After seven weeks apart in Arizona, migrant family reunited in D.C.
WASHINGTON - With a bouquet of roses and open arms, Miguel Calix waited nervously at Washington-Reagan National airport for his wife, daughter and stepdaughter to arrive on a flight from Phoenix, where they had been separated and detained after trying to cross the border and seek asylum from Honduras.
‘It doesn’t matter where children are born’: Migrant foster program may relaunch in Phoenix
FLAGSTAFF – Refugio, a Neighborhood Ministries program, allowed foster parents in cities across the U.S. to care for unaccompanied minors. The yearlong program ended three years ago but organization leaders are trying to revive the program in Phoenix.
As fentanyl overdoses rise, cartels are eager to funnel more of it through Arizona
Federal and state authorities continue to battle Mexican drug cartels as the opioid epidemic is fueled by the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl.
Ducey: AZ will spend $2.9 million to fight border-related crime
Gov. Doug Ducey said the state will spend $2.9 million in 2019 on an ongoing multiagency effort to stop drug trafficking and human smuggling at the border.
Report: Hispanic motorists in Maricopa County still arrested, searched more often
New data on the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office shows racially biased policing has continued, even as some Latino elected leaders in NALEO say the state’s reputation is improving.
Audit: Hiring of customs, border agents better, but still falling short
Customs and Border Protection is getting better at attracting and hiring job applicants, but it still has thousands of vacancies in its law enforcement ranks, a recent GAO audit says, burdened by a cumbersome hiring process and weak retention rates.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva: Secrecy surrounds Tucson shelter housing migrant children
Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Friday toured a Southwest Key facility in Tucson where he decried the dozens of migrant children who are locked away from their parents and out of view of the public, with some of them as young as 5 years old. The children smiled and greeted the Congressman, he said.
Strapped for workers, employers wait – and wait – on H-2B visa program
With unemployment near record lows, businesses are having trouble finding American workers to take jobs, and a guest-worker visa program that would let them bring on temporary foreign workers is costly, complex and capped tens of thousands of jobs below demand.
Citizenship question on census will intimidate immigrants, skew headcount, Latino leaders say
Latino leaders at a NALEO convention in Phoenix were worried a citizenship question on the 2020 census will suppress responses by undocumented residents and reduce funds for programs like Title 1 for education.
From border town to Belmont: Bob Baffert points to family, Nogales ranch as roots to horse racing success
From border town to Belmont: Bob Baffert points to family, Nogales ranch as roots to horse racing success.
What to do when an undocumented family member is arrested
Immigration attorney Rekha Nair says a lack of information – and plenty of misinformation – surrounds immigration detention.
Mexican ambassador: Mexico’s relationship with Trump in ‘better shape’
Two days after Mexico elected a new president, the Mexican ambassador to the U.S. said his country's relationship with the Trump administration is in better shape than it was a year and a half ago, but that there is still room for improvement.
