‘Something special’: World Cup popularity endures even without U.S. team
The World Cup, even without the participation of the United States National Team, has once again become a major event both in Arizona and around the country
House soundly rejects last-ditch effort to pass immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON - A last-ditch effort to get an immigration reform bill through the House was soundly defeated Wednesday, with almost half of the Republicans joining all Democrats to reject the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act on a 301-121 vote.
Immigrant mom sues to be reunited with daughter taken at Arizona border
WASHINGTON - A Guatemalan woman who was separated from her 12-year-old daughter after they crossed the border near San Luis, Arizona, said she will sue the federal government in an effort to get her child back.
Slim hopes for immigration bill, despite E-Verify, farmworker visas
WASHINGTON - House leaders added employer checks and an expanded farmworker visa program in their latest attempt to get an immigration bill that can pass, but most lawmakers leaving a GOP caucus meeting the day before an expected vote appeared skeptical of its chances.
Supreme Court ruling on travel ban stuns Muslim community
A Somali immigrant says the ban is personal because relatives are still trapped in the country. Rep. Paul Gosar said the ban keeps America’s borders safe. VERTICAL: Borderlands
Victims’ families take plea to White House for stringent border laws
WASHINGTON - The separation of families at the border has sparked a firestorm of criticism, but the "Angel Families," who have lost a family member to crime committed by an immigrant, were at the White House to tell the president that separation is a small price to pay for border security.
Patriot Movement AZ supports preservation of Chinese Cultural Center
Leaders of the Chinese community advocating for the preservation of the center reached out to the Patriots group for its support of small business.
Immigration reform stalls in House, as GOP-backed plan is shot down
WASHINGTON - Some conservative House Republicans bucked their party's leaders Thursday and joined Democrats to kill a GOP-backed immigration reform bill, dimming chances that any reform bill will pass the House.
AZ ACLU worries Trump’s executive order too vague to halt family separations
Leaders of the Arizona ACLU and a Tucson-based coalition fighting to change immigration policy fear President Trump’s executive order will not end family separation and encouraged people to remain vigilant on immigration issues | Cronkite News
Native American lawmakers combat Trump stance on immigration
Indigenous people are among the thousands of immigrants being detained the border, according to the Arizona Legislature’s Indigenous Peoples Caucus. Arizona leaders from the Pascua Yaqui, Tohono O’Odham and Navajo nations said the issue goes back generations and told the story of a Guatemalan girl separated from her mother | Cronkite News
Trump ends family separations, stands firm on ‘zero tolerance’ policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered immigration officials to keep undocumented immigrant families together, after weeks of mounting criticism over his administration's "zero tolerance" policy that led to the separation of families at the border.
House immigration vote nears, but GOP fighting puts outcome in doubt
WASHINGTON - The House is poised to take action on two Republican immigration-reform bills, but it was not clear Wednesday if House leaders would be able to muster enough support to pass either. Democrats oppose both and GOP conservatives appeared to balk.
