Border and Immigration

Adults and children at Border Patrol's Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, June 17, 2018.

Trump moves to end limits on detention of migrant children

Aug 21, 2019 The new rules would allow the government to hold families in detention much longer than 20 days, which critics say would traumatize migrant children.

Inside the Southeastern Arizona Communications Center in Sierra Vista. The center helps dispatch first responders with multiple agencies in Cochise County.

Technology helping curb border crime in Cochise County

Aug 16, 2019 Arizona 360 tours the county's new communications center for first responders.

Families seeking asylum await processing outside the port of entry in Nogales, Sonora, on Sept. 4, 2018.

Court limits order that had stopped Trump asylum limits

Aug 16, 2019 Most crossing the southern border are Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty, who would largely be ineligible for asylum.

Rancher John Ladd opens a gate on his property where it meets the U.S.-Mexico border fence.

‘Build the wall’ across the San Pedro River? Many say ‘no’

Aug 16, 2019 Disparate groups agree that walling off Arizona's last free-flowing river is a bad idea.

Existing bollard-style fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.

New border fencing on hold for 45 days

Aug 14, 2019 The Department of Homeland Security is delaying its plans to build more miles of wall barrier along the border.

A Border Patrol vehicle at the fence on the U.S.-Mexico border near Nogales.

Border Patrol agent who ran down fleeing immigrant offered plea deal

Aug 13, 2019 Matthew Bowen faced charges over ramming a migrant with his vehicle and lying about it to investigators.

Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Mexico offers legal aid to migrants arrested in Mississippi raids

Aug 12, 2019 Mexican citizens who are deported will receive help in obtaining work, health care and schooling, the country's foreign relations secretary said.

Parked Tucson Police Department cars.

TPD chief says sanctuary initiative threatens major investigations

Aug 9, 2019 One of the writers of the initiative says interagency cooperation will not be affected.

Students at the University of Arizona campus.

ADL of Arizona: Hate groups recruit near college campuses

Aug 7, 2019 The group's leader says Arizona has been a flashpoint for anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy.

Bollard-style fencing is staged near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry, in New Mexico, April 2018.

Conservation groups look to block border wall construction

Aug 6, 2019 The groups have asked a federal judge for an injunction until a lawsuit challenging the project is decided.

Sonoran pronghorn are one of the federally endangered species USFWS says could be harmed by new border fencing.

Fish and Wildlife Service lays out concerns over border wall

Aug 5, 2019 The agency says wall construction through Pima and Cochise counties could harm many species.

The former Ann Ott Elementary School in Phoenix became a shelter for asylum-seeking families in July. The International Rescue Committee is overseeing renovations and operations at the shelter.

Closed Phoenix school gets new purpose as a shelter for asylum seekers

Aug 2, 2019 The International Rescue Committee gave Arizona 360 a tour of the facility.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan, in 2016.

Head of CBP defends agency's response to migration 'crisis'

Jul 31, 2019 Mark Morgan says politicians and the news media are unfairly demonizing border agencies.

Attorney General Willam Barr speaks at the White House July 11, 2019, as President Donald Trump looks on.

US moves to limit asylum for threatened family members

Jul 30, 2019 The U.S. attorney general says not all family units can be considered a "social group" for the purposes of asylum.

Arizona Public Media.

Two men arrested in Tucson on Islamic State charges

Jul 30, 2019 The Somali refugees allegedly wanted to join the terror group in Egypt.

The San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area in Cochise County, Arizona.

BLM: Border wall across San Pedro River would be 'engineering challenge'

Jul 29, 2019 A fence blocking the flows during monsoon could damage habitat and erode the San Pedro's channel and banks, the agency said.

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