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The Hubert H. Humphrey building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of U.S. Health and Human Services.

Detaining Immigrant Kids Is Now a Billion-Dollar Industry

Jul 13, 2018 In 10 years, the grants for such processes went from $74.5 million to $958 million.
Rosaira Pablo Cruz holds photos of her two sons. Pablo Cruz was planning to catch a red-eye flight to New York Thursday night, with the hope of seeing the boys for the first time in about three months.

Migrant Mother Plans Cross-Country Journey to See Her Sons

Jul 13, 2018 The mother and sons were apprehended crossing the border illegally and then separated by immigration authorities.
Real estate agent Jutta Lunario talks with Border Patrol agent Christopher Sullivan.

Border Patrol Works on Reputation One-on-One, Over Coffee

Jul 13, 2018 Agents are stepping up efforts to meet with public.
The album cover for Rebekah Rolland's "Seed & Silo".

Spotlight Session: Rebekah Rolland

Jul 12, 2018 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Are immigrant children in custody being housed in Phoenix?; Tucson's refugee community faces uncertain future together.
A protester holds a sign at a border demonstration in Nogales, Arizona. (June, 2018)

Poll: Arizona Voters Oppose ICE Shutdown

Jul 12, 2018 Even in heavily Democratic Pima County, less than a quarter of the people questioned agreed with abolishing ICE.
Nicol rests at a women shelter in Nogales, Sonora, after making a six-week trip to get to the U.S.-Mexico border. She plans to seek asylum.

Transgender Asylum Seeker Says She Was Sexually Assaulted in Detention

Jul 12, 2018 Nicol Garcia's lawyer says medical reports confirm she was attacked in the Cibola Detention Center in New Mexico.

Phoenix Office Building Draws Attention as Rumored Shelter for Migrant Kids

Jul 10, 2018 The facility is run by MVM, Inc., a Virginia-based company that has strong ties to the federal government.
Demonstrators protest the separation if immigrant children from their parents during the visit of First Lady Melania Trump to Tucson, June 28, 2018.

Government to Reunite Some Migrant Kids With Parents

Jul 9, 2018 The Justice Department said 54 children under the age of 5 — less than half of those identified — will be reunited.
Joanna Williams, director of education and advocacy for the Kino Border Initiative.

In Her Own Words: Helping Migrants and Deportees

Jul 6, 2018 Video commentary from Joanna Williams with the Kino Border Initiative.
(From left to right.) Journalists Dylan Smith, Dan Shearer, Sarah Garrecht Gassen and Ernesto Portillo, Jr. participate in a roundtable discussion with Lorraine Rivera (center).

Revisiting Issues Shaping Arizona in 2018

Jul 6, 2018 Four journalists take part in a roundtable discussion.
Congressman Raul Grijalva talks to reporters after touring Southwest Key Immigrant Detention Center in Tucson

Congressman Tours Tucson Child Immigrant Detention Center

Jul 6, 2018 The Southwest Key immigrant detention center is at capacity, says Congressman Raul Grijalva.
Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier in Nogales, Arizona, Feb. 9, 2017.

Sheriff Napier: Illegal Immigration and Border Security Are Separate Issues

Jul 6, 2018 The Pima County sheriff also said Operation Stonegarden and other federal grants are held up for political reasons.
Christine Vivona

A Bright Touch: Harpist Christine Vivona

Jul 5, 2018 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Voices of protesters in Nogales; and a conversation with NASA nurse Dee O'Hara on the birth of the space program.
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva speaks to Arizona Public Media, June 2018.

Grijalva Adds Voice to Call to End ICE

Jul 5, 2018 The Southern Arizona Democrat said border enforcement won't go away, but that the agency should be broken up.
More than 300 demonstrators in downtown Nogales, Arizona, protesting the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border

Prominent Arizona Family Stands Against Trump Border Policies

Jul 4, 2018 The daughter of former Arizona Governor Raul Castro joins demonstrators at the border.
Soon-to-be U.S. citizens taking an oath at a naturalization ceremony at the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson, February 2018.

Pew: Rising Support for More Legal Immigration to the US

Jul 2, 2018 The survey also found broad misunderstandings about the legal immigrant population.

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