An advocate for the Center for Biological Diversity hiked roughly 15 miles to photograph several swaths of public land in Arizona that have been cleared so far for the massive construction project.
- Henry Brean
The Arizona tree-sit protest has just entered its fourth week in the almost-ghost town of Lochiel, where a border wall contractor late last month used heavy machinery to topple three towering cottonwoods.
- Howard Fischer
A federal judge refused a bid by the Tohono O'odham Nation to immediately block construction of 62 miles of new border wall along the reservation's southern boundary with Mexico.
- Henry Brean
The Center for Biological Diversity released footage confirming Cinco’s presence near two 30-foot border walls being built, signaling increased barriers to jaguar movement and habitat connectivity in southern Arizona.
- Howard Fischer
PHOENIX — The American Civil Liberties Union is dropping its bid to block enforcement of a new law that lets state and local police arrest some border crossers.
- Emily Bregel
The Arizona Daily Star reported Aug. 9 on the plight of dozens of immigrants, with protection against deportation to their home countries, whom the U.S. has deported to Equatorial Guinea.
Organ Pipe monument closes roads to clear path for 2nd border wall construction- Henry Brean
Federal officials have closed roads in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument as construction of new border wall segments ramps up along the Arizona-Mexico border.
The Tohono O'odham Nation has sued the Department of Homeland Security over its plans to take reservation lands and water to construct a border wall.
Immigrants deported from the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea say they have been threatened at gunpoint and fear for their lives while detained at a former hotel.
If you are interested in what Surprise officials know about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's planned facility within the city's boundaries, there's now an online hub for that information.
A University of Arizona student and two other Tucson Dreamers say they're fighting deportation despite having no criminal records.
A detainee in ICE’s Eloy Detention Center in Arizona has been deported with a urine-collection tube and bag still in place, more than three months after her medical record says a specialist was supposed to review whether the tube could be removed.
A hazardous chemical spill within the Upper San Pedro watershed in Sonora could impact the north-flowing river in Arizona.
PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes won't commit to defending the legality of a controversial voter-approved measure that lets state and local police arrest border crossers.
A Phoenix man has been imprisoned for three months in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea, after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported him there on April 28 without notice or a fear screening, the Arizona Daily Star reported Aug. 2.
Equatorial Guinea is among dozens of countries that have signed often-opaque “third-country removal” agreements with the Trump administration to accept U.S. deportees who can’t be deported to their home countries.
Conservationists began a tree sit on July 29 to protect the last historic cottonwood tree in Lochiel, Arizona, threatened by President Trump's border wall construction. This tree, part of a rare and century-old group, supports diverse wildlife including endangered species and serves as a vital habitat.
Immigration agents arrested a longtime Tucson resident, Ana, a Mexican national who has lived in the US since age four and is mother to three citizen children, outside a Pima County courthouse after she attended a hearing for a noise violation.
A detainee in ICE’s Eloy Detention Center in Arizona has been deported with a urine-collection tube and bag still in place, more than three months after her medical record says a specialist was supposed to review whether the tube could be removed.
Local officials condemn federal immigration enforcement targeting a Tucson mother after a court appearance, emphasizing that public safety requires individuals to access county services without fear of detention.
A pregnant Colombian woman was released from ICE detention three weeks after alleging a Border Patrol agent violently assaulted her during her arrest near Douglas.
The Tohono O’odham Nation asks a federal court to halt border wall construction across tribal lands, citing sovereignty, sacred sites and environmental harm.
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The Trump administration is asking courts to end protections for detained migrant children as a federal judge considers appointing a powerful new enforcer.
A federal judge refused late Friday to block state and local police from enforcing a voter-approved law allowing them to arrest people who enter the country at other than a legal crossing.
A 23-year-old Russian asylum seeker who lived in Tucson has been returned to his home country, despite his fear of being conscripted into the Russian military or imprisoned for his political beliefs.
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Advocates worry a growing number of pregnant, nursing and postpartum women are being detained in civil immigration detention, despite a 2021 ICE policy directive advising against detaining those women.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes urged a federal judge to reject an immediate block on Proposition 314, arguing no one has yet been arrested or harmed under the immigration law.
Two pregnant women in immigration custody in Arizona were hospitalized this month in separate incidents. In one, a woman was helicoptered to a Tucson hospital after what she called an assault by a Border Patrol agent.
A Phoenix jury acquitted a man accused of assaulting an ICE agent after he said he rushed to protect his father during an immigration arrest that ended with his father's deportation.