Border Patrol expelling migrants to minimize virus exposure
The agency has returned to a deportation policy not seen in the Southwest in nearly 20 years.
Health workers, aid groups step in to fill Spanish-language gap around COVID-19
More than 1 million people speak Spanish at home in Arizona, but official coronavirus bilingual communication has lagged.
DACA recipients search for answers among local and federal measures to ease impact of pandemic
Recipients of the Obama-era program for immigrant youth say questions remain for mixed immigration status families
Groups question risk, expense of border wall construction during coronavirus pandemic
Critics say big construction crews are still at work — increasing the risk of spreading the virus and traveling to other states.
Immigration attorneys, turned away without protective gear, call for detention center closures
Arizona attorneys say they can't find protective equipment required to visit clients, putting their cases in danger.
Immigration lawyers: New personal protective equipment rules endangering detainees
Lawyers and advocacy groups say the U.S. government is defying public health rules intended to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Environmental advocates say planned border construction threatens jaguar corridors
CBP announced plans to build more than 90 miles of border wall in an area advocates say is predominantly remote wilderness.
Coronavirus forces ICE to shift enforcement priorities
ICE says it is temporarily focusing on arresting unauthorized immigrants with criminal backgrounds and those considered dangerous.
More demands to close immigration courts as judge tests positive for COVID-19
Immigration lawyers, judges and prosecutors sent a joint message to the Department of Justice to close the courts.
Judges ask DOJ to reconsider hearings in high-traffic immigration courts amid coronavirus outbreak
Judges and attorneys working in immigration courts say they need federal support to protect their clients and the public.
Final charge dismissed against humanitarian aid worker Scott Warren
Prosecutors declined to say why they dropped the case against Warren.
Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect
Advocates say as a result many immigrants are dropping government social services, including citizens and legal residents.
Arizona sanctuary city ban dies in the Legislature
The proposed constitutional amendment was pulled from further consideration.
Judge caps time CBP can hold migrants in ‘degrading’ Tucson centers
The ruling noted overcrowding, a lack of sleeping areas or blankets, a lack of showers and other problems.
Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall
The move is expected to speed construction and bring the president closer to his pledge of 450 miles by year's end.
