Despite rhetoric, border counties’ violent crime about average for U.S.
By Andrew Howard | Monday, May 27, 2019
Influx of Venezuelans sorely tests Peru’s economy and labor market
By Kailey Broussard | Monday, May 13, 2019
The Peruvian labor market is being transformed by an influx of more than 700,000 Venezuelans, a number that could double by year’s end.
Schools in Peru are under added pressure from wave of Venezuelan migrants
By Lindsay Walker | Friday, May 3, 2019
Although overwhelmed and short of money, educators in Peru are scrambling to accommodate an influx of Venezuelan school children.
Lawmakers, business leaders wary of Trump threat to close Mexico border
By Andrew Howard | Monday, April 1, 2019
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump repeated his threat to deal with a surge of migrants by closing the U.S.- Mexico border, a move that has been called a potential "economic catastrophe" for Arizona, which did $16.7 billion in trade with Mexico in fiscal 2018.
Border communities refine tactics to deal with onslaught of fentanyl overdoses
By Julian Hernandez | Wednesday, March 6, 2019
NOGALES – Law enforcement in border communities are taking a proactive stance against fentanyl overdose deaths through community engagement and naloxone training.
Produce rescue: Nogales group feeds vulnerable communities as it fights food waste
By Molly Stellino | Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019
TEMPE – A nonprofit organization in Nogales assists elderly, low-income, undocumented and disabled people in Arizona by giving them affordable fruits and vegetables.
Pentagon more than doubles active-duty troops deployed to border
By Andrew Howard | Monday, Feb. 4, 2019
WASHINGTON - The Defense Department will send an additional 3,750 active-duty troops to the southern border to string razor wire help with surveillance, bringing the number of soldiers supporting Customs and Border Protection officers to 4,350.
Estrada says border wall alone is not the best way to stem drug trafficking
By Keerthi Vedantam | Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019
WASHINGTON - Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said a border wall would do "very little" to stop the flow of drugs, most of which come in to the U.S. through ports of entry, which require more personnel and better technology.
Trump will visit Arizona for the first time since contentious 2017 rally
By Adriana Falero and Jimmie Jackson | Monday, Oct. 15, 2018
PHOENIX — President Donald Trump plans rally on behalf of Senate candidate Martha McSally on Friday in Mesa, his first visit since the aftermath of a downtown Phoenix rally led police to deploy rubber bullets on a crowd of protesters.
ACLU lawsuit: Phoenix police wrongfully used tear gas, pepper bullets against anti-Trump protesters
By Abdel Jimenez | Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018
The ACLU and activists have filed a class-action lawsuit against Phoenix, claiming police overreacted with projectiles and pepper spray at an August 2017 rally near the Phoenix Convention Center.
Lack of trust in law enforcement hinders reporting of LGBTQ crimes
By Katie Gagliano and Emma Keith | News21 | Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018
Violent crimes and other hate incidents against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans are consistently not reported and prosecuted because of chronic distrust between the LGBTQ community and police.
CBP chief looks to expand vehicle-scanning technology at Nogales port
By Bryan Pietsch | Friday, June 15, 2018
WASHINGTON - "Non-invasive inspection" technology at the port of Nogales - essentially a drive-through X-ray to scan vehicles - has worked so well that the head of Customs and Border Protection said this week he wants to expand its used there on passenger and commercial vehicles..