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A toppled saguaro in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Dec. 21, 2019.

Groups offer support for conservationists challenging border wall construction

Mar 9, 2020 Local governments, archaeologists and others have filed briefs supporting a challenge to the waiver of laws for border wall construction.
Just days after it ruled that a Mexican family could not sue the Border Patrol agent who shot from Texas and killed their son across the border, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling that a Sonoran family could sue an agent for a similar shooting in Nogales.

Supreme Court vacates ruling in Nogales cross-border shooting

Mar 3, 2020 The high court’s order followed its 5-4 ruling last week in a nearly identical case from Texas.
A view of construction crews in the distance along the border on Monument Hill in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Tohono O’odham chair decries ongoing controlled blasts for border wall project

Feb 28, 2020 Chairman Ned Norris, Jr. testified during a U.S. House subcommittee hearing.
Greg Kuykendall, left, and Scott Warren outside the federal courthouse in Tucson.

Final charge dismissed against humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren

Feb 28, 2020 Prosecutors declined to say why they dropped the case against Warren.
Tohono O’odham Chairman Ned Norris Jr. told a House subcommittee Wednesday, Feb. 26 the construction of a border wall on sacred sites was akin to building a wall in Arlington National Cemetery.

Hearing looks at border wall construction's impact on Native American sites

Feb 27, 2020 The chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation compared it to building a wall at Arlington National Cemetery.
Attorney Cristobal M. Galindo outside the Supreme Court in November, after the court heard arguments in the case of Sergio Hernández, a Mexican 15-year-old who was on the Mexican side of the border when he was shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent standing in the U.S. The court Tuesday ruled that Sergio’s parents, Mexican citizens, do not have the right to sue the agent.

Court says Mexicans cannot sue Border Patrol agents in fatal shootings

Feb 26, 2020 A ruling on Tuesday about a cross-border shooting in Texas could affect a decision on a similar case that took place in Arizona.
The U.S.-Mexico border fence.

Arizona House bill would set aside $1M for border cameras

Feb 25, 2020 Some members questioned whether bill crosses the line into federal border enforcement.
Arizona Public Media.

Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect

Feb 25, 2020 Advocates say as a result many immigrants are dropping government social services, including citizens and legal residents.
El Pinacate

Conservation groups to UNESCO: Border wall puts Sonora's World Heritage sites 'in danger'

Feb 24, 2020 The groups are urging the agency to declare the cratered landscape known as El Pinacate "in danger" due to border wall construction.
National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto sits for an interview with Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera at Arizona Public Media on Feb. 19, 2020.

Border Patrol union VP on relationship with Trump

Feb 21, 2020 Since the president took office, he has met with Art Del Cueto several times.
Arizona State Capitol building.

Arizona sanctuary city ban dies in the Legislature

Feb 21, 2020 The proposed constitutional amendment was pulled from further consideration.
An image from a video camera in a Customs and Border Protection immigrant processing facility in the Tucson-area shows the overcrowding, with detainees forced to wrap themselves in Mylar blankets and sleep on the floor or sitting against a wall.

Judge caps time CBP can hold migrants in ‘degrading’ Tucson centers

Feb 21, 2020 The ruling noted overcrowding, a lack of sleeping areas or blankets, a lack of showers and other problems.
Motorists wait to cross at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, in February 2019.

Vehicle crossings at Arizona-Mexico ports fall for second year

Feb 19, 2020 While car crossings were down significantly, pedestrian crossings dropped much more modestly.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall

Feb 18, 2020 The move is expected to speed construction and bring the president closer to his pledge of 450 miles by year's end.
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard during a press conference in Mexico's National Palace.

Mexico says fewer migrants are reaching the US border

Feb 18, 2020 The country's administration says its efforts to the reduce the flow of migrants are proving effective.
A construction worker works on installing 30-foot bollard fencing along Arizona's border with Mexico in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, February 2020.

Controlled blasts for border wall project draw criticism

Feb 14, 2020 Critics say they threaten cultural sites that belong to the Tohono O'odham Nation.

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