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Members of the Arizona state Legislature meet at the Senate Building.

Arizona lawmakers pass bill some compare to controversial SB 1070

Feb 28, 2024 On Wednesday, the Arizona legislature passed a bill that would make it a state crime to enter the country unauthorized.
A federal court temporarily blocked a steep increase in fees for citizenship and asylum application and other fees set to take effect Friday. That’s good news for migrants, but poses a challenge for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services which gets almost all of its budget from fees for services.

Officials and nonprofit partner to offer free immigration advice

Feb 26, 2024 The Consulate of Mexico in Nogales is partnering with Chicanos Por la Causa to offer free immigration advice and advice on pathways to US citizenship for community members.

Judge to decide whether to hear case against Arizona gun dealers for alleged part in gun trafficking to Mexico

Feb 21, 2024 A lawsuit by the Mexican government against five Arizona gun dealers has its first hearing Thursday in federal court in Tucson. The suit alleges the dealers caused Mexico harm by trafficking guns across the border from the U.S.
The Altar Valley Middle School student council volunteer in the 2024 All the Way to the Border cleanup of Highway 286.

Diverse community comes together to clean up rural highway

Feb 20, 2024 Every year people of different ideologies come together in Southern Arizona for the highway cleanup from Three Points, through the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge and to Sasabe and the always changing border.
Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs speaks during a Q & A session with Chief Executive Officer of the Sky Islands Regional Partnership Melany Edwards Barton in Sierra Vista. February 13, 2024.

Hobbs on Senate's failure to pass Bipartisan Border Security Package: "It is incredibly unfortunate and frustrating."

Feb 15, 2024 The Q & A was hosted by the Sky Islands Regional Partnership — formerly known as the Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce
A view of newly-constructed border fencing in Sasabe. June 2021.

Migrants in Sasabe stuck in freezing temps overnight, including families

Feb 13, 2024 Hundreds of migrants waited through the night near Sasabe over the weekend through snow and freezing temperatures.
Border Patrol process families and children who crossed the border near Lukeville, Arizona, at a makeshift processing center, in December 2023.

Mexican families fleeing violence grows exponentially in Tucson Sector

Feb 12, 2024 The number of Mexican families crossing the U.S.-Mexico border grew nationwide in 2023, but nowhere is that more true than in Arizona’s Tucson Sector where the number of Mexican people in a family grew from 8,500 in 2022 to more than 120-thousand.

Bill that proposes adding federal criminal penalties for those evading law enforcement within 100 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border passes House

Feb 1, 2024 Arizona Congressman Juan Ciscomani is the bill's sponsor.

Families coming to US border greatly increases in 2023

Jan 29, 2024 In 2023 the number of families coming to the U.S.-Mexico border greatly increased. Nowhere on the southern border is that truer than in Arizona’s Tucson Sector where the number of family members increased from about 24,000 people to more than 220,000.
Migrants wait to be processed by border patrol outside of Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 5, 2023.

December breaks record for migrant apprehensions

Jan 27, 2024 New data shows that December was a record for the number of times Border Patrol apprehended migrants entering the US unauthorized, with the highest number being in the Tucson Sector at more than 80,000 apprehensions.
Kyrsten Sinema

Sinema says details on border-foreign aide negotiations likely out next week

Jan 25, 2024 Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says details on border-foreign aid package likely out next week and will include funding for migrant services such as Tucson’s Casa Alitas, a quicker process for asylum claims and changes to manage large groups arriving at the border.
Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin tweeted photos of Border Patrol processing a group of about 1,000 migrants near San Miguel, on the Tohono O'odham Nation.

Study finds Biden most active presidency on immigration

Jan 22, 2024 A new study from a nonpartisan think tank says the Biden administration is the most active presidency on immigration — despite record number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Migrants wait to be processed by border patrol outside of Lukeville, Arizona, on Dec. 5, 2023.

Drop in migrant apprehensions likely related to Mexico enforcement measures

Jan 18, 2024 The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped in recent weeks. Experts say that has to do with Mexico increasing its enforcement measures, though the drop may be temporary.
Border Patrol process hundreds of migrants on Dec. 5, 2023. Many are from African countries — Senegal, Guinea and Mauritania — and a smaller number are from India and Central and South America. Many say they came through a cut in the border wall.

Report finds Mexican cartels move migrants through Tucson Sector due to limited resources

Jan 11, 2024 A new report found that smuggling networks in Mexico take advantage of Border Patrol’s limited capacity in Arizona, which contributed to the increase in migrants.
Based on rosette or spot analysis conducted by the Center Biological Diversity, a new jaguar has been detected in southern Arizona. From top to bottom is the new cat, Sombra and El Jefe.

New jaguar spotted on trail camera in southeastern Arizona

Jan 8, 2024 The Center for Biological Diversity confirms it is the eighth jaguar documented in Arizona.
A globe is visible in the foreground as a child runs past at Casa Alitas in Tucson. The nonprofit offers shelter, medical aid and helps arrange travel for migrants admitted into the United States.

Even with drop in asylum seekers, Pima County anxious for more federal funding

Jan 5, 2024 Pima County continues to warn of pending street releases if Congress doesn’t allot more money for migrant services, even as officials opened the Lukeville port of entry yesterday due to a drop in unauthorized border crossings outside of ports.

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