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Migrants, advocates and faith leaders gather on both sides of the border wall in Nogales to read out the names of families seeking asylum and give testimonies.

As court ruling allows Biden administration to continue Title 42, families still seek asylum in Nogales

Oct 2, 2021 A federal appeals court ruled Thursday to allow the Biden administration to continue using Title 42 to rapidly deport families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Kyrsten Sinema

As second immigration reform measure is rejected, activists in Arizona look to Democratic leadership

Sep 30, 2021 The parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate rejected a second version of immigration reform put forward by Congressional Democrats this week.
Tucson Police Department Chief Chris Magnus, at a June 24, 2020 media briefing.

After stalling, Tucson police chief's nomination for customs commissioner will move ahead

Sep 30, 2021 Chris Magnus’ nomination hearing to become Customs and Border Protection’s next commissioner stalled shortly after it was announced last spring.
Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva. August 2021

Grijalva calls for unused COVID vaccines to be donated to border communities

Sep 29, 2021 The U.S.-Mexico border has been closed to non-essential travel for over a year, Grijalva says ramped up vaccine effort could help.
Demonstrators protest in favor of protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.

Biden rule to shield 'Dreamers' seeks to bypass Congress

Sep 28, 2021 An administration proposal on Monday attempts to satisfy concerns of a federal judge in Houston who ruled that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was illegal.
Migrants march toward the Deconcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora in a demonstration asking President Joe Biden to restore the U.S. asylum process.

'Injustice has us here': In Nogales, faith leaders, migrant families call for an end to pandemic-era protocol, Title 42

Sep 27, 2021 18 months after the CDC protocol was enacted, migrants say they're COVID tested and vaccinated, but still waiting for asylum.
Mixed immigration status students gather in downtown Phoenix for a celebration of Joe Biden's presidential victory on Nov. 7, 2020.

After Parliamentarian ruling, activists in Arizona ask for other avenues for immigration reform

Sep 21, 2021 In a late ruling Sunday, the Congressional referee said a measure that could give millions of undocumented people a pathway to citizenship could not be included in the budget reconciliation package.
A stretch of border fencing east of Douglas constructed as part of President Trump's initiative to erect a taller wall along the southern border. November 2020.

Rights groups advocate for 'climate-focused' approach to quell deaths at the border

Sep 17, 2021 More than 160 sets of human remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year
File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Judge orders government to stop expelling families under Trump-era border policy

Sep 16, 2021 Biden administration has continued to use Title 42 to send migrants back to Mexico almost immediately after apprehension.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at one of his press conferences at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City.

Mexico completes vaccination campaign for adults in northern border cities

Sep 15, 2021 In June, Mexico introduced a campaign to vaccinate all adults in in cities along its northern border to help speed the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions
Daniela Chavira and other undocumented students and DACA recipients meet at the Arizona Capitol to speak with representatives.

'Dreamers' wait as Congressional Democrats push for an immigration reform measure

Sep 14, 2021 Within a sweeping budget reconciliation package, Democrat-drafted measure looks to provide a pathway to legal status for some 8 million.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

ICE detention center response to COVID-19 a look at future pandemic handling

Sep 11, 2021 The Office of Inspector General found ICE detention centers weren’t following guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Since the year 2000, the Pima County Medical Examiner has received nearly 4,000 sets of human remains from people who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Arizona. Here, a cross marking the place where a man in his 30s died in 2009 lays a few hundred yards from one of the water stations the nonprofit Humane Borders sets out for migrants crossing the desert.

Documentary exploring death and disappearances along South Texas border comes to Tucson

Sep 10, 2021 'Missing in Brooks County' follows families looking for loved ones who went missing trying to cross Texas' rugged borderland
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at one of his press conferences at Mexico's National Palace in Mexico City.

Mexico’s president says U.S. must tackle root causes of migration

Sep 2, 2021 Mexican leaders have faced sharp criticism after images showed the country’s immigration officials crack down on migrants at its southern border.
Lanes directing vehicles entering the United States at the Mariposa border crossing, Nogales.

Hours expand at major Nogales port of entry

Aug 27, 2021 Operating hours at Mariposa Port of Entry will be extended from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. starting Sept. 1.
The U.S.-Mexico border in Southern Arizona, photographed from the air in August 2021.

Border by numbers: Dangers of the desert

Aug 27, 2021 Pima County is on pace for a record number of deaths in the desert this year.

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