Homeland Security details plans to enforce Trump immigration policies
WASHINGTON - The Department of Homeland Security officially spelled out how it will enforce President Donald Trump's hardline immigration orders, sparking the same debate Tuesday that followed the president's original executive orders.
Democrats leave ICE meeting convinced arrests a taste of what’s to come
WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders left a meeting with immigration officials Thursday convinced that recent apprehensions, detentions and deportations have greatly expanded under President Donald Trump, and said they were told to "expect more arrests."
Guns seized by TSA officers continue to rise at Sky Harbor, nationwide
WASHINGTON - Transportation Security Administration officers at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport have confiscated at least 13 guns since the first of the year, most of them loaded, at security checkpoints.
After meeting, Flake even more committed to Gorsuch nomination
WASHINGTON - Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, has been a supporter of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch since the nomination was announced last week, but he said he feels even more confident after the two met Wednesday.
Border sheriff, businessman take different sides on border wall debate
WASHINGTON - One day before the new secretary of Homeland Security was scheduled to testify on border security, a Nogales business owner joined critics speaking out Monday against the Trump administration's plans to continue the "militarization" of the southern border.
Gorsuch pick for Supreme Court praised, panned by Arizona lawmakers
WASHINGTON - Arizona Republicans hailed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Wednesday as a "brilliant" legal mind who can be expected to respect the Constitution if he is confirmed to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
Arizona lawmakers split on Trump order halting refugee admissions
WASHINGTON - Arizona lawmakers split over President Donald Trump's executive order suspending refugee admissions and stalling travel from seven Muslim-majority nations, with Democrats predictably voicing opposition - along with some Republicans.
Amid sea of MAGA hats, Arizonans relish moment of Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON - Tucson resident Greg Shimn knew he would have had a better view of the ceremonies from his couch back home, but there was no way he was going to miss the chance to be there in person for Donald Trump's inauguration.
Civics at a cost: Backers, protesters eye steep tab to get to inaugural
WASHINGTON - After months of searching for an affordable place to stay, Phoenix resident John Stencel was "close to giving up" on his plan of coming here to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
Western mayors talk water conservation, stay mum on drought allotments
WASHINGTON - Nearly a dozen Western mayors gathered Wednesday to discuss anything and everything "water" except the region's drought contingency plan - what Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton called "the 800-pound gorilla in the room."
