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A file image of a judge's gavel in a courtroom at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.

Trump ends legal assistance programs for migrants

Apr 16, 2025 Advocates say terminating these national legal access programs poses a significant threat to the rights of immigrant children, adults, and families.
Border barriers in the Sierra Vista District of the Coronado National Forest on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Emily Burns, program director for the Sky Island Alliance says the state government opted not to place shipping containers in this specific area.

Environmental group says government shared plan for border barrier in critical wildlife passage

Apr 15, 2025 They say the area is the last unwalled major biodiversity hotspot in the border region.
Police officers in downtown Tucson on June 24, 2022.

Tucson PD receiving $500,000 from state border security fund

Apr 9, 2025 The Tucson City Council voted to accept state funding designed to enhance law enforcement efforts against illegal immigration within the city.
Border Czar addresses a joint session of the Arizona Legislature.

Border Czar addresses Arizona lawmakers

Apr 8, 2025 He strongly defended the Trump Administration's actions.
The Arizona State Legislature in Phoenix.

Democrats pushback on Arizona ICE Act

Apr 7, 2025 Democrats oppose the Arizona ICE Act, warning it mirrors 287g policies and could lead to racial profiling without improving public safety or stopping drug crime.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

As immigration enforcement intensifies, Tucson families are separated

Apr 3, 2025 While the Trump administration is ramping up immigration enforcement, families of U.S. citizens in Tucson are among those being split, including one man separated from his wife and son, despite following all the steps to legally stay in the country.
The University of Arizona was the first four-year public university in the state of Arizona to be federally recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

University of Arizona tells international students to carry essential documents at all times

Apr 2, 2025 Campus International students are being advised their social media and devices could be searched by Border Patrol.
Department release photo of police with Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Deportations decline under Trump

Mar 26, 2025 ICE Data shows immigration removals are actually down under Trump.
Rocky Point reopened its beaches on Aug. 1, 2020. The city expects a huge influx of tourists over Labor Day weekend.

Mexican officials to enforce tourist permit requirement for Rocky Point travelers

Mar 21, 2025 In May, Mexican officials will begin enforcing the requirement for tourists traveling to Rocky Point to carry the proper tourist permit — a rule that has long been in place but was rarely enforced.
A section of the Borderlands Wildlife Preserve on Coronado National Forest land on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. The preserve is co-managed by the Borderlands Restoration Network and Wildlife Corridors.

Conservation nonprofit in Southern Arizona faces $1.2 million federal funding freeze

Mar 18, 2025 Borderlands Restoration Network fights to keep critical wildlife corridors and watershed projects alive amid funding uncertainty.
The border wall snakes up a hill on ancestral O'odham land in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, where construction crews have used dynamite and pumped water groundwater to build the new steel bollard wall.

Rep. Ciscomani introduces border security bill to expand CBP access on federal lands

Mar 17, 2025 The FLASH Act proposes road construction, infrastructure and stricter land management along the U.S.- Mexico border.
Gov. Katie Hobbs meets with with stakeholders on March 7, 2025, in Nogales, Arizona, to discuss the challenges of fluctuating fresh produce tariffs on Mexico.

Fluctuating tariffs causing instability for Arizona produce

Mar 8, 2025 The uncertainty of fluctuating tariffs is causing hardship and economic instability for Arizona produce companies, according to small business owners and larger produce companies who recently shared their concerns with Governor Katie Hobbs.
The Border Strike Force is a specialized unit of the Arizona Department of Public Safety that targets drug and human smuggling.

AZ House votes for $50 million in additional border-related funding

Mar 6, 2025 The Arizona House voted yesterday to allot millions in the next fiscal budget to the Department of Public Safety for local enforcement of border-related crimes — a measure that passed with help from one Tucson Democrat.
Tomatoes on their way north across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tariffs could raise price of produces, cars and more

Mar 3, 2025 President Donald Trump is renewing his promise of 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, saying he could implement them as soon as Tuesday, which experts say could lead to higher costs for consumers across a host of products.
Volunteers with the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans pass out supplies to women and children at a migrant shelter in Nogales, Sonora, on Feb. 4, 2025.

Deportations down despite increased border enforcement in Trump's first month back in office

Mar 3, 2025 Despite personnel surges and resources mobilized to both sides of the border, deportation numbers have actually dropped during Donald Trump’s first month back in office.
Yoleidy and her son stand on the porch of their home after the second ICE visit on Feb. 25, 2025.

Venezuelan family in Tucson faces ICE inquiry

Feb 26, 2025 The family — a husband and wife and their four children — say their legal documentation is in order

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