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A sign lets drivers know they are entering Mexico at the port of entry in Yuma.

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy’s impact in Nogales, Sonora

Feb 14, 2020 The migrant protection protocols expanded to Nogales in January 2020.
The dining hall in Kino Border Initiative's new Migrant Outreach Center in Nogales, Sonora. Arizona 360 host Lorraine Rivera toured the facility with Rev. Sean Carroll.

Touring a new center for migrants and deportees in at the border

Feb 14, 2020 The facility allows Kino Border Services to drastically expand its services in Nogales, Sonora.
The International Outfall Interceptor, or IOI, runs under this concrete-lined wash through the city of Nogales, Ariz.

More money possible to help faulty cross-border sewage pipe

Feb 14, 2020 A longstanding Nogales water contamination problem could see more funding under the President Trump's proposed budget.
Image from a Feb. 13 tweet by Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Roy Villareal, described in the tweet as showing border wall construction near Organ Pipe National Monument.

Border officials: No cultural sites where border explosions are taking place

Feb 14, 2020 A Tucson Sector official said on Twitter the detonations are happening in areas disturbed by the last border fence project.
Construction underway on a section of border wall in Organ Pipe National Monument, Sept. 18, 2019.

Defense tries to move more money for border wall construction

Feb 13, 2020 The move has some in Congress calling constitutional foul.
The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

DOJ sanctuary city crackdown won't impact Arizona cities, US attorney's office says

Feb 11, 2020 The state doesn't have sanctuary cities or policies that fit that definition, an assistant U.S. attorney in Arizona said.

Tohono O'odham Nation denounces border wall construction and blasting of cultural sites

Feb 11, 2020 The blasting project reportedly went through Monument Hill, an Indigenous burial site on ancestral Tohono O'odham land.
The dome of the Arizona Capitol Museum in Phoenix.

Arizona House votes to let landowners build border walls with no permits

Feb 6, 2020 Private landowners wouldn't need to ask the city or county for a permit under the legislation, which is heading to the Arizona Senate.
Cottonwoods along the San Pedro River channel cut down for pending border wall construction across the river in February 2020.

Cochise County removes rented dumpsters used for San Pedro River border wall prep

Feb 5, 2020 The contract said the dumpsters were intended for another location, according to the county.
Tomatoes on their way north across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Nogales gets ready for stepped-up tomato inspections

Feb 5, 2020 The inspections are part of the new tomato suspension agreement, which sets floor prices for Mexican imports among other things.
No More Deaths volunteers.

Federal judge throws out No More Deaths convictions

Feb 5, 2020 The volunteers had been convicted of misdemeanors after leaving food and water in the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at the County Administration Building in downtown Tucson.

Pima County supervisors reject federal Operation Stonegarden money

Feb 5, 2020 Sheriff Mark Napier says the aid, which is tied to immigration-related law enforcement, helps fight drug trafficking.
Quitobaquito pond is fed from the nearby Quitobaquito Springs. Recent construction activity near the site has drawn concern from environmental groups.

More concern, outrage over border wall's impact on sensitive desert lands

Jan 30, 2020 A recently bulldozed strip of desert has sparked another wave of criticism over the construction of President Trump's border wall.
U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court says ‘public charge’ rule can take effect — for now

Jan 28, 2020 The policy will require migrants to demonstrate that they will not need public assistance before they can gain admission to the U.S.
Demonstrators gather Sunday, Jan. 26 to protest the construction of border wall across the San Pedro River.

Hundreds protest planned border wall across the San Pedro River

Jan 27, 2020 Many are worried about how the proposed barrier would impact a vital waterway and wildlife migration corridor.
A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Judge overseeing Border Patrol trial may order tents for Tucson Sector

Jan 16, 2020 Government attorneys said the number of families seeking asylum in the sector is already far higher than the last fiscal year.

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