The U.S. Border Patrol is moving to halt a revolving-door policy of sending migrants back to Mexico without any punishment.

A judge will hold a scheduling conference Monday in one of the three remaining challenges to Arizona’s 2010 immigration enforcement law.

Whether they were killed by lawmakers or the governor’s veto stamp, some of the bills that didn’t make it into law last year are being resurrected for another round this session.

Democratic lawmakers in Arizona plan to propose a repeal of the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law but concede that the bill won’t go far at the Legislature.

The majority of states that considered immigration bills similar to Arizona’s SB 1070 rejected them in 2011, a testament to the negative effects such laws have on a state’s economy and reputation, a new report claims.

A judge is considering arguments over whether to block enforcement of an element of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law that was allowed to take effect.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, whose office has been accused of a wide range of civil rights violations, faces a Wednesday deadline to say whether his agency will hold discussions with federal officials about ways to correct the alleged violations.

A major effort is underway to get businesses, faith-based organizations and other groups to rally behind a more humane set of principles to guide how Arizona deals with illegal immigration, the complex and emotionally-draining subject that has consumed much of the state’s energy in the past few years.

The Homeland Security Department will use 50 immigration agents to screen jail inmates in Arizona’s most populous county after it revoked the sheriff’s authority to access its systems, the agency said Monday in a letter to U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl.

Gov. Jan Brewer said she sees no need for Arizona to make the kinds of revisions that Alabama is considering to its SB1070-style law.