Mia Osmonbekov
Mia Osmonbekov(she/her/hers)
News Digital Reporter, Washington, D.C.

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.

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Why Douglas? Kamala Harris picks relatively quiet Arizona border city to blunt Donald Trump’s attacks

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.

A long metal border fence extends through a desert, accompanied by a dirt road lined with tall poles.

More migrants are coming from outside the Americas but Donald Trump’s claims of ‘military invasion’ by China are unfounded

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.


Half-million mixed-status families in Arizona will face vastly different realities under Trump or Harris immigration policies

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.


After scathing GAO report, Border Patrol agents ordered to stop tossing out migrants’ belongings

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.

Migrants are placed in holding facilities before they are returned to Mexico. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Vulnerable on border security, Democrats adopt some GOP rhetoric even as Harris slams Trump’s approach

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.

Two people walk along the Mexican side of the border fence near Yuma on Sept. 8, 2022. (File photo by Alexia Faith/Cronkite News)

Arizona Democrats bar press from convention events, defying norms and keeping cabinet members and governors off camera

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.

Arizona delegates at the United Center in Chicago on Day 1 of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo by Kelechukwu Iruoma/Cronkite News)

‘I don’t want to be in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’’: Abortion access drives Arizona delegates to get out the vote

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.

Reproductive freedom information booths and merchandise at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2024. (Cronkite News photo)