 A discussion with Guadalupe Ramirez, CBP's director of field operations.

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