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A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

New ICE directive looks to limit detention for pregnant, nursing women

Jul 13, 2021 The new rule reverses a Trump-era policy forged in 2017.
Students on the University of Arizona campus protest President Trump's announcement in September 2017 that the DACA program would be phased out.

Months-long backlog leaves first-time DACA recipients in limbo

Jul 5, 2021 Of some 55,000 first-time applicants, USCIS data shows just over 760 have been approved so far.
The steps outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC.

Supreme Court rules some immigrants don't have the right to a bond hearing

Jun 29, 2021 The ruling applies to immigrants who have already been deported once and say they'll face persecution or torture if returned home.
Mixed immigration status students gather in downtown Phoenix for a celebration of Joe Biden's presidential victory on Nov. 7, 2020.

DACA recipients, undocumented people mark '20 years of uncertainty' on DREAM Act

Jun 28, 2021 Two decades since the first version of the DREAM Act was brought to the U.S. Senate, Arizona Dreamers host panel asking for change.
A March 2018 photo of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

Report: ICE Detainees On Hunger Strikes Subject To Force-Feeding

Jun 28, 2021 The report, released by the advocacy groups Physicians for Human Rights and the ACLU, uses more than 10,000 pages of documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Immigrants with active cases under the Migrant Protection Protocols travel through the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego as they are processed for entry into the United States. February 2021.

In latest MPP rollback, asylum seekers with closed cases will have the chance try again

Jun 24, 2021 Researchers say some 28,000 migrants enrolled in the Trump-era program had their cases closed in absentia.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border wall in Douglas, Ariz. January 2021.

Border Patrol chief who supported Trump's wall is forced out

Jun 23, 2021 Trump appointed official will be reassigned
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

ICE to open hotel space for asylum seekers in Yuma

Jun 21, 2021 The space is part of a more than $86 million contract with the nonprofit Family Endeavors
New border fence going up in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Feb. 26, 2020.

Government watchdog finds Army Corps expedited border wall contracts

Jun 21, 2021 The report found the Corps awarded over $4 billion in noncompetitive contracts, green-lit some work before terms were agreed.
A group of demonstrators walk along the border wall in a march led by migrants and asylum seekers in Nogales, Sonora on April 30, 2021. The event was meant to urge President Biden to act on immigration reform.

DOJ reverses Trump-era restrictions on asylum

Jun 17, 2021 Rights groups say the 2018 restrictions made it nearly impossible for survivors of domestic and gang violence to claim asylum.
Arizona Gov. Ducey speaks to reporters at a news conference held along the border in Douglas on March 19, 2021.

Florida sending cops to Arizona border

Jun 16, 2021 The Florida announcement comes with criticism of Biden border policies.
Reyna Montoya is a DACA recipient and the CEO and founder of Aliento, a nonprofit that helps mixed immigration status families work through trauma. She said the new state bill would give more Arizona graduates a chance to stay in the state for college.

As DACA turns nine, recipients say legislative solution still elusive

Jun 16, 2021 The program gives temporary temporary protection and a work permit to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as chldren.
Dozens of migrants walked through downtown Nogales asking President Joe Biden to restore the asylum system and begin processing.

NGO asylum program comes to Arizona

Jun 13, 2021 The Biden administration is asking humanitarian groups to recommend vulnerable migrants to bypass pandemic expulsions.
The bright sun sets behind some trees near Soleng Tom Elementary School on Tucson's east side.

Border officials warn of heat dangers in south Arizona

Jun 10, 2021 An excessive heat warning for many parts of southern and central Arizona is expected to begin Saturday
Cracked mud flats appear on the surface of Quitobaquito pond on July 18, 2020.

Community organization donates $100,000 for Quitobaquito Restoration project

Jun 8, 2021 The National Park Service will use its own funds and those from donors to make improvements to the cherished desert spring.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Sonora, Mexico Gov. Claudia Pavlovich sit for a joint interview in Phoenix on May 21, 2021.

Governors of Arizona and Sonora meet officially for final time

Jun 4, 2021 Lorraine Rivera spoke to both governors about how the two states have collaborated in recent years.

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