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A volunteer speaks to migrants keeping warm under an emergency blanket after an early-morning expulsion at the Migrant Resource Center in Agua Prieta.

Cochise County prepares for the end of Title 42

Feb 3, 2023 Officials say that the county lacks resources and direction from federal offices.
United States Capitol Building

Dannels tells Congress Cochise County is not the same as Texas border

Feb 3, 2023 He hopes change will come but he doesn't expect it soon.
Yvonne Montoya

Stories about finding - and making - peace.

Feb 1, 2023 On Arizona Spotlight: Safos Dance Theatre premiers "Stories from Home"; harvesting citrus with the Iskashitaa Refugee Network; "What Peace Means to Me", an essay by Eri of Owl & Panther; and thoughts on making a peaceful place from Stories that Soar!
The Nogales Buffalo Soldiers tribute was held for the first time in 2022, when this photo was taken.

Honoring African American soldiers from last century

Jan 27, 2023 Descendants and others gather for 2nd Annual Nogales Buffalo Soldiers Salute
The Arizona Capitol building.

Arizona governor to keep migrant busing program

Jan 26, 2023 Gov. Katie Hobbs is defending her decision to continue her Republican predecessor's program to transport migrants out of border communities.
The value of remittances to Mexico has been on the rise in recent years.

Arizona tracks money transfers to Mexico

Jan 20, 2023 ACLU calls it abuse, wants database shut down.
Ida Kvartovskaya, age 14 (bottom row, second from right), in 1954. When her family fled from the Nazi invasion they lost all their possessions including family photos.

Children of the Holocaust: The story of a survivor from the former Soviet Union

Jan 18, 2023 Also on Arizona Spotlight: How Marcus Doe and his organization WeReconcile are hoping to reconnect adult children with their estranged fathers.
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.

Arizona's shipping container wall on border is coming down

Jan 6, 2023 Workers continue to dismantle the container wall in Cochise County.
Shipping containers are put in place along the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County.

Coronado National Forest to close area near containers during removal

Dec 28, 2022 The U.S. Forest Service said the move is for public safety.

Ex-Arizona Border Patrol agent sentenced for drugs, bribery

Dec 28, 2022 Prosecutors say he was involved in three different conspiracies in two federal criminal cases.
The Student Union Memorial Center at the University of Arizona.

Colleges expect more undocumented students this spring after Prop 308

Dec 26, 2022 On Nov. 8, when voters narrowly approved Proposition 308, a measure allowing state residents to get the in-state tuition rate, regardless of their citizenship status.
Shipping containers are put in place along the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County.

Ducey agrees to dismantle container wall

Dec 22, 2022 The move came in a 4-page document filed in court.
From Nogales, Arizona, a view of the city and its border wall with Nogales, Sonora.

Border communities, Border Patrol brace for migrant surge as Title 42 ends

Dec 17, 2022 The Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol covers 262 miles of the border and encompasses Pima, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties, including Tucson and the border city of Nogales.
Shipping containers are put in place along the U.S.-Mexico border in Cochise County.

US sues Arizona over shipping containers on Mexico border

Dec 14, 2022 The complaint filed in U.S. District Court comes three weeks before the Republican governor steps aside for Democratic Gov.-elect Katie Hobbs, who has said she opposes the construction.
Male jaguar photographed in the Dos Cabezas Mountains Nov, 16, 2016.

Environmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest

Dec 12, 2022 An environmental group on Monday petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help reintroduce the jaguar to the Southwest.
Migrants wait to be processed after crossing into the United States near the end of a border wall Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, near Yuma, Ariz.

Border surge brings shift in migrant countries, challenges to U.S. policy

Dec 11, 2022 While Mexicans still account for the largest group of migrants, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, their share of the total has been slipping compared to Cubans and refugees from Central and South America.

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