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Fruit stacked at the Mariposa Port of Entry.

The Buzz: USMCA turns 2

Aug 19, 2022 How are Arizona's importers & exporters doing under the new trade deal?
Border wall fencing with concertina wire attached in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Illegal border crossings fall in July but remain high

Aug 16, 2022 The busiest sectors are in Texas.
The port of entry in Douglas, Arizona in April 2016.

GSA hosts public meeting expanding Douglas’ Port of Entry

Aug 15, 2022 The new port is a project that many has been in the works for years.
Migrants staying at Jesús el Buen Pastor, a migrant shelter in Tapachula, Mexico, line up for a free meal of black beans and tortillas on March 8, 2022. Guests are not allowed to bring food or drinks into the shelter and can’t take meals to go. Although migrants here have a roof, free meals and a mat or bed to sleep on, they must follow certain rules to stay.

Housing options limited for migrants forced to wait in southern Mexico

Aug 13, 2022 Sleeping outside for some is seen as better than staying in a shelter.
Gov. Doug Ducey's office said Friday, August 12, 2022 that he directed crews to use shipping containers to close a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border.

Ducey orders crews to fill gaps in border wall

Aug 12, 2022 State contractors began moving and stacking 60-foot-long, 9-foot-tall shipping containers early Friday.
A young boy lines up with his family outside the refugee assistance office in Tapachula, Mexico, on March 9, 2022. Later in the day, a protest erupted outside the office, with dozens of migrants demanding their paperwork be expedited.

‘All I can do is wait’: Children make up a third of migrants in documentation limbo

Aug 6, 2022 Asylum seekers crowd into Tapachula, Mexico.
A court document submitted by federal attorneys May 20 eliminates funding for a stretch of border wall that would have crossed through tribal land.

US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma

Jul 28, 2022 Biden had pledged during the campaign to stop all border wall construction

Where's the new money in the state budget going?

Jul 8, 2022 We look at a handful of areas that will see a notable increase in funds this fiscal year
The U.S.-Mexico border in Southern Arizona, photographed from the air in August 2021.

Ducey signs bill directing $335M to build border fence

Jun 30, 2022 The fencing legislation does not say where, when or how the barriers and technology will be installed and no planning document was available.
A sea turtle heads back to the ocean after the tortugueros have finished gathering data on it.

Providing a future for sea turtles in Kino Bay.

Jun 29, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: A roundtable with Young Muslims about maintaining their faith in a secular culture; and the difficult reality of living with aphasia.
U.S. Supreme Court

Justices dismiss Trump-era immigration case

Jun 15, 2022 Ruling is a loss for Arizona's Attorney General.
U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court ruling could transform how immigration policy is challenged

Jun 15, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that immigrants cannot band together to challenge immigration policy in any lower federal court.
Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Caterpillar facility in Green Valley. October 3, 2019

Pence touts Trump-era border policies in Arizona speech

Jun 13, 2022 Pence visited the border in Cochise County before speaking in Phoenix.
A bicyclist rides along Morley Avenue in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on a recent weekday afternoon.

For border communities, fallout of crossing restrictions lingers but opportunity remains

Jun 4, 2022 Cities like Nogales, Arizona, are still feeling the ongoing consequences of Mexican shoppers being shut out for nearly two years.
A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

A record 100 million people have been displaced from their homes worldwide

Jun 2, 2022 The UN refugee agency said the humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine has been overwhelming, but the same energy and attention must be given to crises around the world.
"A Man's Man", a short film featured in "I Dream in Widescreen 2022".

"I Dream in Widescreen 2022" is a feast for the mind's eye.

May 24, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How a lone graduate student provides top-notch COVID date from Sonora; Live Theatre Workshop's "Body Awareness" initiates some challenging conversations; and Wiley Ray and his Big O Band spread the legacy of Roy Orbison.

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