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"The Neotenic Queen" explores the secrets of desert wildlife, both flora and fauna.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: How the youth group Studio Mariposa is beautifying the border wall; and an uplifting tale of love & survival from "Children of the Holocaust."
Women prepare food for dozens of families at Centro de Esperanza migrant shelter in Sonoyta, Sonora.

Post Title 42, some migrants have hope of gaining asylum

With improvements to the federal CBP One app, some migrants who wait along the U.S.-Mexico border in Sonora have hope they’ll get an appointment to seek asylum while others still wait with little change in sight.
The seal of Pima County.

Pima County migrant shelter capacity stretched

The system was close to breaking in the days following the end of Title 42.
Border officials process 241 migrants who crossed the border near Ajo, Arizona, on May 10, 2023, the day before the end of Title 42.

Indian migrants crossing U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona continues to increase

New data show migrant apprehensions at the Southern Arizona border are slightly up in April, right before the end of Title 42, with the number of migrants from India continuing to increase.
Animation from "Home is Somewhere Else" (2022), directed by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos.

"Home is Somewhere Else" animates the migrant experience.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Meet AZPM border affairs reporter Danyelle Khmara; and multi-faceted artist Rick Wamer discusses his poetry collection "Long Shadow Days: Grief Walking".
Border Patrol agents process a group of nearly 250 migrants in Ajo, Arizona, on Wednesday, May 10.

Pima, Tucson near capacity since end of policy to expel migrants

Migrant services have reached a record high since Title 42 ended last Thursday, though whether that will continue isn’t clear.
Border Patrol agents process a group of nearly 250 migrants in Ajo, Arizona, on Wednesday, May 10.

Officials prepare for change in border policy

As Title 42 comes to an end, border officials prepare for a possible influx in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Melissa Cristina Large with her piece "Nanatita."

University of Arizona Museum of Art gives high school artists a chance to share, with "Our Stories".

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Tony Paniagua talks with a first-time German visitor to the United States; and "Pooh" returns to the Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre.
A stretch of border fencing east of Douglas constructed as part of President Trump's initiative to erect a taller wall along the southern border. November 2020.

US, Mexico agree on tighter immigration policies at border

Homeland Security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall spent Tuesday meeting with Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
University associate professor and author, Tim Z. Hernandez, visits the headstone in Fresno where most of the 1948 airplane crash victims were buried.

Airplane Crash from 1948 is Revisited and Researched

A professor and author is trying to find the families of all 32 victims.
The stinknet weed (Oncosiphon pilulifer), seen here with a key for scale, was being traded as Globe chamomile before being renamed. Scientists say it is an invasive plant in our region.

Why this wildflower is worrying naturalists in Arizona.

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.
A woman and child embrace along the border in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora where migrants seeking asylum formed an encampment along the sidewalk as they waited to make formal requests with U.S. Customs officers at the San Luis Port of Entry in December 2018.

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

The U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee comes weeks before Title 42 expires.
Apache Elementary School in Cochise County. March 2023

One room schoolhouse gets law enforcment help

Apache Elementary gets help with migrants crossing the Cochise County campus.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visited Southern Arizona on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. McCarthy was joined along with four freshmen representatives, including Arizona's Juan Ciscomani. The trip gained pushback from Democrats who called it a "photo opportunity."

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

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

The series includes a dozen oral histories, artwork and letters from migrants.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks about "gaps in the border" during a press gaggle along the Southern Arizona border on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 in Hereford, AZ. During his trip, McCarthy emphasized the need for more hearings along the border and asked for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to visit and listen to locals.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy visits Southern Arizona border

This is McCarthy's first visit to the border in his new leadership role.

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