Southwest Border
The Arizona Trail runs from the U.S.-Mexico border into Utah. But its southernmost point has been closed thanks to the Trump administration’s border wall construction. After more than a year of closures, it’s opened to hikers again on Dec. 31, 2021.
Jan. 4, 2022
State Sen. Wendy Rogers wants to appropriate $700 million in state funds to pay for a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. She didn’t respond to questions about where construction would take place or how the cost could be justified.
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Jan. 3, 2022
A December count by the International Organization for Migration found at least 650 people died crossing the border in 2021, marking the deadliest year since it began recording in 2014.
Jan. 3, 2022
As hundreds of asylum seekers from Haiti continue to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, aid groups say they're running out of resources to help.
Dec. 30, 2021
The Biden administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to end the Migrant Protection Protocols, known as MPP, the Trump-era policy that forces asylum seekers to await U.S. immigration hearings in Mexico.
Dec. 30, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas, head of the Department of Homeland Security, is directing Customs and Border Protection to remediate unfinished Department of Defense border wall projects. A majority of the uncompleted projects are in the Tucson Sector.
Dec. 23, 2021
The first phase of the program will roll out in a handful of U.S. cities and have officers with the agency’s Homeland Security Investigations wear cameras during pre-planned operations.
Dec. 21, 2021
The Biden administration abruptly pulled out of settlement talks with the ACLU and other legal groups supporting separated families last week.
Dec. 21, 2021
Lawyers representing some of those who have been reunited have been in talks for months with the administration.
Dec. 17, 2021
The U.S. ambassador to Mexico was in Sonora this week to meet with state and local officials. The visit included discussion of security, trade and tourism.
Dec. 16, 2021
Aid groups and local health departments in Arizona and other border states have already been providing COVID-19 testing and offering vaccinations.
Dec. 15, 2021
A story in Military Times by reporter Davis Winkie revealed some disturbing truths about a group of Guard personnel who were sent to the southern border. Many were frustrated by a lack of direction and limited access to needed equipment, while others were accused of crimes — including drug use and sexual assault.
Dec. 15, 2021
The request comes as a task force set up by the Biden administration continues its search for migrant families separated at the border under former President Donald Trump’s zero tolerance policy.
Dec. 14, 2021
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court ruled to uphold a lower court decision mandating the use of the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols, or MPP, which forces asylum seekers to await U.S. immigration court hearings in Mexico.
Dec. 14, 2021
The U.S. has officially begun sending migrants back to Mexico under the revamped Migrant Protection Protocols program, or MPP, the Trump-era policy that forces asylum seekers to await U.S. court hearings in Mexico.
Dec. 13, 2021
Dozens of men, women and children were killed in a crash in southern Mexico on Thursday. Most of the victims were migrants and asylum seekers from Guatemala.
Dec. 10, 2021
The number of migrants dying in the deserts of southern Arizona now is higher than it has been in decades.
Dec. 10, 2021
A bipartisan group of Arizona lawmakers is urging the Department of Homeland Security to move forward with a pilot program that would allow Mexican nationals to more easily visit all of Arizona.
Dec. 9, 2021
A new five-part series from the Arizona Republic is attempting to put a face to the migrant crisis. The series profiles three women that journalists Rafael Carranza and the late Nick Oza met in their reporting in Nogales, Sonora: Elena Ramirez, Antonia Castillo and Josefa Ramirez.
Dec. 9, 2021
Chris Magnus comes to the agency amid a record number of apprehensions along the U.S.-Mexico border and as the Biden administration continues the use of asylum-restricting policies like the Migrant Protection Protocols and the pandemic policy, Title 42.
Dec. 8, 2021
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