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Dr. Douglas Lowell is seen in this screen capture from a campaign video posted on YouTube. Lowell announced on August 24, 2021 he is running in the Republican primary in Arizona's second congressional district, where incumbent Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is retiring.

Tucson surgeon Douglas Lowell runs for Congress

Aug 24, 2021 Lowell vows to complete border wall, push "America First" agenda.
A Border Patrol vehicle drives along a section of fence at the Organ Pipe National Monument, west of Lukeville, Arizona, on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.

Federal judge says Customs and Border Protection broke environmental law

Aug 24, 2021 Lawsuit accused the agency of failing to assess how ramped up border enforcement would impact the borderlands and endangered species that live there.
File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Border by numbers: all Border Patrol sectors aren't equal

Aug 20, 2021 Data show who crosses the border depends on location.
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Mexican official: Border restrictions unlikely to ease over ‘short term’

Aug 18, 2021 Foreign secretary throws cold water on the prospect of northbound border crossing restrictions easing soon.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Border apprehensions rose to a new high in July, but so-called Title 42 expulsions are slightly down

Aug 13, 2021 Border-wide, less migrants were subject to Title 42 than were taken into custody. Still, less than half were released in the U.S.
File image of a Border Patrol vehicle on patrol along the Arizona-Mexico border.

Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott retiring

Aug 13, 2021 New chief is Raul Ortiz, who started as an an agent in San Diego Sector.
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Top Mexican official says loosening of border restrictions unlikely this month

Aug 11, 2021 Foreign secretary cites surge in coronavirus cases on both sides of the border.
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.

Deaths along the Arizona-Mexico border are on pace to set a new record

Aug 11, 2021 More than 140 sets of remains have been recovered from the Arizona desert so far this year.
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Migrants from Texas being flown to Tucson

Aug 6, 2021 As Rio Grande Valley surpasses capacity, Pima County administrator says some migrants and asylum seekers are coming to Tucson.
Amber Ortega

Indigenous protester arrested at border wall site set to head to trial

Aug 5, 2021 Amber Ortega was arrested for physically blocking construction machinery at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument last September
A group of migrants and Border Patrol agents along the border fence in Yuma County. June 2021.

As Biden continues to use Title 42, ACLU resumes lawsuit against it

Aug 5, 2021 The controversial protocol allows border officers to turn migrants back across the border into Mexico without processing.
Northern Arizona University track star Luis Grijalva is representing Guatemala in the Olympics.

Arizona DACA recipient headed for the Olympics

Jul 30, 2021 Northern Arizona University track star Luis Grijalva came from Guatemala when he was 1-year-old
Daniela Chavira and other undocumented students and DACA recipients meet at the Arizona Capitol to speak with representatives.

After Texas ruling on DACA, Arizona Dreamer says life on hold again

Jul 27, 2021 This month a federal judge in Texas ruled the Obama-era program was illegal, suspending new applications and renewals
A staff member with the Casa Alitas Welcome Center gives an orientation to migrants who have just been brought from Nogales by the Border Patrol. Migrants will stay at the center for a few days while working out travel arrangements to connect with family in the U.S.

Uncertainty abounds as some asylum seekers bypass pandemic-era restrictions at border

Jul 20, 2021 Migrants part of DHS Title 42 exemption program find communities ready to help in the U.S., but more questions remain
A group of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents in Sasabe on March 24, 2021.

CBP data shows another rise in apprehensions, repeat crossings

Jul 19, 2021 The agency says border officers encountered almost 190,000 migrants across the southwest border.
A migrant receives a serving of breakfast at the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Sonora. The faith-based shelter offers food, showers and other services, and also partners with legal aid groups to offer case assistance.

Migrants in Nogales seek entry through exemption as pandemic-era restrictions drag on

Jul 19, 2021 A DHS program allows a few hundred people a day to gain entry through humanitarian exemption, but questions remain.

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