Mia Osmonbekov expects to graduate in Spring 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in Spanish and plans to complete a master’s degree in mass communication. Osmonbekov has interned as a reporter at the Arizona Capitol Times and La Voz del Interior.
WASHINGTON – Project 2025, the policy blueprint crafted by Trump allies, calls for cutting off federal student loans at universities that provide in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants – for everyone, including U.S. citizens.
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump made mass deportations a signature campaign promise. Republicans universally ran on border security but not all embraced the idea of rounding up 11 million people, and public support for that controversial policy is relatively soft.
PHOENIX – Arizona voters are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for the presidential election, a U.S. Senate race, nine U.S. House races, 13 state ballot measures and many more state and local races.
WASHINGTON – Arizona voters gave overwhelming approval to a ballot measure that gives state and local police the power to arrest undocumented immigrants – the latest volley in a decades-long effort by conservatives dissatisfied with federal enforcement.
WASHINGTON – Latter-day Saints are unique among religious groups for their pro-immigrant attitudes. Donald Trump’s rhetoric could make them switch their votes to Kamala Harris.
WASHINGTON – Los estudios muestran que el voto de no ciudadanos es raro, pero los republicanos continúan impulsando la narrativa para movilizar a su base. Con la Ley SAVE, el voto de no ciudadanos pasó de ser un tema estatal a uno nacional.
WASHINGTON – As Hurricane Helene pushed disaster relief to the political forefront, former President Donald Trump and other Republicans have leveled false claims about FEMA diverting funds to help migrants.
WASHINGTON – Studies show that noncitizen voting is rare, but Republicans are continuing to push the narrative to rally their base. With the SAVE Act, noncitizen voting went from a states issue to a national one.
WASHINGTON – Kamala Harris will visit Douglas, on the Arizona-Mexico border, to blunt attacks by former President Donald Trump. Republicans have spotlighted border security concerns in cities afflicted by more violence and illegal migration.
WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump and others have claimed the Southwest border has become a route for China and other adversaries to infiltrate the U.S. with an “army” of fighters. It’s true that more migrants are coming from beyond the Americas, but there’s no evidence of their claims.
WASHINGTON – Mixed-status families in Arizona face fears of separation. A Donald Trump presidency could exacerbate that. Nationwide, 22 million people live in mixed-status households, including over half a million in Arizona, according to estimates from FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group.
WASHINGTON – Customs and Border Protection has issued a directive that deems migrants’ essential belongings off-limits after a scathing GAO report revealed abuses at holding facilities.
CHICAGO – Faced with relentless attacks over record level illegal immigration, Democrats have tweaked their platform, adding a promise to secure the border that appeared nowhere in the 2020 platform. It’s a major vulnerability for Vice President Kamala Harris.
CHICAGO – At the Democratic National Convention, Arizona delegates heard from cabinet secretaries, governors and other VIPs behind closed doors, with a no-media policy that defies tradition and norms in both parties. Arizona Republicans were likewise media-averse this year.
CHICAGO – Reproductive rights are center stage at the Democratic National Convention, and Arizona Democrats see abortion rights ballot initiative as a sure way to drive up turnout.
