Border and Immigration

More people crossing border at Cochise County ports

May 10, 2023 Cross-border traffic rebounded after the pandemic.

Governor Hobbs visits Tucson to share plans for end of Title 42

May 9, 2023 The press conference took place Tuesday afternoon where she discussed her five point approach to an expected increase in migrants.

Value of trade at Cochise ports drops

May 8, 2023 More than $1 billion dollars in goods still came across.

US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border

May 3, 2023 Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall spent Tuesday meeting with Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Biden sending 1,500 troops for Mexico border migrant surge

May 2, 2023 Military personnel will do data entry, warehouse support and other administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can focus on fieldwork.

Map of border surveillance towers shows growing ‘virtual wall’ along US southern border

Apr 29, 2023 Arizona was an early adopter of surveillance towers when the CBP program was launched in the 2000s.

Airplane Crash from 1948 is Revisited and Researched

Apr 28, 2023 A professor and author is trying to find the families of all 32 victims.

Why this wildflower is worrying naturalists in Arizona.

Apr 27, 2023 Also on Arizona Spotlight: Martha Retallick on her "City Nature"; German fellow visits the AZPM Studio; and, a look into a Dolly Parton themed dance party.

Sinema, Southern Arizona mayors and county officials discuss impact of immigration on border communities.

Apr 26, 2023 The U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee comes weeks before Title 42 expires.

BioBlitz aims to clean up the border but also opens eyes

Apr 7, 2023 It is an annual effort to document the biological diversity within a three-mile radius of the border.

One room schoolhouse gets law enforcment help

Mar 21, 2023 Apache Elementary gets help with migrants crossing the Cochise County campus.

Cochise County getting more border enforcement vehicles

Mar 15, 2023 The money comes from an amended agreement with the state.

The Buzz: Congress' new interest in the AZ/Mexico border

Mar 3, 2023 As congressional representatives flock to the state, we ask if their rhetoric is true.

New archive documents the lives of detained asylum seekers and migrants

Feb 24, 2023 The series includes a dozen oral histories, artwork and letters from migrants.

Prosecutor: Arizona border rancher shot at unarmed migrants

Feb 22, 2023 Court filing asserts that George Alan Kelly began shooting at the group “out of nowhere” without a warning or a request to leave.

Arizona rancher murder complaint amended with assault counts

Feb 22, 2023 The two counts of aggravated assault are the first mention that others may have been injured in the incident.

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