Migrant medical costs, Arcosanti experiment and day care inspections
PHOENIX – In Tuesday’s 5 p.m. broadcast, viewers decided which interviews they wanted to see on air. But we’re offering all the content here: the full stories, the in-depth interviews and the community comments.
Electric scooter companies fight to keep rolling in Mexico and U.S.
MEXICO CITY – Like in metro Phoenix, electric shared scooters arrived in Mexico City with disruptive technologies and concerns. While some see in them innovation and an opportunity to fight urban problems such as air pollution or traffic, others think that these vehicles need to be regulated — or even eradicated.
Tucson’s Benedictine Monastery more than just a shelter for migrant families
TUCSON – The Casa Alitas shelter at the Benedictine Monastery in Tucson provides transportation, medical care and guidance for migrants claiming asylum in the United States.
Community leaders at breaking point as thousands of migrant families released in El Paso
EL PASO – Organizers and volunteers at shelters across El Paso struggle to keep pace with the release of migrants into the community, while migrants who faced cold and uncomfortable conditions at detention centers set out on their journeys as they await court hearings.
Influx of migrants, overstretched charity prompt Yuma mayor to declare a state of emergency
YUMA – 1,300 migrants have been processed through one shelter in Yuma in the past three weeks, and resources are stretched so thin that Yuma Mayor Douglas Nicholls is calling on the federal government to provide funding.
Nogales seeks a fair deal from binational commission on costs of treating wastewater
NOGALES – A federal bill would establish fair treatment between Nogales and the International Boundary and Water Commission, which handles transborder treaties and their application.
At the border, Pence calls on Democrats to fix ‘our broken asylum system’
NOGALES – Vice President Mike Pence visited Nogales on Thursday amid what the Trump administration calls a “border security and humanitarian crisis.”
Pentagon awards $1 billion in border-fence projects in Yuma and N.M.
The Pentagon announced late Tuesday it has awarded about $1 billion for replacement border fence projects along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Vice President Mike Pence to visit Nogales, inspect border wall draped in razor wire
PHOENIX – Vice President Mike Pence returns to Arizona on Thursday, this time to tour the Border Patrol station in Nogales, Arizona.
CBP: Southern border apprehensions topped 360,000 in first half of year
WASHINGTON - Frontline border officials told a Senate panel that the crisis at the southern border is real and that "something has to change" to combat the growing number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, which topped 360,000 for the first half of fiscal 2019.
Sewage flowing into Nogales Wash raises concerns about water supply for both Mexico and U.S.
NOGALES, Mexico – Wastewater that contains raw sewage has been flowing into the Nogales Wash in Sonora, Mexico since mid-January, spurring concerns about the water supply for several communities.
Shift of CBP officers has led to border slowdown that’s hurting trade
WASHNGTON - President Donald Trump may have backed off his threat to close the border, but business leaders form both sides of the border say there is a very real slowdown in crossings that's hurting businesses, after the redeployment of Customs and Border Protection officers.
