Immigration
Senators in Washington are scheduled to vote Wednesday on a major bipartisan border and national security bill that Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was key in shaping. Rep. Ruben Gallego says he’s a yes vote — if he gets to vote on it in the House.
Feb. 7, 2024
Republican Kari Lake is running against Rep. Ruben Gallego for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s seat. If Lake was in the Senate right now, she’d be among the senators opposed to this bipartisan border deal.
Feb. 7, 2024
The union says the additional resources proposed in the bill are a welcome change, but curtails on asylum could conflict with international refugee law.
Feb. 6, 2024
Attorney General Kris Mayes is among a group of attorneys general who filed an amicus brief in support of DACA recipients and "Dreamers." The document was filed with the appeals court getting ready to hear the latest case against the Obama-era program.
Feb. 5, 2024
U.S. senators, including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, have released a long-awaited bill that could transform border and immigration functions.
→ Sinema calls for 'swift justice' for asylum seekers entering the U.S.
→ Sinema calls for 'swift justice' for asylum seekers entering the U.S.
Feb. 5, 2024
Independent U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is part of a coalition of lawmakers working on an immigration bill that will change how asylum seekers enter the country. It would end the policy of catching and releasing migrants and establish a new standard for lawful entry.
Feb. 4, 2024
Direct care workers labor in long-term care settings and are, predominantly, women of color. In Arizona, about a quarter of them are also immigrants. Immigrants continue to be a vital part of this workforce.
Feb. 2, 2024
Kris Mayes says she opposes Texas’ efforts to end the "Dreamers" program and joined 23 other attorneys general in filing the brief in federal court.
Feb. 2, 2024
Arizona lawmakers approved $8 million this week to allow the Department of Military and Emergency Affairs to keep busing migrants away from border towns.
Feb. 1, 2024
Citizenship and Immigration Services — or USCIS — is raising the cost of some visa application. Unlike other federal agencies, USCIS is funded almost entirely by the fees it charges for various immigration processes.
Jan. 31, 2024
Some GOP lawmakers in Arizona are throwing their support behind Texas — where state and federal agencies are engulfed in a legal dispute over concertina wire placed along parts of the international border with Mexico.
Jan. 30, 2024
In a statement released by the White House on Friday, President Joe Biden said the bill being discussed now would include a new presidential authority to "shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed." How that would work in practice is still not clear.
Jan. 29, 2024
Congressman and U.S. Senate hopeful Ruben Gallego said it’s immoral of former President Donald Trump to discourage Republican lawmakers from passing a bipartisan immigration bill.
Jan. 26, 2024
Arizona Republican lawmakers are introducing a bill that copies parts of a Texas immigration law the U.S. Department of Justice says is unconstitutional.
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→ More Arizona politics news
Jan. 24, 2024
One day in 2009, Gloria De La Rosa left her family home in Tucson and headed to Texas where, on the advice of a lawyer, she planned to travel across the U.S.-Mexico border for a green card appointment with US immigration authorities in Juarez.
Jan. 24, 2024
DHS rolled out a body camera policy last May and has conducted pilot programs within its various agencies for the last few years — part of a Biden administration effort to boost transparency and accountability to the public.
Jan. 24, 2024
More younger Latino people are struggling with their mental health. But language barriers and stigma can make accessing care difficult.
Jan. 24, 2024
The Show spoke with Ariel Ruiz Soto, a senior policy analyst for the Migration Policy Institute, about why policy changes are shifting who is migrating to the U.S. and how they are migrating.
Jan. 23, 2024
Rules around programs like DACA and a fear of reporting immigration status to authorities keep many migrants from seeking accessing psychiatric or therapeutic mental health services. including in Arizona.
Jan. 19, 2024
Washington narrowly avoided a government shutdown this month. But lawmakers are still mulling a potential deal that would green-light military aid for Ukraine in exchange for crackdowns on asylum at the border. In the meantime, along remote stretches of the Arizona border, officials say that system is overwhelmed.
Jan. 19, 2024
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