Family apprehensions at border fell below adults apprehended in October
By Megan U. Boyanton | Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019
WASHINGTON - For the first time in at least a year, more adult immigrants were apprehended at the southern border than families in October, according to numbers released Thursday by Customs and Border Protection.
High-profile public impeachment hearings get off to a low-decibel start
By Megan U. Boyanton | Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019
WASHINGTON - The much-anticipated first day of open House impeachment hearings arrived Wednesday with none of the drama of recent high-profile events like the Kavanaugh confirmation, with one Arizona lawmaker describing the hearing as "pretty dry."
‘In this for the long haul’: How a labor organizer’s daughter became a force for rural health care
By Anikka Abbott | Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
PHOENIX – Jill Guernsey de Zapien She helped start a program in southeastern Arizona to bring better care to rural residents, particularly farmworkers.
Arizona farmers like – but don’t love – ‘agricultural immigration’ bill
By Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
WASHINGTON - Arizona farm groups said a proposal to expand the immigrant workforce and make it easier for those workers to stay in the U.S. is an important first step toward solving the problem of getting and keeping reliable workers - but only a first step.
Vet still proud to have served his country – even after it deported him
By Megan U. Boyanton | Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON - Hector Barajas-Varela told a House panel he is proud to have served as a paratrooper in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division - even after the country deported him twice. And he is not alone: More than 44,000 noncitizens served between 2013 and 2018, and 250 vet faced deportation in that time.
For Syrians in Arizona, distant war affects life in their new homes
By Megan U. Boyanton | Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
WASHINGTON - Arizona has taken in 1,291 Syrians since 2014, but for those refugees the war back home is never far away, whether they are worrying about loved ones or worrying about saying something here that can get family members there in trouble with one side or the other.
McSally urged to oppose Trump’s rollback of Obama fuel economy standards
By James Carr, Melanie Porter and Grayson Schmidt | Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
PHOENIX – Two Democratic legislators want Sen. Martha McSally to oppose the planned rollback of fuel economy standards by the Trump administration. These standards reduce the amount of air pollution given off by vehicles by forcing manufacturers to make cars with better fuel efficiency.
Impeach Trump? Not an option for his supporters at Capitol Hill rally
By Megan U. Boyanton | Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019
WASHINGTON - With chants like "Pelosi's got to go" and "Four more years," hundreds of protesters marched to the West Lawn of the Capitol to voice their support for President Donald Trump - and disdain for Congress.investigating his possible impeachment.
Advocates worry as ‘domestic violence green cards’ get greater scrutiny
By Megan U. Boyanton | Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
WASHINGTON - Applications for "domestic violence green cards" have risen steadily since the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, but the percentage flagged as possibly fraudulent has risen even faster. But advocates say greater attention does not mean more problems.
Trump’s emergency wall funding declaration was ‘unlawful,’ court says
By Megan U. Boyanton and Kailey Broussard | Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Texas Friday blocked an administration plan to use $3.6 billion in Pentagon funds for border wall construction, calling President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to secure the funds "unlawful."
Court: Woman injured by leaking breast implant cannot sue manufacturer
By Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Oct. 11, 2019
An appeals court said federal law protects the manufacturer of a leaking silicone breast implant that injured a Gold Canyon woman, who tried to sue the company for damages from the implants she received after a cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy.
Volker resigns from McCain Institute, says impeachment testimony ‘becoming a distraction’
By Kailey Broussard and Megan U. Boyanton | Friday, Oct. 4, 2019
WASHINGTON - A day after he spent 10 hours before House committees that are pressing an impeachment inquiry of the president, Kurt Volker told staff Friday at the McCain Institute for International Leadership that he is still their executive director - but for how much longer remains unclear.