With a week to next shutdown, no obvious progress on budget, DACA bills
WASHINGTON - With a week before the budget expires, and Congress off until Monday, there is little outward sign of progress on spending or DACA bills that could head off the next government shutdown. But officials are optimistic a deal will get done.
Wish you were here: CBP tries to sell Nogales to reluctant officers
WASHINGTON - In an effort to better sell Southwest border posts to recruits, Customs and Border Protection brought recruiters from field offices around the country to Tucson, where they took port tours and learned firsthand all the benefits that come from living and working in Arizona.
Customs rotates officers into Nogales to deal with staffing shortages
WASHINGTON - Ports of entry at Nogales are as many as 300 U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers shy of their approved staffing levels, according to the officers' union, leading to long lines that threaten the region's economy.
Both sides blast Trump immigration plan – as racist or as a giveaway
WASHINGTON - A White House plan to give a path to citizenship for 1.8 million immigrants in exchange for a border wall and tougher immigration policies was attacked from all sides, called racist by one side and a shameless giveaway by the other.
Furloughed federal workers feel like ‘pawns’ in shutdown fight
WASHINGTON - More than 55,000 federal workers in Arizona will be back on the job Tuesday, after Congress ended a three-day government shutdown. But workers worry they could soon be right back in the same situation.
Grand Canyon partly open, blunting biggest hit of government shutdown
WASHINGTON - As Congress met this weekend in an effort to end the government shutdown before it could enter its third full day, the costliest impacts of the shutdown in Arizona have been blunted - for now.
Tempe City Council fails to pass border wall resolution
Tempe City Council will not be joining other Arizona cities in taking a stance against President Donald J. Trump’s proposed border wall along the U.S.-Mexico Border.
DACA advocates push for action as clock ticks down on budget deal
WASHINGTON - As congressional lawmakers were wrangling over a deal Thursday to keep the government open past a Friday budget deadline, about 200 DACA advocates were urging Congress to include protection for "Dreamers" as part of any budget bill.
Arpaio bid for Senate shakes up already tumultuous primary campaign
WASHINGTON - Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he is running for the Senate seat being vacated by Jeff Flake "for one unwavering reason: to support the agenda and policies of President Donald Trump."
Agents tell panel it will take more than a wall to fully secure border
WASHINGTON - Frontline border agents told a House panel that a wall is just one thing needed to secure the border, saying they also need better technology, more officers and better incentives to attract and keep agents.
Arizona school principals, superintendents mentor colleagues to handle stress, conflict
School administrators handle a mountain of stress and conflict as they fulfill their passion as educators. Four times a year, Arizona principals and superintendents meet for training to learn how to manage that stress.
In Mexico, loving the mountains to death
LA SIERRA GORDA, Queretaro, Mexico – The Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve covers nearly 1 million acres that shelter 2,200 species of plants and animals, but ever-increasing numbers of people who come to visit can pose a major threat if not regulated carefully, activists worry.
