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Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, right, is chairman of Mexico’s lower congress, la Cámara de Diputados.

Mexico deploys National Guard to stop migrants

Jun 17, 2019 Critics say the deployment is against the law and is intended to serve U.S. interests.
Tonatiuh Guillén became commissioner for Mexico’s National Institute of Migration in December 2018.

Mexican immigration commissioner quits amid immigration crisis

Jun 17, 2019 Tonatiuh Guillén gave no explanation for his unexpected resignation.
The port of entry in Douglas, Arizona in April 2016.

After burst of border violence, Arizona DPS sends help to border

Jun 13, 2019 The agency declined to provide details beyond what it wrote in three tweets Wednesday.
Immigration activist Irineo Mujica.

Migrant activists accused of human smuggling released in Mexico

Jun 13, 2019 Upon release, Irineo Mujica accused the Mexican president of being a tool of the Trump administration to stop migrants.
This March 7, 2019 Customs and Border Protection photo shows a group of more than 100 migrants lined up at the border in the El Paso Sector.

Report: Number of undocumented migrants from Mexico declines in Arizona

Jun 12, 2019 Mexican-born immigrants no longer constitute the majority of undocumented individuals nationwide.
The port of entry in Douglas, Arizona in April 2016.

2 Sonoran border shootouts claim 9 lives

Jun 11, 2019 Violence rocked the Mexican border towns of Agua Prieta and Naco on Monday.
Scott Warren at a rally outside federal courthouse in Tucson before he enters, June 3. Warren is facing up to 20 years in prison for harboring undocumented immigrants. His supporters say Warren was offering only food, water, clothes and a safe place to sleep for those in need.

Jury deadlocks on charges against Arizona border aid worker Scott Warren

Jun 11, 2019 The jury returned Tuesday after days of deliberation on the case of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren.
Still image from video of Joseph Cuffari at his nomination hearing for inspector General, DHS, in March 2019.

DHS watchdog retires; governor's aide awaits Senate vote

Jun 11, 2019 Joseph Cuffari is waiting as part of a long list of nominations being considered for agency's next inspector general.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is greeted by supporters in Tijuana, Mexico, before a rally, in this photo dated June 8, 2019.

Mexican government boasts of negotiation success, though ultimatum from US awaits

Jun 11, 2019 While both countries have touted the agreement brought about by tariff threats, a Mexican official suggests the crisis is not over.
Workers sort through tomatoes at a packing plant in southern Sonora, Mexico.

Sigh of relief for border businesses after Mexico tariff threat

Jun 10, 2019 Last year, $14.5 billion in imports from Mexico passed through the Nogales commercial port alone.
The Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse, 405 W. Congress Street in Tucson.

Jury begins deliberations in border humanitarian aid worker trial

Jun 7, 2019 Federal prosecutors sought to make the case about the entire group, No More Deaths.
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard spoke to reporters late Thursday afternoon after meetings with officials in the U.S. State Department in Washington.

In Mexico, exporters already adjusting to threats of US tariffs

Jun 7, 2019 Trump’s threats have changed the political agenda the country, where at least 85% of exports go to the U.S.
Immigration activist Irineo Mujica.

US citizen, activist with migrant caravans, arrested in Mexico

Jun 7, 2019 Supporters say he is a humanitarian worker, not a human trafficker, and want him released.
Demonstrators gather to protest President Trump's decision to end the DACA program, September 2017.

Nonprofit partners with schools to help pay college tuition for Arizona 'Dreamers'

Jun 6, 2019 The groups hope to raise close to $10 million each year to help current DACA students finish their degrees.
An immigrant detention center in Nogales, Sonora, is one of five recently closed by the Mexican federal immigration agency.

In Mexico, deportations triple as new caravan arrives

Jun 6, 2019 The number of migrants taken to a migratory station in Mexico has also tripled.
Immigrant children rest at a detention facility in Nogales, Arizona in 2014.

Feds cut services to unaccompanied migrant kids in shelters

Jun 6, 2019 The agency overseeing shelters is slashing education, legal aid and recreation for migrant kids.

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